The Universe & Beyond

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This Topic deserves a page in its own right. I was greatly influenced by Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson with regards to the 'Cosmic Perspective'. We are but a speck compared to the entirety of the cosmos. This Topic is simply an extension from Topic 2A, except with less of a terrestrial perspective, and a much astronomical perspective.

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Curriculum Sub-Topics
 

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• Physics 101

• How we know what we know

• Interactive Map and Perspective on Distances and Travel Times

• Case Study: Hubble telescope

• Case study: International Space Station

• Astrophysics/Cosmology

• Case study: NASA and the Moon

• Case study: SpaceX and Mars

• Case study: CERN

• Theoretical Physics

• The Theory of Everything

• Case study: SETI

• Astrochemistry and Exobiology

• Space Elevators with Carbon Nanotubes

• Colonising our Moon and Colonising Mars

 

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References

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Links to External Sources

 

Hayden Planetarium - American Museum of Natural History

https://www.amnh.org/our-research/hayden-planetarium

Directed by Neil deGrasse Tyson

 

 

Cosmos Series

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/cosmos-a-spacetime-odyssey/

by Neil deGrasse Tyson, originally by Carl Sagan

 

Mauna Kea Observatories

https://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/mko/

 

Live video from ISS

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/iss_ustream.html

 

Astronomy Magazine - Interactive Star Charts, Planets, Meteors ...

www.astronomy.com/

 

Top 100 Images | ESA/Hubble

https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/archive/top100/

 

https://www.nasa.gov/content/most-colorful-view-of-universe-captured-by-hubble-space-telescope

 

http://bigthink.com/dr-kakus-universe/a-voyage-through-the-multiverse-and-higher-dimensional-hyperspace

(Michio Kaku)

Files

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TBC

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Visual Media: Images & Diagrams, Graphics, Videos,

Embeds, Interactive Interfaces

 

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Descriptions here - TBC

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--- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA21474-CrabNebula-5Observatories-Animation.gif
--- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sn2008hdani.gif
--- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hubble_Chronicles_Brightening_of_Ring_around_Supernova_1987A_(1994-2016).gif

--- "Size Comparison of the Universe 2018" by Times Infinity (Jan 2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9VYx_dJEDs
--- "Exploring the Universe 1/2: Life Out There" by University of Oxford (Jun 2013)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75pJ90NwDXA

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External Resources by other Authors

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