A Visual Guide to the Universe with the Smithsonian

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

Course Description

Overview

Produced in partnership with the Smithsonian, these 18 lavishly illustrated lectures take you from our solar system to the farthest reaches of space and time.

Syllabus

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01: Probing the Cosmos from Space
02: The Magnetic Beauty of the Active Sun
03: Mars-Water and the Search for Life
04: Vesta and the Asteroid Belt
05: Saturn-The Rings of Enchantment
06: The Ice Moons Europa and Enceladus
07: The Search for Other Earths
08: The Swan Nebula
09: The Seven Sisters and Their Stardust Veil
10: Future Supernova, Eta Carinae
11: Runaway Star, Zeta Ophiuchi
12: The Center of the Milky Way
13: The Andromeda Galaxy
14: Hubble's Galaxy Zoo
15: The Brightest Quasar
16: The Dark Side of the Bullet Cluster
17: The Cosmic Reach of Gamma-Ray Bursts
18: The Afterglow of the Big Bang

Taught by

David M. Meyer

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