Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: George Gamow
Find out about the life and work of Russian cosmologist, George Gamow.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Stephen Hawking
Learn about the life and work of the famous Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist, and cosmologist.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Profile: Georges Lemaitre
Find out about the life and work of the father of the Big Bang theory, Georges Lemaitre. This article describes the origin of the cosmology theory and its growing acceptance among scientists. This is an excerpt from COSMIC HORIZONS:...
Space Telescope Science Institute
Hubblesite: News Center Release Archive
This site from Hubblesite has a very long list of Hubble Space Telescope Images listed by subject. General categories of subjects include Solar System, Stars, Nebulae, Star Clusters, Novae, Supernovae, Stellar evolutionn, Galaxies, and...
BBC
Bbc: Origin of the Universe
Try this introduction to ideas about how the universe began and how it might end. Topics include; the big bang and its echoes, antimatter, and inflation/expansion of the universe.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: The Case Files: History of Cosmic Inquiry
A history of the science of cosmology, the study of the universe, and the scientists who did pioneering work in this field in the twentieth century.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Cosmic Mystery Tour
This multimedia tour is extremely dense with information about the origin of the universe. There are videos and simulations to assist with understanding, but it is definitely for advanced students.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Edwin Hubble
This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, contains information about Edwin Hubble's life and work.
PBS
Nova: History of the Universe
This interactive timeline provides information on the big bang as well as other major events of universe evolution. It also provides predictions about the universe's future.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Gallery: How Did Our Understanding of the Universe Change?
Understand how our view of cosmology has evolved by looking through different views of the Universe and zoom in on the light from distant stars on this site.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Introduction to Astrophysics
A collection of audio lectures from an introduction to astrophysics course taught at the University of California, Berkeley. The course discusses the solar system, stars, quantum mechanics, gravitation, and cosmology focusing on how...
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Modern Physics: Cosmology
A collection of video lectures from a cosmology course taught at Stanford University. The course gives an overview of the universe as a whole while focusing on astrophysics, physics, and astronomy in eight lectures. Lectures vary in length.
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Cosmologia
This site has many articles from the first moments of life of the universe to its properties, current models, black holes, galaxies, etc.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Universe
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How we came to understand the universe.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Universe
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains how we came to understand the Universe.
Space Telescope Science Institute
Hubble Site: Secret Lives of Galaxies
This site is provided by HubbleSite from NASA. "Telescopes around the world are beginning to harvest new clues to the origin and evolution of the universe's largest building blocks, the galaxies." Site offers links to images, video,...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Cosmology: Galaxies
This site from the Cambridge Relativity provides a brief description of the structure of the Milky Way galaxy. The parts described are the disc, bulge, and halo.
Science Struck
Science Struck: The Different Branches of Metaphysics
Learn what metaphysics is and what some different branches of this discipline are. Looks at Ontology, Philosophical Theology, and Cosmology.