The Life and Death of Stars
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
Gain a better understanding of these spectacular celestial bodies in this enthralling course which features dazzling imagery from Hubble, informative graphics, and animations.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Why the Stellar Life Cycle Matters
- 02: The Stars' Information Messenger
- 03: Measuring the Stars with Light
- 04: Stellar Nurseries
- 05: Gravitational Collapse and Protostars
- 06: The Dynamics of Star Formation
- 07: Solar Systems in the Making
- 08: Telescopes-Our Eyes on the Stars
- 09: Mass-The DNA of Stars
- 10: Eclipses of Stars-Truth in the Shadows
- 11: Stellar Families
- 12: A Portrait of Our Star, the Sun
- 13: E = mc2-Energy for a Star's Life
- 14: Stars in Middle Age
- 15: Stellar Death
- 16: Stellar Corpses-Diamonds in the Sky
- 17: Dying Breaths-Cepheids and Supernovae
- 18: Supernova Remnants and Galactic Geysers
- 19: Stillborn Stars
- 20: The Dark Mystery of the First Stars
- 21: Stars as Magnets
- 22: Solar Storms-The Perils of Life with a Star
- 23: The Stellar Recipe of Life
- 24: A Tale of Two Stars
Taught by
Keivan G. Stassun
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