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Shedding Light on Distant Galaxies

Special | 51m 13sVideo has Closed Captions

Britt Lundgren explores ways to map the universe through the light emitted by quasars.

Aired 07/08/2013 | Rating TV-G

University Place

Shedding Light on Distant Galaxies

Special | 51m 13sVideo has Closed Captions

Britt Lundgren explores ways to map the universe through the light emitted by quasars.

Britt Lundgren, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Astronomy, UW-Madison, explains how quasars can be used as probes in the vast intergalactic distances they cross. Lundgren explores how astronomers use this information to map the “cosmic web” of matter that shapes our visible universe.

Aired 07/08/2013 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

Shedding Light on Distant Galaxies

Special | 51m 13sVideo has Closed Captions

Britt Lundgren, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Astronomy, UW-Madison, explains how quasars can be used as probes in the vast intergalactic distances they cross. Lundgren explores how astronomers use this information to map the “cosmic web” of matter that shapes our visible universe.

Aired 07/08/2013 | Rating TV-G

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