Astronomy 141 - Life in the Universe - Autumn Quarter 2009

Welcome to Astronomy 141

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Astronomical Numbers

Lecture 3: Imagining Other Worlds

Lecture 4: The Copernican Revolution

Lecture 5: The Chemical Revolution and the Nature of Matter

Lecture 6: The Geological Revolution - Deep Time and the Age of the Earth

Lecture 7: The Biological Revolution - What is Life?

Lecture 8: The Cosmological Revolution - The Depths of Space and Time

Lecture 9: Inside the Earth

Lecture 10: The Earth's Atmosphere Erratum

Lecture 11: The History of the Earth

Lecture 12: Climate Regulation and Climate Change

Lecture 13: What is Life?

Lecture 14: Cells

Lecture 15: The Chemistry of Life

Lecture 16: DNA and Heredity

Lecture 17: Life on the Edge

Lecture 18: The First Living Things on Earth

Lecture 19: The Origin of Life on Earth

Lecture 20: The History of Life on Earth

Lecture 21: Impacts and Extinction

Lecture 22: The Family of the Sun

Lecture 23: Terrestrial Worlds in Comparison

Lecture 24: The Jovian Planets

Lecture 25: The Requirements for Life in the Solar System

Lecture 26: The Deserts of Mars

Lecture 27: Is There Life on Mars?

Lecture 28: The Galilean Moons of Jupiter

Lecture 29: The Children of Saturn

Lecture 30: Goldilocks and the Three Planets

Lecture 31: The Properties of Stars

Lecture 32: The Lives of Stars

Lecture 33: The Deaths of Stars

Lecture 34: Habitable Zones around Stars

Lecture 35: The Solar Neighborhood

Lecture 36: Exoplanets - Planets Around Other Stars

Lecture 37: Strange New Worlds

Lecture 38: The Pale Blue Dot - Seeking Other Earths

Lecture 39: The Drake Equation

Lecture 40: SETI - The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence

Lecture 41: Interstellar Travel and Colonization

Lecture 42: The Fermi Paradox

Lecture 43: Extraterrestrial Life

Lecture 44: The Future of Life in the Solar System

Lecture 45: The Future of Life in the Universe

Lecture 46: This View of Life (Course Finale)