The Size, Scale and Structure of the Universe Image courtesy of The Cosmic Perspective by Bennett, Donahue, Schneider, & Voit; Addison Wesley, 2002.
Solar System
Earth Moon Sun System. Earth’s Motions! Turning or spinning of a body on its axis. Earth’s axis is tilted 23.5° from the ecliptic (plane of Earth’s orbit.
Black Holes – the supermassive species Lecture -1- History & Overview With thanks to L. Koopmans (RUG) for producing many of the slides H. Falcke.
Bubble Chambers: Old Tools In New Searches For Dark Matter Geoffrey Iwata Physics 129 11/16/10.
Size and Scale of the Universe Image courtesy of The Cosmic Perspective by Bennett, Donahue, Schneider, & Voit; Addison Wesley, 2002.
July 21, 2004 Tea Break It took Voyager 20 years to get to Pluto. At the same speed, how long does it take to get to the nearest star? How long will it.
The Axiomatic Method. The axiomatic method I: Mathematical Proofs Why do we need to prove things? How do we resolve paradoxes?
Chapter 25: Quasars and active galaxies Features of quasars Quasars and distant galaxies Seyfert and radio galaxies Active galactic nuclei Supermassive.
Fun Internet Resources and the Galaxy Zoo. Hands-On Activity Resources Astronomical Society of the Pacific: .
Introduction to Astronomy & Tools of Science (Chapter 1)
10/24/20151 Digging the Fourth Grave For Naturalism – No “Dark Energy” Christopher Chui, PhD Acknowledgment: I am indebted to numerous sources in the Internet,
