The Universe We Live In Cosmology: Past, Present, Future

12/10/03


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Table of Contents

The Universe We Live In Cosmology: Past, Present, Future

Announcements

Additional Information

Introduction

Galaxies

Different types of Galaxies

Views from the Hubble Telescope

Views from the Hubble Telescope

The Life of Stars and Galaxies

The Birth of a Star

The end of the life of a star

Remnant of a Star that has Exploded

Supernova

The Strange Objects in our Universe

Neutron Star

What “feeds” a small massive object

Crab Pulsar – the size of Manhattan

Black Hole

What is it like near a black hole?

Image of a black hole?

Hubble and the Expanding Universe

Big Bang

The Big Bang and Black Holes?

What happened after the Big Bang?

What happened after the Big Bang?

What’s Next?

Future scenarios

Which fate?

How do we detect mass that is not visible?

Exercise

Exercise

What actually happens

How do we detect mass that is not visible?

Questions - Answers not known

Summary I

Summary II

Summary III

Author: R. M. Martin

Email: rmartin@uiuc.edu

Home Page: http://online.physics.uiuc.edu/courses/phys150/fall03/index.html