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| Explanation of the evidence for dark matter as inferred indirectly from the motions of astronomical objects. | |
| Text from a series of educational leaflets covering a wide range of topics in astronomy and cosmology. Educational use of the information by private individuals or schools is encouraged. | ||
| A UK based organisation with worldwide membership, formed in response to a growing interest in the works of modern catastrophists who have stimulated controversy in the fields of cosmology, geology, catastrophism and ancient history. | ||
| Text of a public lecture by the physicist Stephen Hawking, in which he discusses predicting the future, whether this is arbitrary and random, and regularities in nature. He concludes that the future of the universe is not completely determined by the laws of science. | ||
| Set of essays discussing theories of the origins of the universe and explaining complex cosmological phenomena such as antimatter, Hubble's Law and wormholes. Also includes short biographies of Copernicus, Eratosthenes, Newton and other historical contributors to cosmology. | ||
| A searchable collection of resources in the field of astrobiology including cosmochemistry, chemical evolution, the origin and evolution of life, planetary biology and chemistry, formation of stars and planets (space science), and expansion of terrestrial life into space. | ||
| Text of a lecture by the physicist Stephen Hawking, which discusses the origins of time and whether or not it will come to an end. | ||
| Examines ancient philosophies of Africa, the Near East and prehistory. Resources are in the form of full text Web articles and books and explore themes such as Sangoma divination and therapy, African witchcraft, and Archaeoastronomy. Also provides access to information which assesses African Studies within the realms of intercultural philosophy, globalisation, anthropology, and poetry. | ||
| Aims to further understanding of our universe, tackling issues like galaxy formation, planet habitability, and the likelihood of life beyond Earth. The program traces the 15 billion year long chain of events since the birth of the Universe, investigating phenomena using observatory technologies, both in space and on the ground. A library of related materials is provided. | ||
| One of the main aims of the ICTP is to foster the growth of advanced studies and research in the developing countries. ICTP Science Abstracts Online includes papers from the Trieste Conference on Chemical Evolution (Exobiology: Matter, Energy and Information in the Origin and Evolution of Life in the Universe), from Statistical Physics of Frustrated Systems and Simple Systems at High Pressures and Temperatures. | ||
| Extensive collection of links to biographies, papers, quotations and pictures of Albert Einstein. | ||
| The SIMBAD astronomical database brings together basic data, cross identifications, observational measurements, and bibliography, for celestial objects outside the solar system: stars, galaxies, and nonstellar objects within our galaxy, or in external galaxies. | ||
| Online book, which attempts to provide a model of reality by exploring a relational matrix model of space time, and an explanation of why physical reality behaves as it does, as well as answering questions about light, space, time and energy. | ||
| The IAP is a laboratory of the National Science Research Centre in France (CNRS). Research at IAP embraces a wide range of topics from particle physics to cosmology. Recent prepublications of IAP researchers are available online. Information is in English and French. | ||
| Papers covering high energy physics, astrophysics, general relativity, quantum cosmology, nuclear theory, computational and lattice physics. | ||
| Text of a lecture by the physicist Stephen Hawking, in which he discusses alternative cosmology and the model of open inflation the idea that it was possible for the universe to come into existence at a finite size, but nevertheless be either a finite or an infinitely large universe now. | ||
| Official information from a NASA initiative to develop institutional relationships to promote research and training in astrobiology a cross-disciplinary field, concerned with the study of life in the universe, including its origin, distribution and future. Includes details of the Institute's operations, profiles of members, basic information on the purpose of astrobiology, and details of outreach activities performed by the Institute | ||
| Links to resources about astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, and exobiology. | ||
| An extension of a Master's thesis on the nature, evolution and future of human reality construction, written in non academic style. | ||
| A speculative look at the possibility of alternative universes branching from our own, using quantum physics as a basis. | ||
| Describes key concepts in relativity and gravitation in non technical terms. Covers the big bang model of the universe's origin, galaxies and clusters, relic radiation, cosmic strings, and inflation. | ||
| Answers to questions such as 'how big is a black hole', 'what is a wormhole' and 'what is a white hole'. | ||
| Includes information on supernovas, X ray binaries, black holes, and the research programme. | ||
| Published proceedings, background information and educational material on four debates between leaders in the astronomy community: The Scale of the Universe (Curtis and Shapley, 1920), The Distance Scale to Gamma ray Bursts (Paczynski and Lamb, 1995), The Scale of the Universe (Tammann and van den Bergh, 1996) and The Nature of the Universe (Peebles and Turner, 1998). | ||
| Summarises cosmology discoveries made in the last century, covering the study of the origin, current state and future of the Universe. | ||
| An electronic information service covering the fields of experimental and theoretical particle physics (including cosmology). The service interfaces to the established public domain preprint servers, providing independent listings and access to them. | ||
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