PHYC10008 ‘From the Solar System to the Cosmos’ (H1 Notes)

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PHYC10008 - From the Solar System to the Cosmos Topics Include: - History of the universe - Kepler's Laws - The solar system - Solar system formation - Terrestrial planets - Jovian planets - Light - Telescopes - Special relativity - General relativity - The sun - Stellar properties - Star formation - Life cycle of stars - Stellar graveyard - Milky Way and other galaxies - Galaxy evolution - Black holes - Distances - Dark matter - Big bang universe - Expanding universe - Dark energy - Fate of the universe - Life in space - Life on exoplanets