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van Maanen's astrometrically determined internal motions of the spiral nebula Messier 81.
http://www.ebicom.net/~rsf1/m81mn.htm
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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.
http://map.gsfc.nas.gov
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COBE
The Cosmic Background Explorer satellite. Instruments, scientific results, related links.
http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/cobe/
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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.
http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov
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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".
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0302506
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Revved-Up Universe
Astronomers are convinced that the expansion of the Universe accelerates.
http://sciencenews.org/20000212/bob9.asp
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The BOOMERanG project
Cosmic microwave background mapping project. Press releases and downloadable academic papers.
http://cmb.phys.cwru.edu/boomerang/
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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.
http://library.thinkquest.org/28181/
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Should We Believe in Big Bang?
Science popularization article on the Big Bang theory.
http://www.freehomepages.com/pgostrov/e1.html
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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.
http://csmonitor.com/2002/0509/p11s01-stss.html
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The Origin of Elements
Arno Allan Penzias Nobel Lecture.
http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1978/penzias-lecture.html
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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.
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9312022
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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.
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=27930&url=27930/
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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.
http://focus.aps.org/v4/st6.html
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Tufts Institute of Cosmology
The Cosmology group at Tufts University with links to other cosmology sites
http://cosmos2.phy.tufts.edu/xbook.html
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Cosmology made Simple
A brief, non-mathematical introduction to modern cosmology.
http://www.geocities.com/autotheist/Physics/cosmo.htm
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Cambridge Cosmology Homepage
A site dedicated to cosmology, both basic and advanced, maintained by Cambridge university
http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/cos_home.html
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A Brief History of Cosmology
A one page review of the development of cosmology, starting with the Babylonians
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Cosmology.html
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NOVA - Runaway Universe
Examines the size, future and fate of the universe as well as the possible existence of others.
Also explores what happens in a supernova explosion, a map of the universe on a cosmological
scale, and the ability to spin a spiral galaxy on two axes using QuickTime VR.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/
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Introduction to Cosmology
A NASA site for the general public featuring a collection of questions and answers on cosmology.
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni.html
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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.
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/cosmology/
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Cosmology
A collection of links.
http://www.galacticsurf.com/cosmolGB.htm
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Astronomy Today - Cosmology
Articles on related topics in popular magazine style.
http://www.astronomytoday.com/cosmology.html
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Cosmology
An extensive overview. Part of the NASA Remote Sensing Tutorial.
http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect20/Preface.html
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Distant Galaxies and Cosmology Models
Article on possible cosmological models.
http://www.cosmologymodels.com/
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Good Cosmology Sites
Links to cosmology resources, and a tutorial by a UCLA professor.
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmo_sites.html
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Cosmology Books and Links
Annotated list of books, articles, and websites from a popular course at Sonoma State University.
http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/people/faculty/tenn/CosmologyBooksAndLinks.html
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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.
http://background.uchicago.edu/~whu/beginners/introduction.html
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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.
http://focus.aps.org/v5/st8.html
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A Brief History of Time
quotations from the Stephen W. Hawking book.
http://www.generationterrorists.com/quotes/abhotswh.html
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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.
http://galileo.as.utexas.edu/research.html
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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.
http://www.astro.ufl.edu/~siopis/papers/Book.ps.gz
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Cosmology
A summary of research areas at the University of Kansas, with links to activities and personnel.
http://www.phsx.ukans.edu/Cosmology/KUCosmo.html
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Structure and Evolution of the Universe
NASA's quest to explain the structure of the Universe and forecast our cosmic destiny, explore
cycles of matter and energy and to examine the ultimate limits of gravity and energy.
http://universe.gsfc.nasa.gov/home.html
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Cosmology
Companion site to the PBS miniseries.
http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/intro/cosmo-frame.html
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Max Tegmark
Cosmologist's personal site including discussions of movies, experiments, and data analysis
efforts.
http://www.hep.upenn.edu/~max/
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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).
http://topweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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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.
http://astro.estec.esa.nl/SA-general/Projects/Planck/
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Supernova Cosmology Project
This Berkeley labs site is based on observation of red shift in stars going supernova.
http://panisse.lbl.gov/
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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.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/diamond_jubilee/debate.html
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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.
http://wwwmacho.mcmaster.ca/
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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.
http://www.sdss.org/
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The Cosmic Microwave Background
Extensive CMB information from the University of British Columbia.
http://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/scott/cmb.html
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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.
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmolog.htm
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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.
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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Mysteries of Deep Space - History of the Universe Timeline
From PBS Online
http://www.pbs.org/deepspace/timeline/index.html
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