A Visual Guide to the Universe
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Σ1 Ε1 – Probing the Cosmos from Space
23 Οκτωβρίου 201428 λεπτάPrepare for your cosmic journey by surveying NASA’s space exploration strategy. Although human spaceflight gets the lion’s share of publicity, the greatest scientific discoveries in space are the work of planetary probes and space observatories. Learn why this approach has paid off so spectacularly.Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγοράΣ1 Ε2 – The Magnetic Beauty of the Active Sun
23 Οκτωβρίου 201428 λεπτάExplore the sun in astonishing detail through the multispectral instruments of the Solar Dynamics Observatory. See debris from magnetic storms explode into space and then crash back into the sun. Learn how these mammoth outbursts affect Earth.Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγοράΣ1 Ε3 – Mars - Water and the Search for Life
23 Οκτωβρίου 201429 λεπτάDiscover that Mars is a water world whose surface dried up long ago and may once have supported life. Four robotic rovers have landed on Mars, including the sophisticated Curiosity rover, now crawling across the planet searching for clues connected to microbial life forms.Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγοράΣ1 Ε4 – Vesta and the Asteroid Belt
23 Οκτωβρίου 201429 λεπτάStudy fossil remains of the early solar system, preserved in the rocky debris of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Focus on one of the largest asteroids, Vesta, viewing it close up via the Dawn spacecraft. Learn how pieces of Vesta have fallen to Earth as meteorites.Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγοράΣ1 Ε5 – Saturn - The Rings of Enchantment
23 Οκτωβρίου 201429 λεπτάExamine Saturn through the eyes of the Cassini probe, which has been orbiting the ringed planet since 2004, taking spectacular pictures of Saturn’s cloud tops, moons, and especially the enigmatic ring system. Examine competing theories for the origin of this complex circular band.Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγοράΣ1 Ε6 – The Ice Moons Europa and Enceladus
23 Οκτωβρίου 201427 λεπτάFocus on two enigmatic ice worlds: Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Both may harbor liquid water beneath their icy crusts. Weigh the chances that life exists in these underground oceans, despite the extreme cold in the outer solar system.Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγοράΣ1 Ε7 – The Search for Other Earths
23 Οκτωβρίου 201431 λεπτάJoin the Kepler telescope in the search for other Earths. Kepler has spotted thousands of candidate planets orbiting other stars, including many that are roughly Earth-sized. Learn how planets are detected at stellar distances, and study the conditions needed to support life.Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγοράΣ1 Ε8 – The Swan Nebula
23 Οκτωβρίου 201431 λεπτάVenture into a nearby spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy, as imaged in infrared light by the Spitzer Space Telescope. See how Spitzer’s panorama of the Swan nebula reveals that spiral arms are active regions of star formation, showing up brilliantly in the infrared band.Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγοράΣ1 Ε9 – The Seven Sisters and Their Stardust Veil
23 Οκτωβρίου 201430 λεπτάThe Pleiades cluster, or Seven Sisters, is one of the most beautiful star formations in the heavens. Discover the origin of the wispy nebulae that surround these bright stars. In the process, learn how the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram is a powerful tool for estimating the ages of star clusters.Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγοράΣ1 Ε10 – Future Supernova, Eta Carinae
23 Οκτωβρίου 201431 λεπτάExplore the imminent fate of the luminous star Eta Carinae, a ticking bomb due to explode as a supernova in the next few hundred thousand years. Study the life cycle of stars, and trace the history of Eta Carinae to mysterious events first observed in 1843.Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγοράΣ1 Ε11 – Runaway Star, Zeta Ophiuchi
23 Οκτωβρίου 201430 λεπτάWhy is the enormous star Zeta Ophiuchi careening through our galaxy at unusually high speed? Probe the mystery of this runaway star and its gorgeous shock wave, using images from the Spitzer Space Telescope and other observatories to tell a story of massive interacting stars and a likely supernova explosion.Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγοράΣ1 Ε12 – The Center of the Milky Way
23 Οκτωβρίου 201431 λεπτάTravel to the most exotic sector of the Milky Way, the galactic center, which has a black hole four million times more massive than the sun and is orbited by hot gas and giant stars. View this violent region at multiple wavelengths using the most advanced telescopes of our day.Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγοράΣ1 Ε13 – The Andromeda Galaxy
23 Οκτωβρίου 201430 λεπτάInvestigate the nearby Andromeda galaxy, tracing its puzzling spiral arms. Use images from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer and other telescopes to gather evidence that something once crashed into Andromeda. Then chart Andromeda’s collision course with our own galaxy!Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγοράΣ1 Ε14 – Hubble’s Galaxy Zoo
23 Οκτωβρίου 201430 λεπτάUse the sharp eye of the Hubble Space Telescope to survey some of the most peculiar galaxies in the local universe. Focus on Hoag’s Object, a ring galaxy with a yellow nucleus, surrounded by a nearly perfect circle of hot blue stars. Explore competing ideas for the origin of this unique structure.Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγοράΣ1 Ε15 – The Brightest Quasar
23 Οκτωβρίου 201430 λεπτάTravel to some of the most distant and luminous objects in the universe: quasars. Discovered in the early 1960s, these active galaxies are associated with matter-devouring supermassive black holes. Investigate the brightest and first-found quasar, called 3C 273, and learn what it reveals about the early universe.Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγοράΣ1 Ε16 – The Dark Side of the Bullet Cluster
23 Οκτωβρίου 201431 λεπτάInvestigate mounting evidence that invisible dark matter must exist. Then see how telescopes scanning the sky at different wavelengths have mapped the distribution of dark matter, notably in a collection of distant colliding galaxy clusters called the Bullet Cluster.Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγοράΣ1 Ε17 – The Cosmic Reach of Gamma-Ray Bursts
23 Οκτωβρίου 201430 λεπτάSearch for the origin of the most powerful explosions since the Big Bang. Known as gamma-ray bursts, these colossal beams of high-energy radiation are among our deepest views into the cosmic past. Also consider the chance that a nearby gamma-ray burst could cause a mass extinction on Earth.Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγοράΣ1 Ε18 – The Afterglow of the Big Bang
23 Οκτωβρίου 201444 λεπτάConclude your cosmic tour by probing the echo of creation: the faint afterglow of the Big Bang, which is present everywhere in space. View this signal in increasing detail provided by spacecraft, and uncover its astonishing story about the earliest epoch of our vast universe.Δωρεάν δοκιμή του The Great Courses Signature Collection ή αγορά
