ASTRON 2B03 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Ig Nobel Prize, Spiral Galaxy, Reference Class Problem

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Astronomy
• Course: ASTRON 2B03
• Professor: Laura Parker

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Big questions: the past/future of the universe the nature of space and time the formation of the elements life in the universe. Course details: no textbooks, i-clickers, avenue is the key resource. identify which clicker you have! What are the ethical implications of colonizing mars or other places in the solar. No office hours for this class, since every class ends a little early. Pictures shown in class: meteor showers (shooting stars), aurora, milky way, saturn, Jupiter (review juno mission happening right now), supernova in 1987 (after high mass star blows up), planetary nebulla (after lower mass star blows up) (cat"s eye nebula, m16-eagle. Nebula) groups of galaxies, hubble extreme deep field some galaxies look red (older stars), and some look blue (newer stars) Projects: topic and partner selection by sept 30th. : a first impression about things in the universe. Objects in the universe come in a hierarchy of scales and sizes: