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History of Astronomy Part 1: The Celestial Sphere and Early Observations
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Astronomy-Astrophysics
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- 1 Introduction to Astronomy
- 2 Cosmology: A Big Bang and the Beginning of the Universe
- 3 Star and Galaxy Formation in the Early Universe
- 4 Classification of Stars: Spectral Analysis and the H-R Diagram
- 5 The Life and Death of Stars: White Dwarfs, Supernovae, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes
- 6 How to Make Black Holes (Both Regular and Supermassive)
- 7 Star Systems and Types of Galaxies
- 8 The Formation of the Milky Way Galaxy
- 9 The Formation of the Solar System and the Structure of the Sun
- 10 History of Astronomy Part 1: The Celestial Sphere and Early Observations
- 11 History of Astronomy Part 2: Early Measurements of the Earth
- 12 History of Astronomy Part 3: Copernicus and Heliocentrism
- 13 History of Astronomy Part 4: Kepler's Laws and Beyond
- 14 Mercury: The Innermost Planet
- 15 Venus: Earth's Sister Planet
- 16 The Formation of The Earth and The Moon
- 17 Mars: The Red Planet
- 18 Jupiter: King of the Planets
- 19 Saturn: Best Rings in the Solar System
- 20 Uranus: It's Pronounced "YOOR-uh-nus"
- 21 Neptune: The Outermost Planet
- 22 Pluto, Comets, Asteroids, and the Kuiper Belt
- 23 Artificial Satellites of Earth and Their Orbits
- 24 Edwin Hubble, Doppler Shift, and the Expanding Universe
- 25 Evidence for Big Bang Cosmology
- 26 Dark Matter and Dark Energy: The Frontier of Astronomy
- 27 The End of the Universe: Hot or Cold?
- 28 Astrobiology: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life
- 29 The Future Colonization of Space: Terraforming and Dyson Spheres
- 30 The Earth is Definitely Not Flat
- 31 Astrology: Fact or Fiction?
- 32 A Tour of the Universe With Space Engine (Part 1)
- 33 A Tour of the Universe With Space Engine (Part 2)
- 34 Exploring the TRAPPIST-1 System
- 35 The Alpha Centauri System
- 36 Exploring the Gliese 667 System
- 37 Types of Nebulae: Stellar Nurseries and Star Remnants
- 38 Sizes of Stars and Sub-Stellar Objects: From Brown Dwarf to Red Hypergiant
- 39 Types of Binary Star Systems
- 40 Warped Spacetime, Gravitational Lensing, and Gravitational Waves (Corroborating General Relativity)
- 41 Quasars and Early Galaxy Formation
- 42 Zooming Out From Earth to the Edge of the Observable Universe
- 43 Eris: Queen of the Dwarf Planets
- 44 ‘Oumuamua: Interstellar Visitor
- 45 Exoplanets: The Hunt for Habitable Worlds
