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Websites in Cosmology

1. A Brief History of Cosmology
   A one page review of the development of cosmology, starting with the Babylonians
   http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Cosmology.html
   
   
2. A Brief History of Time
   quotations from the Stephen W. Hawking book.
   http://www.generationterrorists.com/quotes/abhotswh.html
   
   
3. Astronomy Today - Cosmology
   Articles on related topics in popular magazine style.
   http://www.astronomytoday.com/cosmology.html
   
   
4. COBE
   The Cosmic Background Explorer satellite. Instruments, scientific results, related links.
   http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/cobe/
   
   
5. Cambridge Cosmology Homepage
   A site dedicated to cosmology, both basic and advanced, maintained by Cambridge university
   http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/cos_home.html
   
   
6. Conversational Cosmology
   by Henry E. Kandrup. A college-level textbook for an introductory course in cosmology for nonscientists. Comes in a zipped postscript file.
   http://www.astro.ufl.edu/~siopis/papers/Book.ps.gz
   
   
7. CosmoNet
   An "interactive book" focusing on the topics of astronomy, cosmology, and theoretical physics. It also provides a number of services including an index of all 88 constellations, several interactive games and quizzes, and extensive information on stars, galaxies, and the Big Bang.
   http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=27930&url=27930/
   
   
8. Cosmology
   Companion site to the PBS miniseries.
   http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/intro/cosmo-frame.html
   
   
9. Cosmology
   A summary of research areas at the University of Kansas, with links to activities and personnel.
   http://www.phsx.ukans.edu/Cosmology/KUCosmo.html
   
   
10. Cosmology
    An extensive overview. Part of the NASA Remote Sensing Tutorial.
    http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect20/Preface.html
    
    
11. Cosmology
    A collection of links.
    http://www.galacticsurf.com/cosmolGB.htm
    
    
12. Cosmology Books and Links
    Annotated list of books, articles, and websites from a popular course at Sonoma State University.
    http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/people/faculty/tenn/CosmologyBooksAndLinks.html
    
    
13. Cosmology made Simple
    A brief, non-mathematical introduction to modern cosmology.
    http://www.geocities.com/autotheist/Physics/cosmo.htm
    
    
14. Cosmology: A Research Briefing
    An online book from the National Academy of Sciences. Includes chapters on CMBR, the large scale structure of universe, and the physics of the early universe.
    http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/cosmology/
    
    
15. Distant Galaxies and Cosmology Models
    Article on possible cosmological models.
    http://www.cosmologymodels.com/
    
    
16. Galaxy Formation and the Intergalactic Medium
    This site is dedicated to summarizing the research of Paul Shapiro's cosmology group. Of interest mainly to specialists.
    http://galileo.as.utexas.edu/research.html
    
    
17. Good Cosmology Sites
    Links to cosmology resources, and a tutorial by a UCLA professor.
    http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmo_sites.html
    
    
18. Great Debates in Astronomy
    Following in the footsteps of the famous April 1920 'Great Debate' between Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis, this series of debates among leaders in the astronomical community highlight major quests in astronomy and astrophysics in an open forum at the turn of the millennium.
    http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/diamond_jubilee/debate.html
    
    
19. Introduction to Cosmology
    A NASA site for the general public featuring a collection of questions and answers on cosmology.
    http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni.html
    
    
20. Introduction to Cosmology
    These notes form an introduction to cosmology with special emphasis on large scale structure, the cmb anisotropy and inflation. In some places a basic familiarity with particle physics is assumed, but otherwise no special knowledge is needed.
    http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9312022
    
    
21. Introduction to the Cosmic Microwave Background
    Basic explanations of key concepts, including the Big Bang, expansion of the universe, and the ripples in the density of the early universe that led to the galaxies and stars we see today.
    http://background.uchicago.edu/~whu/beginners/introduction.html
    
    
22. LAMBDA - Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data
    Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) archive of science research. CMB data is an important aspect of reseach in cosmology.
    http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov
    
    
23. MACHO Project
    Primary aim is to test the hypothesis that a significant fraction of the dark matter in the halo of the Milky Way is made up of objects like brown dwarfs or planets: these objects have come to be known as MACHOs, for MAssive Compact Halo Objects.
    http://wwwmacho.mcmaster.ca/
    
    
24. MAP Home Page
    MAP is a MIDEX class mission, selected by NASA in 1996, to probe conditions in the early universe. MAP measures temperature differences ("anisotropy") in the cosmic microwave background radiation.
    http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/
    
    
25. MSAM/TopHat High Altitude Scientific Balloons
    A series of scientic experiments flying as balloon payloads in Texas and Antarctica, designed to measure the medium-scale anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR).
    http://topweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/
    
    
26. Max Tegmark
    Cosmologist's personal site including discussions of movies, experiments, and data analysis efforts.
    http://www.hep.upenn.edu/~max/
    
    
27. Messier 81 Internal Motions
    van Maanen's astrometrically determined internal motions of the spiral nebula Messier 81.
    http://www.ebicom.net/~rsf1/m81mn.htm
    
    
28. Mysteries of Deep Space - History of the Universe Timeline
    From PBS Online
    http://www.pbs.org/deepspace/timeline/index.html
    
    
29. NOVA - Runaway Universe
    Examines the size, future and fate of the universe as well as the possible existence of others. Also explores what happens in a supernova explosion, a map of the universe on a cosmological scale, and the ability to spin a spiral galaxy on two axes using QuickTime VR.
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/
    
    
30. Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial
    An illustrated introductory guide to the topic, attempting to summarize modern discoveries on the origin, current state, and future of our Universe.
    http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmolog.htm
    
    
31. Phantom Energy and Cosmic Doomsday
    Phantom energy, with negative sum of pressure and energy density, could lead to the universe tearing itself apart in a "Big Rip".
    http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0302506
    
    
32. Review of Mistake of Einstein
    Cosmologists have used recent data to constrain the type of 'dark energy' that may fill all of space.
    http://focus.aps.org/v4/st6.html
    
    
33. Revved-Up Universe
    Astronomers are convinced that the expansion of the Universe accelerates.
    http://sciencenews.org/20000212/bob9.asp
    
    
34. Should We Believe in Big Bang?
    Science popularization article on the Big Bang theory.
    http://i.1asphost.com/pgostrov/e1.html
    
    
35. Sloan Digital Sky Survey
    A dedicated 2.5 meter telescope which uses sensitive electronic light detectors to systematically map a quarter of the sky, building a catalog of celestial objects, galaxies, and quasars.
    http://www.sdss.org/
    
    
36. Structure and Evolution of the Universe
    NASA's quest to explain the structure of the Universe and forecast our cosmic destiny, explore cycles of matter and energy and to examine the ultimate limits of gravity and energy.
    http://universe.gsfc.nasa.gov/home.html
    
    
37. Supernova Cosmology Project
    This Berkeley labs site is based on observation of red shift in stars going supernova.
    http://panisse.lbl.gov/
    
    
38. The BOOMERanG project
    Cosmic microwave background mapping project. Press releases and downloadable academic papers.
    http://cmb.phys.cwru.edu/boomerang/
    
    
39. The Big Bang (One more time)
    A new model of the universe says it repeats itself in an endless cycle. Article from Christian Science Monitor.
    http://csmonitor.com/2002/0509/p11s01-stss.html
    
    
40. The Cosmic Microwave Background
    Extensive CMB information from the University of British Columbia.
    http://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/scott/cmb.html
    
    
41. The Cosmology
    This educational site is designed for people of high school age or older who want to understand the most recent information about cosmology in everyday language.
    http://library.thinkquest.org/28181/
    
    
42. The Origin of Elements
    Arno Allan Penzias Nobel Lecture.
    http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1978/penzias-lecture.html
    
    
43. Tufts Institute of Cosmology
    The Cosmology group at Tufts University with links to other cosmology sites
    http://cosmos2.phy.tufts.edu/xbook.html
    
    
44. Turning On the Universe
    Astronomers say the Universe's expansion has been accelerating recently. A new model for repulsive 'dark energy' may help explain the acceleration in a more natural way than other models. From Physical Review Focus.
    http://focus.aps.org/v5/st8.html
    
    
45. WMAP- Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
    WMAP is a NASA Explorer mission measuring the temperature of the cosmic background radiation over the full sky. This map provides answers to fundamental questions about the origins and fate of our universe.
    http://map.gsfc.nas.gov
    
    

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