Free online courseCosmology

Course content

• Video class: Exploring 7 billion light years of space with the Dark Energy Survey

  0h07m

• Exercise: What is the primary focus of the Dark Energy Survey?

• Video class: What happened before the Big Bang?

  0h14m

• Exercise: What is the cosmic microwave background (CMB) in the context of the universe's history?

• Video class: What really happened at the Big Bang?

  0h11m

• Exercise: Which statement best describes the Big Bang Theory?

• Video class: How far is the edge of the universe?

  0h16m

• Exercise: How big is the visible universe from Earth?

• Video class: Have astronomers disproved the Big Bang?

  0h10m

• Exercise: What is the current status of the Big Bang Theory according to scientists?

• Video class: South Pole Telescope Camera

  0h06m

• Exercise: What is the main function of the South Pole telescope's SPT 3G camera?

• Video class: Chasing down gravitational wave sources with the Dark Energy Camera

  0h02m

• Exercise: What was the main objective of the team after receiving the alert?

• Video class: The explosive counterparts of gravitational waves

  0h00m

• Exercise: What event occurs when two neutron stars collide?

• Video class: Einstein, Black Holes and Cosmic Chirps - A Lecture by Barry Barish

  1h29m

• Exercise: What was the significant scientific discovery presented in the lecture?

• Video class: "Probing the Dark Universe" - A Lecture by Dr. Josh Frieman

  1h45m

• Exercise: What notable discovery did Dr. Phil Mo discuss in his lecture?

• Video class: Quantum Gravity

  0h09m

• Exercise: What is the main reason gravity is not included in the Standard Model of Particle Physics?

• Video class: Complex Dark Matter

  0h08m

• Exercise: What is the estimated percentage of dark energy in the universe?

• Video class: Cosmic Inflation

  0h09m

• Exercise: What is the concept of inflation in cosmology primarily used to explain?

• Video class: The Big Bang Theory

  0h07m

• Exercise: What is the Big Bang Theory?

• Video class: Big Mysteries: Dark Energy

  0h07m

• Exercise: What percentage of the universe's energy and matter is attributed to dark energy?

• Video class: Big Questions: Dark Matter

  0h06m

• Exercise: What is the likely reason for the unexpected orbital velocities of stars far from the center of galaxies?

• Video class: Dark Energy Survey

  0h04m

• Exercise: What is the primary goal of the Dark Energy Survey (DES)?