In ASTR101, you will be introduced to our current understanding of the universe and how we have come to this understanding. We will start with the ancient Greek...
In this introductory 4-credit hour lecture and laboratory course, we will explore the origins, structure, contents, and evolution of our solar system and exosola...
A survey of the physical universe and its constituents, including the formation, function, and evolution of stars, galaxies, black holes, quasars, and more.
How astronomy really works - an overview of the technology that astronomers use to collect and measure light from the universe, and how it is used in practice to...
Despite spectacular recent progress, there is still a lot we don't know about our universe. We don't know why the Big Bang happened. We don't know what most of t...
This course will introduce you to the deadliest and most mysterious parts of our universe. Black holes, which warp the very fabric of space-time around them. Whi...
Using publicly available data from NASA of actual satellite observations of Astrnomical x-ray sources, we explore some of the mysteries of the cosmos, including...
The course will provide an overview of the knowledge acquired during the past 20 years in the domain of exoplanets. It will review the different detection method...
Alien Worlds will explore the techniques that are used to discover and characterize the thousands of planets (called exoplanets) known outside of our solar syste...
The discovery of exoplanets is one of the greatest revolutions in modern astrophysics. Twenty years ago, we had no idea whether any of the countless stars out th...
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