Cosmology Courses

• Links for College-Level Astronomy Courses, Eckerd College
• Foundations of Modern Cosmology. University of Virginia, John Hawley.
• Cosmology and the Origin of Life, University of Oregon
• Birth and Death of Stars, University of Oregon
• Galaxies and the Expanding Universe, University of Oregon
• The Cosmological Constant, Harvard University
• Astronomy 250: Introduction to Cosmology, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Science A-35: Matter in the Universe, Harvard University

Web Resources

• Compilation of Web Sites. Various web sites containing either course work, tutorials, articles, et. cet.
• Inside Einstein’s Universe. Our “Inside Einstein’s Universe” program uses the rich resources of NASA’s space science research missions to take audiences on a journey through the cosmos as we now know it. Throughout 2005, the Einstein Centennial provides opportunities for educational organizations to examine how scientists in the 21st century will continue to explore the boundaries of space and time.
• Origins: Journey Back to the Beginning of Everything – the universe, Earth, and Life Itself. PBS broadcast September 28 and 29, 8:00 to 10:00 PM.
• Introduction to Cosmology. NASA WMAP Mission web site on the universe and recent observational results in cosmology.
• Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial. This site is provided by Professor Edward L. Wright, Astronomy Department, UCLA. The site contains a wide and varied discussion of modern cosmology with some interesting pictures and Java Applets.
• The Runaway Universe. PBS companion web site to the PBS broadcast of "The Runaway Universe" detailing the efforts of two teams of astronomers to exploit Type Ia supernova to measure the rate of expansion of the universe.
• Stephen Hawking's Universe. Renown cosmologist Stephen Hawking explores the many facets of the universe.
• Cambridge Cosmology. Cambridge cosmology group public home page.
• Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe. WMAP is a NASA Explorer Mission measuring the temperature of the cosmic background radiation. This map of the remnant heat of the Big Bang provides answers to some of the most fundamental questions about the origin and fate of our universe.
• Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the most ambitious astronomical survey project ever undertaken, will bring the modern practice of comprehensive and quantitative mapping to cosmography, the science of mapping the universe and determining our place in it.
• The Particle Adventure. The Particle Data Group of Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory presents an award-winning interactive tour of quarks, neutrinos, antimatter, extra dimensions, dark matter, accelerators, and particle detectors.

History of Astronomy and Cosmology

• WWWVL-History of Astronomy
• History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
• CERN - Newtonia

History of Science Courses

• Nick Stobel's Course Notes for History and Philosophy of Western Astronomy, Univ. of Washington
• History of Science, Princeton University
• Science & Technology Studies Program, Colby College

Other Resources on Cosmology

• Cosmology, PBS

Professional Organizations

• American Astronomical Society
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• History of Science Society

Observatories and Institutes

• Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
• US Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.
• David Dunlap Observatory, University of Toronto
• European Southern Observatory
• Mount Wilson Observatory
• National Optical Astronomy Observatories
• Royal Greenwich Observatory
• SETI Institute

Astronomy Images

• Space Telescope Science Institute, Electronic Information Service, USA
• Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures, USA
• JPL Image/Information Archive, USA
• The Galaxy Catalog, Princeton University, USA