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DISCLAIMER:  I am a proud Tour Guide/Docent at the AMNH.  The opinions, images, and links on my website do not represent the Museum in any official capacity.  My website pages are a personal labor of love.  They represent a life-long interest in the natural sciences and in a Museum that has been the foundation for a lifetime of learning.  I urge you to visit the American Museum of Natural History’s website for further information about exhibitions and the sciences: www.amnh.org.


OUR UNIVERSE

THE UNIVERSE

WEB RESOURCES

  • Big Bang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang
  • Big Bang (NASA): https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-powered-the-big-bang
  • Origins (Center for Theoretical Cosmology [Stephen Hawking]): http://www.ctc.cam.ac.uk/outreach/origins/big_bang_three.php
  • Past, Present, Future of Universe: https://www.space.com/13352-universe-history-future-cosmos-special-report.html
  • Dark Matter: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dark-matter-energy-friction-new-breakthrough-latest-astronomy-nature-a8291576.html
  • Dark Energy, Dark Matter (NASA): https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy
  • Dark Energy (Hubble): http://hubblesite.org/hubble_discoveries/dark_energy/de-what_is_dark_energy.php
  • (VIDEO) A Brief History of the Universe (PBS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGCVTSQw7WU
  • (VIDEO) Deep Time and the Universe (PBS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDF-N3A60DE
  • (VIDEO) Dark Matter (PBS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W3RsaWuCuE
  • (VIDEO) The Big Bang and Cosmology, Part 1 (PBS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B7Ix2VQEGo
  • (VIDEO) Cosmology, Part 2 (PBS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzLM6ltw3l0

"Tendrils" of dark matter connect the visible matter of galaxies in the universe
 
GALAXIES

WEB RESOURCES

  • Types of Galaxies: https://theplanets.org/types-of-galaxies/
  • Types of Galaxies: https://www.britannica.com/science/galaxy/Types-of-galaxies
  • Elliptical Galaxies: https://www.universetoday.com/30311/elliptical-galaxy/
  • Spiral Galaxies: https://www.space.com/22382-spiral-galaxy.html
  • Barred Spiral Galaxies: https://www.universetoday.com/40300/barred-spiral-galaxy/
  • Barred Spiral Galaxies: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/bar_galaxies.html
  • Irregular Galaxies: https://www.thoughtco.com/irregular-galaxies-mysteries-of-the-universe-3072046
  • Irregular Galaxies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregular_galaxy
  • (VIDEO)  Galaxies, Part 1 (PBS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I82ADyJC7wE
  • (VIDEO) Galaxies, Part 2 (PBS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O2sg-PGhEg

NGC-1365: The Great Barred Spiral
Elliptical Galaxy IC 2006
Grand Spiral Galaxy NGC 1232
 
STARS

WEB RESOURCES

  • Types of Stars: https://www.universetoday.com/24299/types-of-stars/
  • Star Classification: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification
  • Star Classification: https://www.britannica.com/science/stellar-classification
  • Star Classification Chart: http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/startype.html
  • (VIDEO) Star Classification (PBS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld75W1dz-h0
  • (VIDEO) Life Cycle of Stars (Institute of Physics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM9CQDlQI0A
  • (VIDEO) Supernovas and Life Cycles (Educational Portal): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA2tOTuWWzY
  • (VIDEO)  The Lifetime of a Star (Astronomic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UGBeedYuF4

Kinds of Stars
The Life of a Star
 
EXOPLANETS

WEB RESOURCES

  • Exoplanets (Current Discoveries; NASA): https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/
  • Exoplanets (Overview): https://www.space.com/17738-exoplanets.html
  • Top 20 Exoplanets (NASA): https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/20-intriguing-exoplanets
  • Possible Habitable Exoplanets (CNN): https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/world/trappist-potentially-habitable-exoplanets/index.html
  • List of potentially habitable exoplanets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_potentially_habitable_exoplanets

 
SOLAR SYSTEM PLANETS

WEB RESOURCES

  • Solar System Overview (NASA): https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/overview/
  • Solar System Overview (National Geographic): https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/our-solar-system/
  • Mercury: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/mercury/overview/
  • Venus: https://www.space.com/44-venus-second-planet-from-the-sun-brightest-planet-in-solar-system.html
  • Mars: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/mars/overview/
  • Asteroids: https://www.universetoday.com/32856/asteroid-belt/
  • Jupiter: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/jupiter/overview/
  • Saturn: https://www.space.com/48-saturn-the-solar-systems-major-ring-bearer.html
  • Uranus: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/uranus/overview/
  • Neptune: https://www.space.com/41-neptune-the-other-blue-planet-in-our-solar-system.html
  • Dwarf Planets: https://space-facts.com/dwarf-planets/
  • Sedna: https://www.universetoday.com/37479/dwarf-planet-sedna/

DISCLAIMER:  I am a proud Tour Guide/Docent at the AMNH.  The opinions, images, and links on my website do not represent the Museum in any official capacity.  My website pages are a personal labor of love.  They represent a life-long interest in the natural sciences and in a Museum that has been the foundation for a lifetime of learning.  I urge you to visit the American Museum of Natural History’s website for further information about exhibitions and the sciences: www.amnh.org.





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