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Mon 8/30 |
A Grand Tour of the Cosmos |
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Wed 9/1 |
Journey Through Space and Time |
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Fri 9/3 |
Light- The Supreme Informant |
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Mon 9/6 |
Holiday: Labor Day |
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Wed 9/8 |
Blackbody Radiation |
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Fri 9/10 |
The Fingerprints of Atoms |
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Mon 9/13 |
Tools of the Trade |
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Wed 9/15 |
Lunar Phases and Glorious Eclipses |
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Fri 9/17 |
Celestial Phenomena |
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Mon 9/20 |
The Copernican Revolution |
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Wed 9/22 |
On the Shoulders of Giants |
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Fri 9/24 |
One Small Step: The Earth and Moon |
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Mon 9/27 |
Mercury, Venus, and Mars |
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Wed 9/29 |
Planetary Behemoths |
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Fri 10/1 |
Pluto and Solar-System Debris |
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Mon 10/4 |
Catastrophic Collisions |
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Wed 10/6 |
Extra-Solar Planets |
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Fri 10/8 |
Our Sun, the Nearest Star |
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Mon 10/11 |
Midterm Exam I |
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Wed 10/13 |
Stars: Distant Suns |
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Fri 10/15 |
Social Stars: Binaries and Clusters |
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Mon 10/18 |
How Stars Shine: Cosmic Furnaces |
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Wed 10/20 |
The Fate of Our Sun |
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Fri 10/22 |
Exploding Stars: Celestial Fireworks! |
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Mon 10/25 |
The Corpses of Massive Stars |
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Wed 10/27 |
Hearts of Darkness |
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Fri 10/29 |
The Quest for Black Holes |
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Mon 11/1 |
Starting at Home - The Milky Way |
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Wed 11/3 |
One Giant Leap - Other Galaxies |
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Fri 11/5 |
The Dark Side of Matter |
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Mon 11/8 |
The Expansion of the Universe |
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Wed 11/10 |
Quasars - Cosmic Powerhouses |
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Fri 11/12 |
In the Belly of the Beast |
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Mon 11/15 |
Midterm II |
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Wed 11/17 |
The Big Bang Theory |
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Fri 11/19 |
The Age of the Universe |
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Mon 11/22 |
Geometry of the Universe |
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Wed 11/24 |
Catch-up Day: Q&A; Current Research |
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Fri 11/26 |
Holiday: Thanksgiving |
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Mon 11/29 |
Einstein's Biggest Blunder? |
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Wed 12/1 |
Echoes of the Big Bang |
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Fri 12/3 |
In the Beginning |
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Mon 12/6 |
The Ultimate Free Lunch? |
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Wed 12/8 |
The Search for Life in the Universe |
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Fri 12/10 |
Interstellar Travel; Conclusion |