| Mysteries of Deep Space - History of the Universe Timeline - From PBS Online
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| Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe - Cosmology - WMAP is a NASA Explorer Mission that will measure the temperature of the cosmic background radiation over the full sky with unprecedented accuracy. This map of the remnant heat of the Big Bang will provide answers to fundamental questions about the origin and fate of our universe.
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| Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial - An illustrated introductory guide to the topic, attempting to summarize modern discoveries on the origin, current state, and future of our Universe.
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| The Cosmic Microwave Background - Extensive CMB information from the University of British Columbia.
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| Sloan Digital Sky Survey - 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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| MACHO Project - 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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| Great Debates in Astronomy - 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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| Supernova Cosmology Project - This Berkeley labs site is based on observation of red shift in stars going supernova.
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| MSAM/TopHat High Altitude Scientific Balloons - 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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| Max Tegmark - Cosmologist's personal site including discussions of movies, experiments, and data analysis efforts.
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| Cosmology - 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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| Structure and Evolution of the Universe - One of four science themes within the NASA Office of Space Science
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| Conversational Cosmology - by Henry E. Kandrup. A college-level textbook for an introductory course in cosmology for nonscientists. Comes in a zipped postscript file.
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| Galaxy Formation and the Intergalactic Medium - This site is dedicated to summarizing the research of Paul Shapiro's cosmology group. Of interest mainly to specialists.
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| A Brief History of Time - quotations from the Stephen W. Hawking book.
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| Turning On the Universe - Astronomers say the Universe's expansion has been accelerating recently. A new model for repulsive 'dark energy' may help explain the acceleration in a more natural way than other models. From Physical Review Focus.
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| Introduction to the Cosmic Microwave Background - 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 we see today.
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| Cosmology Books and Links - Annotated list of books, articles, and websites from a popular course at Sonoma State University.
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| Good Cosmology Sites - Links to cosmology resources, and a tutorial by a UCLA professor.
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| Distant Galaxies and Cosmology Models - Article on possible cosmological models.
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| Cosmology - An extensive overview. Part of the NASA Remote Sensing Tutorial.
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| Astronomy Today - Cosmology - Articles on related topics in popular magazine style.
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| Cosmology - A collection of links.
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| Cosmology: A Research Briefing - 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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| Introduction to Cosmology - A NASA site for the general public featuring a collection of questions and answers on cosmology.
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| Runaway Universe - Includes series overview, history of the universe, video clip, teachers' guide, and resources.
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| Cambridge Cosmology Homepage - A site dedicated to cosmology, both basic and advanced, maintained by Cambridge university
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| Cosmology Made Simple - A very basic overview of cosmology
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| Tufts Institute of Cosmology - The Cosmology group at Tufts University with links to other cosmology sites
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| Review of Mistake of Einstein - Cosmologists have used recent data to constrain the type of 'dark energy' that may fill all of space.
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| CosmoNet - An "interactive book" focusing on the topics of astronomy, cosmology, and theoretical physics. It also 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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| Introduction to Cosmology - These notes form an introduction to cosmology with 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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| The Origin of Elements - Arno Allan Penzias Nobel Lecture.
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| The Big Bang (One More Time) - A new model of the universe says it repeats itself in an endless cycle. Article from Christian Science Monitor.
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| The Cosmology - This educational site is designed for people of high school age or older who want to understand the most recent information about cosmology in everyday language.
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| The Boomerang Project - Cosmic microwave background mapping project. Press releases and downloadable academic papers.
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| Revved-Up Universe - Astronomers are convinced that the expansion of the Universe accelerates.
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| Phantom Energy and Cosmic Doomsday - 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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| LAMBDA - Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data - Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) archive of science research. CMB data is an important aspect of reseach in cosmology.
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| COBE - The Cosmic Background Explorer satellite. Instruments, scientific results, related links.
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| WMAP- Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe - WMAP is a NASA Explorer mission measuring the temperature of the cosmic background radiation over the full sky. This map provides answers to fundamental questions about the origins and fate of our universe.
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| Messier 81 Internal Motions - van Maanen's astrometrically determined internal motions of the spiral nebula Messier 81.
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| Cosmology - A summary of research areas at the University of Kansas, with links to activities and personnel.
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