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Galaxies and the Universe

Offered By: City College of San Francisco via California Community Colleges System

Tags

Cosmology Courses Astronomy Courses Dark Matter Courses Dark Energy Courses Active Galactic Nuclei Courses Big Bang theory Courses Milky Way Courses

Course Description

Overview

Introduction to cosmology, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, with a focus on basic questions of existence: Where do we come from and what is our fate? Covers the universe's origin, evolution, fate, expansion and acceleration, cosmological models explaining these, large scale structure, dark matter and dark energy, properties and phenomena of galaxies, including the Milky Way and active galactic nuclei.

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