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Apr 15, 2024

Why Figuring Out How Potassium Is Destroyed in Stars Is Important to Understanding the Universe

If you want to know where elements come from, look to the stars.

Dec 7, 2023

Ancient Stars Made Extraordinarily Heavy Elements

How heavy can an element be? Ancient stars were capable of producing elements heavier than any element on the periodic table found naturally on Earth.

Nov 28, 2023

Understanding Charged Particles Helps Physicists Simulate Element Creation in Stars

Figuring out how nucleons interact at low energy can lead to understanding how elements form within stars.

Jun 2, 2022

Podcast: Galactic Nurseries

Rongmon Bordoloi, assistant professor of physics, discusses diffuse neutral gases and what they might mean for our understanding of star formation.

Dec 23, 2021

James Webb Space Telescope: Q&A With Astrophysicist Bordoloi

Rongmon Bordoloi, an observational astrophysicist and assistant professor at NC State, discusses the impact of the James Webb Space Telescope.

Dec 3, 2015

Researchers Simulate Scattering of Helium Nuclei Within Stars

An NC State physicist has helped develop a new computational method to understand the synthesis of elements within stars.