Astronomy 162 - Stars, Galaxies, & the Universe

Welcome to Astronomy 162

Lectures 1-4: An Explanation

Lecture 05: Distances of the Stars

Lecture 06: The Motions of the Stars

Lecture 07: Stellar Brightness

Lecture 08: Stellar Masses & Radii

Lecture 09: Stellar Spectra

Lecture 10: Synthesis: The Herzsprung-Russell Diagram

Lecture 11: The Internal Structure of Stars

Lecture 12: As Long as the Sun Shines

Lecture 13: Energy Generation and Transport in Stars

Lecture 14: Star Formation

Lecture 15: The Main Sequence

Lecture 16: The Evolution of Low-Mass Stars

Lecture 17: The Evolution of High-Mass Stars

Lecture 18: Supernovae

Lecture 19: Extreme Stars: White Dwarfs & Neutron Stars

Lecture 20: Black Holes

Lecture 21: Testing Stellar Evolution

Lecture 22: The Cosmic Distance Problem

Lecture 23: The Milky Way

Lecture 24: The Realm of the Nebulae

Lecture 25: A Tale of Two Galaxies, The Milky Way and Andromeda

Lecture 26: Spiral Galaxies

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

Lecture 28: Groups & Clusters of Galaxies

Lecture 29: When Galaxies Collide

Lecture 30: Active Galaxies & Quasars

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

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

Lecture 33: Einstein's Universe

Lecture 34: The Expanding Universe

Lecture 35: The Cosmic Distance Scale

Lecture 36: The Big Bang

Lecture 37: The Whispers of Creation

Lecture 38: The First Three Minutes

Lecture 39: The Fate of the Universe

Lecture 40: The Once and Future Sun

Lecture 41: Dark Matter & Dark Energy

Lecture 42: Time Travel

Lecture 43: Life in the Universe, Part I

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

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