
Lecture Description
Here it is, folks: the end. In our final episode of Crash Course Astronomy, Phil gives the course a send off with a look at some of his favorite topics and the big questions that Astronomy allows us to ask.
Thank you for watching.
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PHOTOS/VIDEOS
Exoplanet, thick atmosphere - Artist’s Impression www.nasa.gov/images/content/681727main_kepler47_art_full.jpg [credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle]
Exoplanet, Earth-like - Artist’s Impression www.gemini.edu/images/pio/News/2014/pr2014_03/AAAS/quintana4HR.jpg [credit: NASA Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-CalTech]
James Webb Space Telescope www.stsci.edu/~levay/presres/jwst/jwst05_new-config.jpg [credit: Northrop Grumman Space Technology]
Hubble's High-Definition Panoramic View of the Andromeda Galaxy hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2015/02/ [credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B.F. Williams, and L.C. Johnson (University of Washington), the PHAT team, and R. Gendler]
Bennu's Journey svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=20220 [credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab]
Wedding Lanterns www.flickr.com/photos/jirka_matousek/12431704084 [credit: Jirka Matousek]
Balloon en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Echo#/media/File:Echo_II.jpg [credit: NASA]
Naked-eye Venus photo taken by Phil Plait
Cygnus Reentry www.flickr.com/photos/astro_alex/14760660030/in/set-72157645670772466/ [credit: ESA/NASA]
Moon www.eso.org/public/archives/images/large/potw1023a.jpg [credit: G. Gillet/ESO]
Progress M-10M reentry plasma trail commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Progress_M-10M_reentry_plasma_trail.jpg [credit: NASA]
Alien Worlds www.cfa.harvard.edu/sites/www.cfa.harvard.edu/files/images/pr/2011-30/1/hires.jpg [credit: David Aguilar / CfA]
Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqX9vLj3_7w [credit: NRAO]
Barred spiral bares all www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1035a/ [credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA]
Hi hello www.flickr.com/photos/bencanales/8745890764/sizes/l [credit: Ben Canales, www.thestartrail.com/]
Course Index
- Introduction to Astronomy
- Naked Eye Observations
- Cycles in the Sky
- Moon Phases
- Eclipses
- Telescopes
- The Gravity of the Situation
- Tides
- Introduction to the Solar System
- The Sun
- The Earth
- The Moon
- Mercury
- Venus
- Mars
- Jupiter
- Jupiter's Moons
- Saturn
- Uranus & Neptune
- Asteroids
- Comets
- The Oort Cloud
- Meteors
- Light
- Distances
- Stars
- Exoplanets
- Brown Dwarfs
- Low Mass Stars
- White Dwarfs & Planetary Nebulae
- High Mass Stars
- Neutron Stars
- Black Holes
- Binary and Multiple Stars
- Star Clusters
- Nebulae
- The Milky Way
- Galaxies, part 1
- Galaxies, part 2
- Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Dark Matter
- The Big Bang, Cosmology part 1
- Dark Energy, Cosmology part 2
- A Brief History of the Universe
- Deep Time
- Everything, The Universe...And Life
- Explore The Solar System:
Course Description
In this Crash Course series, marvel at the wonders of astronomy with your host for this intergalactic adventure, the Bad Astronomer himself -- Phil Plait. In just 40 short lessons, you will learn the basics of the oldest science known to humanity.
Be sure to check out links to relevant Photos in the description for each video.