Rachel and Erika try their hand at building the circuit to detect IR light
Sara leads the imploding can demonstration during the discussion on supernovae
Hopal and Corey team up on the imploding can demo
Erika tries the supernova experiment
Jim demonstrates the ejection of the outer layers of a star during a supernova explosion using a basketball and tennis ball
Erika experiments with momentum transfer
Hopal experiments with momentum transfer
Jim leads the activity to model a black hole
Corey builds her black hole model
Participants build their post-program models of the Universe
A model of the Universe sketched out by one team of participants before going through the training
The Universe as modelled by the second team of participants before the training
A model of the Universe as envisioned by one team of participants after the training - note the hierarchical structure as compared to the first set of pictures!
The Universe modelled by the second team after training - including supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies (the squiggly lines represent X-ray photons in the IGM!)