Stellar Nucleosynthesis
The production and transformation of atomic nuclei through fusion, capture and decay processes inside stars and stellar explosions.
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Dark Energy
The name given to the component or gravitational effect associated with the accelerating expansion of the universe.
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Gravitational Lensing
The deflection and magnification of light by curved spacetime around intervening mass distributions.
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Fusion Energy
The controlled release of nuclear binding energy by combining light nuclei under extreme temperature and confinement.
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Exoplanet Detection
Methods for identifying and characterising planets orbiting stars beyond the Solar System.
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General Relativity
Einstein's geometric theory of gravity, in which matter and energy shape spacetime and free objects follow its geometry.
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Dark Matter
A name for the unseen gravitating component inferred from galaxies, clusters and the large-scale structure of the universe.
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Black Hole Accretion Disks
Rotating, heated flows of matter that release energy while spiralling toward a black hole.
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Plate Tectonics
The framework that explains the motion of Earth's lithospheric plates and the concentration of geological activity at their boundaries.
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Gravitational Waves
Ripples in spacetime produced by accelerating mass distributions and detected through their effect on distance.
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