Date
| Topic
| Assignment Due
|
Wed Jan 18 |
Introduction |
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Fri Jan 20 |
The Night Sky |
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Mon Jan 23 |
Planetary Motion |
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Wed Jan 25 |
Meteors |
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Fri Jan 27 |
Asteroids |
HW 1 |
Mon Jan 30 |
Star and Planet Formation: Molecular Clouds |
|
Wed Feb 1 |
Star and Planet Formation: The Rise of Rocks |
|
Fri Feb 3 |
Meteors and Earth |
HW 2 |
Mon Feb 6 |
Dino Killer |
|
Wed Feb 8 |
Jupiter Impact |
|
Fri Feb 10 |
Mitigation |
HW 3 |
Mon Feb 13 |
The Origin of Sunlight |
|
Wed Feb 15 |
The Active Sun |
|
Fri Feb 17 |
Hour Exam 1 |
Mon Feb 20 |
Sun-Earth Connection |
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Wed Feb 22 |
Solar Superstorm |
|
Fri Feb 24 |
Evolution of the Sun |
HW 4, Planetarium |
Mon Feb 27 |
Death of the Sun |
|
Wed Feb 29 |
Computer Lab |
|
Fri Mar 2 |
Supernova Explosions |
HW 5, Computer Lab 1 |
Mon Mar 5 |
Supernova Explosions |
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Wed Mar 7 |
Supernova Threat |
|
Fri Mar 9 |
CSI Supernova |
HW 6 |
Mon Mar 12 |
Gamma-Ray Bursts |
|
Wed Mar 14 |
Killer GRBs |
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Fri Mar 16 |
Death by LHC? Superluminal Neutrinos and Mini Black Holes |
HW 7, Night Observing |
Mar 19-23 |
Spring Break |
Mon Mar 26 |
Neutron Stars and Black Holes |
|
Wed Mar 28 |
General Relativity and Gravity |
|
Fri Mar 30 |
Lifestyles in and Around Black Holes |
HW 8 |
Mon Mar Apr 2 |
Spaghettification |
|
Wed Apr 4 |
The Milky Way Galaxy |
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Fri Apr 6 |
Hour Exam 2 |
Mon Apr 9 |
When Galaxies Collide |
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Wed Apr 11 |
Active Galaxies and Cosmic Blowtorches |
|
Fri Apr 13 |
The Universe Today |
HW 9, Solar Observing |
Mon Apr 16 |
The Big Bang |
|
Wed Apr 18 |
No Lecture |
|
Fri Apr 20 |
Dark Energy and the Big Rip |
HW 10, Computer Lab 2 |
Mon Apr 23 |
The End of the Universe |
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Wed Apr 25 |
Aliens |
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Fri Apr 27 |
Aliens |
HW 11 |
Mon Apr 30 |
Finale |
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Wed May 2 |
Hour Exam 3 |