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Finding Magnetospheres of Massive Stars

Special | 51m 25s  | Video has closed captioning.

Richard Townsend, Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy, UW-Madison, discusses the vast, ghostly glowing stars in the universe called magnetospheres and how using polarized starlight allows astronomers to study them.

Aired: 12/09/14

Rating: TV-G

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