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Sloan Digital Sky Survey - http://www.sdss.org/
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. |
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Great Debates in Astronomy - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/diamond_jubilee/debate.html
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 turn of the millennium. |
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MACHO Project - http://wwwmacho.mcmaster.ca/
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. |
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Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial - http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmolog.htm
An illustrated introductory guide to the topic, attempting to summarize modern discoveries on the origin, current state, and future of the Universe. |
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NOVA - Runaway Universe - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/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 QuickTime VR. |
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Max Tegmark - http://space.mit.edu/home/tegmark/
Cosmologist's personal site including discussions of movies, experiments, and data analysis efforts. |
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MSAM/TopHat High Altitude Scientific Balloons - http://topweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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). |
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Introduction to the Cosmic Microwave Background - http://background.uchicago.edu/~whu/beginners/introduction.html
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 that can be seen today. |
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Phantom Energy and Cosmic Doomsday - http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0302506
Phantom energy, with negative sum of pressure and energy density, could lead to the universe tearing itself apart in a "Big Rip". |
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The Mysteries of Deep Space Timeline - http://www.pbs.org/deepspace/timeline/
Presents information from the big bang to the end of the universe. |
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Cosmology - http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/intro/cosmo-frame.html
Companion site to the PBS mini-series, discussing the challenge to traditional Christian views posed by the scientific understanding of cosmological evolution, and ways in which they might be reconciled. |
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Cosmology: A Research Briefing - http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/cosmology/
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. |
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Astronomy Today - Cosmology - http://www.astronomytoday.com/cosmology.html
Articles on related topics in popular magazine style. |
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Good Cosmology Sites - http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmo_sites.html
Links to cosmology resources, and a tutorial by a UCLA professor. |
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Introduction to Cosmology - http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9312022
Notes with a 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. |
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Distant Galaxies and Cosmology Models - http://www.cosmologymodels.com/
Article on possible cosmological models. |
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Messier 81 Internal Motions - http://www.datasync.com/~rsf1/m81mn.htm
van Maanen's astrometrically determined internal motions of the spiral nebula Messier 81. |
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Cosmology - http://www.galacticsurf.net/cosmolGB.htm
A collection of links. |
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CosmoNet - http://library.thinkquest.org/27930/
An interactive book focusing on the topics of astronomy, cosmology, and theoretical physics. Provides a number of services including an index of all 88 constellations, several interactive games and quizzes, and extensive information on stars, galaxies, and the Big Bang. |
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The Big Bang (One More Time) - http://csmonitor.com/2002/0509/p11s01-stss.html
A new model of the universe says it repeats itself in an endless cycle. Article from Christian Science Monitor. |
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Cosmology Books and Links - http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/people/faculty/tenn/CosmologyBooksAndLinks.html
Annotated list of books, articles, and websites from a popular course at Sonoma State University. |
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Cosmology - http://tatania.phsx.ku.edu/cosmology-group/
A summary of research areas at the University of Kansas, with links to activities and personnel. |
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MAP Home Page - http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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. |
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Planck Satellite - http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=PLANCK
ESA mission designed to find the three cosmological parameters: the Hubble parameter, the density and the deceleration parameter from variations in the cosmic background radiation. |
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COBE - http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/cobe/
The Cosmic Background Explorer satellite. Instruments, scientific results, related links. |