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AST 114: Survey of Astronomy
What is science? Is the Moon made of green cheese? What is a star made of? How hot is the sun? What's the difference between a galactic cluster and a globular cluster? How did the Solar System form? How did the Universe form? Will it last forever? This course tries to answer these questions and many more, providing a comprehensive overview of the objects and events beyond the Earth's atmosphere and the Earth itself, as a planetary member of the Solar System. We'll explore the Sun, the planets, the many other objects found in the Solar System, stars and galaxies, dark matter, dark energy, the fate of the universe, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
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Lecture 1 - Introduction 32:41
Lecture 2 - Birth of Astronomy 39:53
Lecture 3 - Orbits and Gravity 41:49
Lecture 4 - Constellations I 44:52
Lecture 5 - Constellations II 49:05
Lecture 6 - The Moon 35:36
Lecture 7 - Waves and Light 36:15
Lecture 8 - The Solar System 25:30
Lecture 9 - Earth 54:59
Lecture 10 - Mercury 32:44
Lecture 11 - Venus 41:12
Lecture 12 - Mars 52:39
Lecture 13 - The Gas Giants 56:08
Lecture 14 - Moons, Rings and Pluto 54:56
Lecture 15 - Comets and Asteroids 1:00:06
Lecture 16 - Our Sun I 45:44
Lecture 17 - Our Sun II 44:17
Lecture 18 - Analyzing Starlight 19:33
Lecture 19 - Census and Distance 31:59
Lecture 20 - Stellar Formation 29:23
Lecture 21 - Main Sequence Stars 23:23
Lecture 22 - Stars 39:27
Lecture 23 - Evolution of Stars 50:59
Lecture 24 - Star Review 33:18
Lecture 25 - The Universe / Galaxies 36:20
Lecture 26 - The Milky Way 32:37
Lecture 27 - Colliding Galaxies 57:47
Lecture 28 - Thoughts About The Universe 40:45
Lecture 29 - Cosmology 17:51
