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Stellar X-ray Diffuse Scattering
Diffuse x-ray scattering pattern from a single-crystal sample of zeolite mordenite, an important industrial isomerization catalyst. This image was reconstructed by Branton Campbell using portions of over 1000 CCD x-ray photos. The broad patches, open diamonds, and star-shaped distributions are clues that reveal a complex architecture of framework defects with implications for mordenite's unusual adsorptive and catalytic properties. J. Appl. Cryst. 37, 187-192 (2004). Read More

Department News for Saturday May 25th, 2013

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The BYU Department of Physics and Astronomy offers unique and valuable opportunities for students. Click below to watch a short video describing some of these opportunities. [Read More]

Astronomy Picture of the Day

The Waterfall and the World at Night

Last week, as the Sun set a Full Moon rose over the springtime landscape of Tihany, Hungary on the northern shores of Lake Balaton. As it climbed into the clear sky, the Moon just grazed the dark, umbral shadow of planet Earth in the year's first partial lunar eclipse. [Read More]

The Astronomy Picture of the Day is a NASA web site that features a new image or photograph of the universe each day.

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