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Mysteries of Deep Space - History of the Universe Timeline Mysteries of Deep Space - History of the Universe Timeline: From PBS Online (Cosmology) http://www.pbs.org/deepspace/timeline/index.html Should We Believe in Big Bang? Should We Believe in Big Bang?: Pablo G. Ostrov explains Big Bang theory for non-scientists. (Cosmology) http://i.1asphost.com/pgostrov/e1.html Great Debates in Astronomy Great Debates in Astronomy: Following in the footsteps of the famous April 1920 'Great Debate' between Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis, this series of debates among leaders in the astronomical community highlight major quests in astronomy and astrophysics in an open forum at the t (Cosmology) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/diamond_jubilee/debate.html The Big Bang (One More Time) The Big Bang (One More Time): A new model of the universe says it repeats itself in an endless cycle. Article from Christian Science Monitor. (Cosmology) http://csmonitor.com/2002/0509/p11s01-stss.html Sloan Digital Sky Survey Sloan Digital Sky Survey: A dedicated 2.5 meter telescope which uses sensitive electronic light detectors to systematically map a quarter of the sky, building a catalog of celestial objects, galaxies, and quasars. (Cosmology) http://www.sdss.org/ CosmoNet CosmoNet: An "interactive book" focusing on the topics of astronomy, cosmology, and theoretical physics. It also provides a number of services including an index of all 88 constellations, several interactive games and quizzes, and extensive information o (Cosmology) http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=27930&url=27930/ Cosmology Books and Links Cosmology Books and Links: Annotated list of books, articles, and websites from a popular course at Sonoma State University. (Cosmology) http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/people/faculty/tenn/CosmologyBooksAndLinks.html Conversational Cosmology Conversational Cosmology: by Henry E. Kandrup. A college-level textbook for an introductory course in cosmology for nonscientists. Comes in a zipped postscript file. (Cosmology) http://www.astro.ufl.edu/~siopis/papers/Book.ps.gz The Boomerang Project The Boomerang Project: Cosmic microwave background mapping project. Press releases and downloadable academic papers. (Cosmology) http://cmb.phys.cwru.edu/boomerang/ COBE COBE: The Cosmic Background Explorer satellite. Instruments, scientific results, related links. (Cosmology) http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/cobe/ Review of Mistake of Einstein Review of Mistake of Einstein: Cosmologists have used recent data to constrain the type of 'dark energy' that may fill all of space. (Cosmology) http://focus.aps.org/v4/st6.html Messier 81 Internal Motions Messier 81 Internal Motions: van Maanen's astrometrically determined internal motions of the spiral nebula Messier 81. (Cosmology) http://www.ebicom.net/~rsf1/m81mn.htm Max Tegmark Max Tegmark: Cosmologist's personal site including discussions of movies, experiments, and data analysis efforts. (Cosmology) http://www.hep.upenn.edu/~max/ Cosmology: A Research Briefing Cosmology: A Research Briefing: An online book from the National Academy of Sciences. Includes chapters on CMBR, the large scale structure of universe, and the physics of the early universe. (Cosmology) http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/cosmology/ MACHO Project MACHO Project: Primary aim is to test the hypothesis that a significant fraction of the dark matter in the halo of the Milky Way is made up of objects like brown dwarfs or planets: these objects have come to be known as MACHOs, for MAssive Compact Halo Objects. (Cosmology) http://wwwmacho.mcmaster.ca/ A Brief History of Time A Brief History of Time: quotations from the Stephen W. Hawking book. (Cosmology) http://www.generationterrorists.com/quotes/abhotswh.html MAP Home Page MAP Home Page: MAP is a MIDEX class mission, selected by NASA in 1996, to probe conditions in the early universe. MAP measures temperature differences ("anisotropy") in the cosmic microwave background radiation. (Cosmology) http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Turning On the Universe Turning On the Universe: Astronomers say the Universe's expansion has been accelerating recently. A new model for repulsive 'dark energy' may help explain the acceleration in a more natural way than other models. From Physical Review Focus. (Cosmology) http://focus.aps.org/v5/st8.html Cosmology Cosmology: A collection of links. (Cosmology) http://www.galacticsurf.com/cosmolGB.htm Supernova Cosmology Project Supernova Cosmology Project: This Berkeley labs site is based on observation of red shift in stars going supernova. (Cosmology) http://panisse.lbl.gov/ Cosmology made Simple Cosmology made Simple: A brief, non-mathematical introduction to modern cosmology. (Cosmology) http://www.geocities.com/autotheist/Physics/cosmo.htm LAMBDA - Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data LAMBDA - Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data: Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) archive of science research. CMB data is an important aspect of reseach in cosmology. (Cosmology) http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov Galaxy Formation and the Intergalactic Medium Galaxy Formation and the Intergalactic Medium: This site is dedicated to summarizing the research of Paul Shapiro's cosmology group. Of interest mainly to specialists. (Cosmology) http://galileo.as.utexas.edu/research.html Introduction to the Cosmic Microwave Background Introduction to the Cosmic Microwave Background: Basic explanations of key concepts, including the Big Bang, expansion of the universe, and the ripples in the density of the early universe that led to the galaxies and stars we see today. (Cosmology) http://background.uchicago.edu/~whu/beginners/introduction.html The Cosmology The Cosmology: This educational site is designed for people of high school age or older who want to understand the most recent information about cosmology in everyday language. (Cosmology) http://library.thinkquest.org/28181/ Good Cosmology Sites Good Cosmology Sites: Links to cosmology resources, and a tutorial by a UCLA professor. (Cosmology) http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmo_sites.html Structure and Evolution of the Universe Structure and Evolution of the Universe: NASA's quest to explain the structure of the Universe and forecast our cosmic destiny, explore cycles of matter and energy and to examine the ultimate limits of gravity and energy. (Cosmology) http://universe.gsfc.nasa.gov/home.html WMAP- Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe WMAP- Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe: WMAP is a NASA Explorer mission measuring the temperature of the cosmic background radiation over the full sky. This map provides answers to fundamental questions about the origins and fate of our universe. (Cosmology) http://map.gsfc.nas.gov The Origin of Elements The Origin of Elements: Arno Allan Penzias Nobel Lecture. (Cosmology) http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1978/penzias-lecture.html The Cosmic Microwave Background The Cosmic Microwave Background: Extensive CMB information from the University of British Columbia. (Cosmology) http://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/scott/cmb.html Phantom Energy and Cosmic Doomsday Phantom Energy and Cosmic Doomsday: Phantom energy, with negative sum of pressure and energy density, could lead to the universe tearing itself apart in a "Big Rip". (Cosmology) http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0302506 Revved-Up Universe Revved-Up Universe: Astronomers are convinced that the expansion of the Universe accelerates. (Cosmology) http://sciencenews.org/20000212/bob9.asp Introduction to Cosmology Introduction to Cosmology: These notes form an introduction to cosmology with special emphasis on large scale structure, the cmb anisotropy and inflation. In some places a basic familiarity with particle physics is assumed, but otherwise no special knowledge is needed. (Cosmology) http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9312022 Distant Galaxies and Cosmology Models Distant Galaxies and Cosmology Models: Article on possible cosmological models. (Cosmology) http://www.cosmologymodels.com/ Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial: An illustrated introductory guide to the topic, attempting to summarize modern discoveries on the origin, current state, and future of our Universe. (Cosmology) http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmolog.htm MSAM/TopHat High Altitude Scientific Balloons MSAM/TopHat High Altitude Scientific Balloons: A series of scientic experiments flying as balloon payloads in Texas and Antarctica, designed to measure the medium-scale anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR). (Cosmology) http://topweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Astronomy Today - Cosmology Astronomy Today - Cosmology: Articles on related topics in popular magazine style. (Cosmology) http://www.astronomytoday.com/cosmology.html NOVA - Runaway Universe NOVA - Runaway Universe: Examines the size, future and fate of the universe as well as the possible existence of others. Also explores what happens in a supernova explosion, a map of the universe on a cosmological scale, and the ability to spin a spiral galaxy on two axes using (Cosmology) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/ Cambridge Cosmology Homepage Cambridge Cosmology Homepage: A site dedicated to cosmology, both basic and advanced, maintained by Cambridge university (Cosmology) http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/cos_home.html Tufts Institute of Cosmology Tufts Institute of Cosmology: The Cosmology group at Tufts University with links to other cosmology sites (Cosmology) http://cosmos2.phy.tufts.edu/xbook.html