Welcome to UCLA’s Astro 7:“Astronomy and the Media” website, a site designed to help Astro 7 students and all others interested in this subject.

Please Read our Welcome and Mission Statement. 

For Links to Current Astronomy Events, Click Here.

Information Pertaining to the Course Reader:

Section 1:The Meteor Threat

Section 2: Modern Astronomical Research with the Hubble Space Telescope

Section 3: The Size and Fate of the Universe

            ·  The Big Bang?

            ·  Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

Section 4: Planets Around Other Stars

Section 5:  NASA’s Exploration of Mars and Space

·     Searching for Extraterrestrial Life

Section 6:  The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming on Earth

Section 7:  The Cold Fusion Fiasco

 

 

 

 

 

Other Areas of Interest:

• Black Holes: Stellar BHs & Supermassive BHs; Active Galactic Nuclei

• Dark Matter -- Luminous matter (stars, gas, and dust) may only comprise a tiny fraction of the universe's total mass. Includes links to dark matter detection experiments.

• Gamma Ray Bursts -- These puzzling, high-energy events have been observed since the 1960s, but most of our understanding about these observational phenomena has come in the past ~4 years, making GRBs a current hot topic in astronomy.

Astronomer + Telescope Links:

• Amateur Astronomy & Stargazing Astrophotography, current night sky over Los Angeles, amateur astronomy organizations
• Astronomer Pages Find out what kinds of research some astronomers are undertaking
• Telescope Links -  Links to the home pages of many ground-based and orbiting telescopes and observatories covering the entire electromagnetic spectrum, including future telescopes under construction.
• Project Links Current and planned space missions and surveys

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