Galaxies!

This week will continue our discussion of Spacetime, but for next week please do the following assignment:

Galaxy Classification (this is an online assignment)

Galaxy Classification Worksheet (print this and hand it in by Monday, March 30)

Reading Assignment: 605 - 629 and 635 - 664

Relativity Assignment Due Monday March 23

Welcome back everyone!  Our reading assignment for this week is on Black Holes:

pp. 577 to 603

and we'll be starting this week's assignment.

Stellar Evolution Homework Due Next Friday

Stellar Evolution Flowchart

Parallax

The parallax activity, due on Monday.

Reading for this week

We are starting our discussion of stars and stellar astrophysics:

Reading: pp. 433 - 466

New Schedule Online

The schedule has been updated as of Feb 24.  Check it out!

Class Schedule

Life on Mars?

Tomorrow we'll be exploring the Viking Experiments that attempted to search for life on Mars.  In addition, you should be reading through chapters 8 and 11.