Astronomy Basic

Lesson 1 - Introduction 

• Brief history of astronomy 
• The scale of the universe
• Current understanding of the universe

• Overview of branches of astronomy
• What we are going to cover

Lesson 2 - Cosmology 

• The Primordial Era: Big Bang, Inflation, and recombination
• The Stelliferous era: information, consciousness, and meaning
• The Degenerate era: physics
• The Black Hole era: duration and impermanence
• The Dark Era: The big freeze, multiverse, and the nobility of being

Lesson 3 - The solar system

• The Sun
• The inner planets
• The gas giants
• Comets, Kuiper belt and Oort Cloud
• Prominent places of discovery

Lesson 4 - Stars and Stellar system

• Stellar evolution
• Galaxies
• Special entities
• Connection between us and the universe

Lesson 5 - Life in the Universe

• Current state of the search

• The possibility of basic alien life forms
• The possibility of alien intelligence
• Look to the future

Lesson 6 - Where do we go from here? 

• The exciting frontiers of astronomy
• What to do in high school
• Mathematics in astronomy
• Conclusion and review
• Further resources

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