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Mapping the universe
From Australia to Cambridge to Bozeman, MSU's Neil Cornish opens up new worlds
by Evelyn Boswell |
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Space may be a mystery, but it has never been a stranger to a Montana State University astrophysicist who pursues the big secrets of the universe.
Neil Cornish, an associate professor of physics who works on some of the most significant research involving space, grew up in the Australian bush where space was as abundant as the stars above the family farm. Around him were 2,000 acres that he shared with his parents, two sisters, merino sheep, parrots, wallabies, kangaroos, side-necked turtles, emus, lizards and poisonous snakes. Above were the night skies that helped inspire him to become a detective of black holes, supernovas and gravitational waves.
"We had incredible views of the stars," Cornish said.
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