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Astronomy 162 - Stars, Galaxies, & the Universe

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Astronomy 162 - Stars, Galaxies, & the Universe

Lectures 1-4: An Explanation

Where are Lectures 1-4? This is a good question, and one I've gotten from many listeners....

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Welcome to Astronomy 162

Welcome to the Astronomy 162 Lecture Podcasts! This is a brief message from me explaining the...

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Lecture 44: Life, the Universe, and Everything (Life Part II)

How can we search for extraterrestrial intelligence, and what are we looking for? This second...

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Lecture 43: Life in the Universe, Part I

Are we alone in the Universe? This is the first part of a 2-part lecture that will explore the...

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Lecture 42: Time Travel

Can we travel through time? This is not a frivilous, science-fiction kind of question. Certain...

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Lecture 41: Dark Matter & Dark Energy

We are not made of the same matter as most of the Universe! This surprising conclusion, that the...

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Lecture 40: The Once and Future Sun

How will the Sun evolve? The Sun is now a middle-aged, low-mass, Main Sequence star in a state...

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Lecture 39: The Fate of the Universe

What is the ultimate fate of the Universe? The ultimate fate of the Big Bang is either expansion...

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Lecture 38: The First Three Minutes

What was the Universe like from the earliest phases immediately after the Big Bang to the present...

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Lecture 37: The Whispers of Creation

Is there any evidence that the Universe was very hot and dense in the distant past as predicted...

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Lecture 36: The Big Bang

The Universe today is old, cold, low-density, and expanding. If we run the expansion backwards,...

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Lecture 35: The Cosmic Distance Scale

How do we measure distances on cosmic scales? This lecture describes the rungs in the cosmic...

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Lecture 34: The Expanding Universe

How did we discover that the Universe is Expanding? What does it mean that it is expanding?...

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Lecture 33: Einstein's Universe

What are the implications of Relativity for the Universe? This lecture introduces the...

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Lecture 32: Space, Time, & Gravity: General Relativity

What is gravity? Newton left that question unanswered when he formulated his inverse square law...

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Lecture 31: A Tale of Two World Views: Special Relativity

What are space and time? To begin our exploration of the evolving Universe, we must first...

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Lecture 30: Active Galaxies & Quasars

What are Active Galaxies and Quasars? We have good reason to think that buried deep in the...

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Lecture 29: When Galaxies Collide

What happens if two galaxies collide? The average distance between bright galaxies is only about...

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Lecture 28: Groups & Clusters of Galaxies

Galaxies are found in groups and clusters, and these are only the start of a hierarchy of cosmic...

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Lecture 27: Spirals, Ellipticals, & Irregular (Oh My!)

What are the different types of galaxies? What hints can they give us as to the structure and...

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