1st SPOT Cosmology
References to some good cosmological sites on the Web, featuring in-depth coverage of issues like dark matter, black holes and symmetric theory. |
A Brief History of Cosmology
A one page review of the development of cosmology, starting with the Babylonians |
A Brief History of Time
quotations from the Stephen W. Hawking book. |
Amazing Universe
Short introduction to cosmology. |
Astronomy and Cosmology
A source for information on astronomy, cosmology, and related topics. |
Astronomy Today - Cosmology
Articles on related topics in popular magazine style. |
Cambridge Cosmology Homepage
A site dedicated to cosmology, both basic and advanced, maintained by Cambridge university |
COBE Home Page
The Cosmic Background Explorer satellite. Instruments, scientific results, related links. |
Conversational Cosmology
by Henry E. Kandrup. A college-level textbook for an introductory course in cosmology for nonscientists. Comes in a zipped postscript file. |
Cosmology
An extensive overview. Part of the NASA Remote Sensing Tutorial. |
Cosmology
A collection of links. |
Cosmology
Companion site to the PBS miniseries. |
Cosmology
A summary of research areas at the University of Kansas, with links to activities and personnel. |
Cosmology
A mid-length introduction with links to telescope sales. |
Cosmology Books and Links
Annotated list of books, articles, and websites from a popular course at Sonoma State University. |
Cosmology made Simple
A brief, non-mathematical introduction to modern cosmology. |
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. |
CosmoNet
an "interactive book" focusing on the topics of astronomy, cosmology, and theoretical physics. It also provides a number of unique services including an index of all 88 constellations, several interactive games and quizzes, and extensive inform |
Distant Galaxies and Cosmology Models
Article on possible cosmological models. |
Good Cosmology Sites
Links to cosmology resources, and a tutorial by a UCLA professor. |
Hubble Constant
NASA news and research related to the Hubble Constant and cosmology. |
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. |
Introduction to Cosmology
A NASA site for the general public featuring a collection of questions and answers on cosmology. |
Introduction to Cosmology Web Site
From the MAP site |
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. |
MACHO Project Home Page
Our 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. |
MAP Home Page
MAP is a MIDEX class mission, selected by NASA in 1996, to probe conditions in the early universe. MAP measures temperature differences ("anisotropy") in the cosmic microwave background radiation. |
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). |
Mysteries of Deep Space - History of the Universe Timeline
From PBS Online |
NOVA - Runaway Universe
Examine the size, future and fate of our universe as well as the possible existence of others, discover what happens in a supernova explosion, view a map of the universe on a cosmological scale, spin a spiral galaxy on two axes using QuickTime VR, and mu |
Planck Satellite
ESA mission designed to find the three cosmological parameters: the Hubble parameter, the density and the deceleration parameter from variations in the cosmic background radiation. |
Revved-Up Universe
Astronomers are convinced that the expansion of the Universe accelerates. |
Should We Believe in Big Bang?
Science popularization article on the Big Bang theory. |
Supernova Cosmology Project
This Berkeley labs site is based on observation of red shift in stars going supernova. |
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. |
The BOOMERanG project
Cosmic microwave background mapping project. Press releases and downloadable academic papers. |
The Cosmic Microwave Background
Extensive CMB information from the University of British Columbia. |
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. |
The Origin of Elements
Arno Allan Penzias Nobel Lecture. |
Tufts Institute of Cosmology
The Cosmology group at Tufts University with links to other cosmology sites |
