Mar 3, 2007 
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ASTR 160 - Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics
This course focuses on three particularly interesting areas of astronomy that are advancing very rapidly: Extra-Solar Planets, Black Holes, and Dark Energy. Particular attention is paid to current projects that promise to improve our understanding significantly over the next few years. The course explores not just what is known, but what is currently not known, and how astronomers are going about trying to find out.
Course Homepage: [[http://oyc.yale.edu/astronomy/frontiers-and-controversies-in-astrophysics/]]
Course features at Open Yale courses page: *Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics *Syllabus *Class Sessions *Downloads *Survey
Updates: *Update 1 - The Kepler Mission *Update 2 - Do Black Holes Spin? *Update 3 - The “Dark Ages” and the Growth of Structure
Exams: *Midterm Exam 1 *Midterm Exam 1 Solutions *Midterm Exam 2 Solutions
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Lecture 13 - Stellar Mass Black Holes (cont.)
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Lecture 14 - Pulsars
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Lecture 15 - Supermassive Black Holes
Nov 24, 2009 3262 views
Lecture 18 - Hubble's Law and the Big Bang (cont.)
Nov 24, 2009 3464 views
Lecture 7 - Direct Imaging of Exoplanets
Nov 24, 2009 3697 views
Lecture 9 - Special and General Relativity
Nov 24, 2009 6504 views
Lecture 17 - Hubble's Law and the Big Bang (cont.)
Nov 24, 2009 3301 views
Lecture 24 - The Multiverse and Theories of Everything
Nov 24, 2009 4567 views
Lecture 23 - Other Constraints: The Cosmic Microwave Background
Nov 24, 2009 3723 views
Lecture 6 - Microlensing, Astrometry and Other Methods
Nov 24, 2009 3751 views
Lecture 16 - Hubble's Law and the Big Bang
Nov 24, 2009 3528 views
Lecture 4 - Discovering Exoplanets: Hot Jupiters
Nov 24, 2009 3597 views
Lecture 1 - Introduction
Nov 24, 2009 9112 views
Lecture 5 - Planetary Transits
Nov 24, 2009 5931 views
Lecture 3 - Our Solar System and the Pluto Problem
Nov 24, 2009 4767 views
Lecture 12 - Stellar Mass Black Holes
Nov 24, 2009 3974 views
Lecture 8 - Introduction to Black Holes
Nov 24, 2009 4814 views
Lecture 22 - Supernovae
Nov 24, 2009 3142 views
Lecture 20 - Dark Matter
Nov 24, 2009 3783 views
Lecture 11 - Special and General Relativity (cont.)
Nov 24, 2009 6025 views
Lecture 21 - Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe and the Big Rip
Nov 24, 2009 3971 views
Lecture 2 - Planetary Orbits
Nov 24, 2009 5207 views
Lecture 10 - Tests of Relativity
Nov 24, 2009 4036 views
Lecture 19 - Mega and the End of the Universe
Nov 24, 2009 3233 views