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Mercury,
Einstein’s Cosmological Constant,
logarithms,
anthropic principle,
fine structure constant,
JDEM (Joint Dark Energy Mission),
quasar,
binary pulsar,
Hubble Diagram,
quantum mechanics,
string theory,
scale factor,
strong field relativity,
Kerr metric,
multiverse,
Jocelyn Bell,
concordance model,
big crunch,
Hubble space telescope,
Big Rip,
black hole,
standard candles,
double star hypothesis,
Hubble diagram,
Cepheids,
white dwarf,
Vulcan,
HD209458,
COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer),
Exoplanet,
momentum,
time-like intervals,
Doppler shift spectrum,
New Horizons mission,
Space Interferometry Mission (SIM),
trans-Neptunian objects or Kuiper Belt objects,
dark matter,
planetary systems,
Eclipse,
mass-to-light ratio,
"Fermi" or "electron degeneracy" pressure,
semi-major axis,
perihelion,
space-like intervals,
escape velocity,
Hubble Law,
supermassive black holes,
radial velocity curves,
steady state,
Venus,
Alan Stern,
magnitude scale,
Lee Smolin,
Tau,
space-time coordinates,
event horizon,
dark energy,
epicycles,
cosmological constant,
Solar System geography,
Newton,
inertial mass,
selection effects,
apparent magnitude,
magnitude,
Jupiter,
Kepler mission,
Uranus,
pulsars,
black holes,
Massive Astrophysical Compact Halo Objects (MACHOs),
Hubble Constant,
methane,
Copernicus,
Big Rip cosmology,
inner terrestrial planets,
Lorentz transformations,
hydrostatic equilibrium,
astrometry,
MOND (Modified Newtonian Dynamics),
luminosity distance,
cosmic horizon,
cosmic microwave background,
migration,
Mars,
co-planar orbit,
wavelength,
parallax method,
Newton's Third Law,
dynamical masses,
Edwin Hubble,
Einstein cross,
absolute magnitude,
Lemaitre,
gravitational lenses,
Strong Anthropic Principle,
galaxy,
gravitational waves,
polar coordinates,
microlensing,
Kip Thorne,
Saturn,
planetary orbit,
sine curves,
Einstein's Theory of Relativity,
Pentagon,
Great Debate,
distance ladder,
Type 1a Supernovae,
peculiar motion,
Binary Pulsar,
Neptune,
ionization,
pressure,
Ptolemaic epicycles,
atomic transitions,
gravitational lensing,
carbon,
ISCO or Innermost Stable Circular Orbit,
active galactic nuclei,
periastron,
series expansion,
nuclear fusion,
Hot Jupiters,
Doppler measurements,
LSST (Large Synoptic Survey Telescope),
Arthur Eddington,
density,
Mike Brown,
selection effect,
"singularity," naked singularity,
Kepler,
theory of planetary formation,
Large-Scale Clustering,
the Big Bang,
pulsating stars,
post-Newtonian approximation,
gamma,
Eddington,
neutron stars,
gravitational mass,
time dimension,
redshift,
planetesimals,
tachyon,
Photons,
Galilean moons,
Big Bang,
physics equations,
Type Ia Supernovae,
Vatican Astrophysical Observatory,
Weakly Interactive Massive Particles (WIMPs),
neutrino,
Geiger counters,
Sirius,
clustering,
earthlike planet,
anti-gravity,
Cosmic Censorship Theorem,
observational science,
Voyager satellites,
electrical force,
muon,
general relativity,
velocity,
nova,
Harlow Shapley,
center of mass,
solar motion,
asteroid belt,
Cosmic Microwave Background,
radial velocity,
Sun,
Chandrasekhar Limit,
critical density,
post-Newtonian gravitational effects,
optical and infrared light,
Anthropic Principle,
universal expansion,
"face-on" and "edge-on" orbits,
Universe,
Planck's constant,
Cosmological Constant,
Doppler Shifts,
Hubble constant,
WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe),
standard candle,
Galileo mission,
island universes,
Hubble’s Law,
Hubble diagrams,
Chandrasekhar limit,
space-time curvature,
Schwarzschild radius,
Two Degree Field (2DF),
Musca,
Kepler’s laws,
space-time,
electromagnetic spectrum,
supernovae,
Supernova Cosmology Project,
compact object,
greenhouse effect,
Pluto,
vacuum energy,
normalizing,
Big Bang cosmology,
infrared background light,
Big Bang Theory,
Einstein,
post-Newtonian relativistic effects,
x-ray binary stars,
Laser Interferometer Gravity Observatory (LIGO),
x-ray,
comets,
51 Pegasus,
Alpha Centauri,
Newton's law,
coordinate system,
special and general relativity,
metric,
inner & outer planets,
moon,
speed of light,
reflex motion,
empty universe,
spiral nebulae,
standard bomb,
Planck units,
New York Times,
quasars,
lookback time,
radial velocity method,
helium,
parsec,
acceleration,
distance modulus,
the Big Rip,
laws of thermodynamics,
rotating magnetized neutron stars,
ideal gas,
relativistic mass,
"Contact" (film),
cosmological redshift,
John Michell,
Galileo,
kinetic energy,
scientific method,
Omega,
Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF),
dynamically confirmed black hole candidates,
Stephen Hawking,
gravitational redshift,
accretion disk,
star,
stellar evolution,
special relativity,
Invariants,
transits,
microwaves,
epsilon,
metallicity,
Vega,
growth of structure,
47 Tuc,
Hubble's constant,
radio astronomy,
Inner & Outer Solar System,
perigalacticon,
omega,
limiting cases,
Big Crunch,
x-ray astronomy,
Google,
exoplanets,
area of circle,
picometer metrology,
Milky Way,
electro-magnetic radiation,
orbit,
cosmology,
solar analog,
the first three minutes,
mass,
Poincare,
Schwarzschild metric,
Earth,
apparent and absolute magnitude,
position measurement and angular change,
Doppler shift,
Adam Riess
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This course focuses on three particularly interesting areas of astronomy that are advancing very rapidly: Extra-Solar Planets, Black Holes, and Dark Energy. Particular attention is paid to current projects that promise to improve our understanding significantly over the next few years. The course explores not just what is known, but what is currently not known, and how astronomers are going about trying to find out. more >>
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