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Articles<\/span><\/h1>\r\n
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Andrews, B. \u201cWhat Are Galaxies Trying to Tell Us?\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (February 2011): 24. Introduction to our understanding of the shapes and evolution of different types of galaxies.<\/p>\r\n

Barger, A. \u201cThe Midlife Crisis of the Cosmos.\u201d Scientific American<\/em> (January 2005): 46. On how our time differs from the early universe in terms of what galaxies are doing, and what role supermassive black holes play.<\/p>\r\n

Berman, B. \u201cThe Missing Universe.\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (April 2014): 24. Brief review of dark matter, what it could be, and modified theories of gravity that can also explain it.<\/p>\r\n

Faber, S., et al. \u201cStaring Back to Cosmic Dawn.\u201d Sky & Telescope<\/em> (June 2014): 18. Program to see the most distant and earliest galaxies with the Hubble.<\/p>\r\n

Geller, M., & Huchra, J. \u201cMapping the Universe.\u201d Sky & Telescope<\/em> (August 1991): 134. On their project mapping the location of galaxies in three dimensions.<\/p>\r\n

Hooper, D. \u201cDark Matter in the Discovery Age.\u201d Sky & Telescope<\/em> (January 2013): 26. On experiments looking for the nature of dark matter.<\/p>\r\n

James, C. R. \u201cThe Hubble Deep Field: The Picture Worth a Trillion Stars.\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (November 2015): 44. Detailed history and results, plus the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field.<\/p>\r\n

Kaufmann, G., & van den Bosch, F. \u201cThe Life Cycle of Galaxies.\u201d Scientific American<\/em> (June 2002): 46. On the evolution of galaxies and how the different shapes of galaxies develop.<\/p>\r\n

Knapp, G. \u201cMining the Heavens: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey.\u201d Sky & Telescope<\/em> (August 1997): 40.<\/p>\r\n

Kron, R., & Butler, S. \u201cStars and Strips Forever.\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (February 1999): 48. On the Sloan Digital Survey.<\/p>\r\n

Kruesi, L. \u201cWhat Do We Really Know about Dark Matter?\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (November 2009): 28. Focuses on what dark matter could be and experiments to find out.<\/p>\r\nLarson, R., & Bromm, V. \u201cThe First Stars in the Universe.\u201d Scientific American<\/em> (December 2001): 64. On the dark ages and the birth of the first stars.\r\n

Nadis, S. \u201cExploring the Galaxy-Black Hole Connection.\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (May 2010): 28. About the role of massive black holes in the evolution of galaxies.<\/p>\r\n

Nadis, S. \u201cAstronomers Reveal the Universe\u2019s Hidden Structure.\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (September 2013): 44. How dark matter is the scaffolding on which the visible universe rests.<\/p>\r\n

Schilling, G. \u201cHubble Goes the Distance.\u201d Sky & Telescope<\/em> (January 2015): 20. Using gravitational lensing with HST to see the most distant galaxies.<\/p>\r\n

Strauss, M. \u201cReading the Blueprints of Creation.\u201d Scientific American<\/em> (February 2004): 54. On large-scale surveys of galaxies and what they tell us about the organization of the early universe.<\/p>\r\n

Tytell, D. \u201cA Wide Deep Field: Getting the Big Picture.\u201d Sky & Telescope<\/em> (September 2001): 42. On the NOAO survey of deep sky objects.<\/p>\r\n

Villard, R. \u201cHow Gravity\u2019s Grand Illusion Reveals the Universe.\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (January 2013): 44. On gravitational lensing and what it teaches us.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/section>

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Websites<\/h2>\r\n

Assembly of Galaxies: http:\/\/jwst.nasa.gov\/galaxies.html<\/a>. Introductory background information about galaxies: what we know and what we want to learn.<\/p>\r\n

Brief History of Gravitational Lensing:\u00a0 \u00a0http:\/\/www.einstein-online.info\/spotlights\/grav_lensing_history.1.html<\/a> . From Einstein OnLine.<\/p>\r\n

Cosmic Structures: http:\/\/skyserver.sdss.org\/dr1\/en\/astro\/structures\/structures.asp<\/a> . Brief review page on how galaxies are organized, from the Sloan Survey.<\/p>\r\n

Gravitational Lensing Discoveries from the Hubble Space Telescope: http:\/\/hubblesite.org\/newscenter\/archive\/releases\/exotic\/gravitational-lens\/<\/a>. A chronological list of news releases and images.<\/p>\r\n

Local Group of Galaxies: http:\/\/www.atlasoftheuniverse.com\/localgr.html<\/a>. Clickable map from the Atlas of the Universe project. See also their Virgo Cluster page: http:\/\/www.atlasoftheuniverse.com\/galgrps\/vir.html<\/a> .<\/p>\r\n

Rotation Curves: http:\/\/wittman.physics.ucdavis.edu\/Animations\/RotationCurve\/GalacticRotation.html<\/a> Try your hand at using real galaxy rotation curve data to measure dark matter halos.<\/p>\r\n

Sloan Digital Sky Survey Website: http:\/\/classic.sdss.org\/<\/a>. Includes nontechnical and technical parts.<\/p>\r\n

Spyglasses into the Universe: http:\/\/www.spacetelescope.org\/science\/gravitational_lensing\/<\/a>. Hubble page on gravitational lensing; includes links to videos.<\/p>\r\n

Virgo Cluster of Galaxies: http:\/\/messier.seds.org\/more\/virgo.html<\/a>. A page with brief information and links to maps, images, etc.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/section>

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Videos<\/h2>\r\n

Cosmic Simulations: http:\/\/www.tapir.caltech.edu\/~phopkins\/Site\/Movies_cosmo.html<\/a>. Beautiful videos with computer simulations of how galaxies form, from the FIRE group.<\/p>\r\n

Cosmology of the Local Universe: http:\/\/irfu.cea.fr\/cosmography<\/a>. Narrated fly through of maps of galaxies showing the closer regions of the universe (17:35).<\/p>\r\n

Gravitational Lensing: https:\/\/youtu.be\/4Z71RtwoOas<\/a>. Video from Fermilab, with Dr. Don Lincoln (7:14).<\/p>\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/4Z71RtwoOas\r\n\r\n \r\n

How Galaxies Were Cooked from the Primordial Soup: https:\/\/youtu.be\/wqNNCm7SNyw<\/a>. A 2013 public talk by Dr. Sandra Faber of Lick Observatory about the evolution of galaxies; part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series (1:19:33).<\/p>\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/wqNNCm7SNyw\r\n

Hubble Extreme Deep Field Pushes Back Frontiers of Time and Space: https:\/\/youtu.be\/gu_VhzhlqGw<\/a>. Brief 2012 video (2:42).<\/p>\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/gu_VhzhlqGw\r\n

Looking Deeply into the Universe in 3-D: https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/videos\/eso1507a\/<\/a>. 2015 ESOCast video on how the Very Large Telescopes are used to explore the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field and learn more about the faintest and most distant galaxies (5:12).<\/p>\r\nMillennium Simulation: http:\/\/wwwmpa.mpa-garching.mpg.de\/galform\/virgo\/millennium<\/a>. A supercomputer in Germany follows the evolution of a representative large box as the universe evolves.\r\n

Movies of flying through the large-scale local structure: http:\/\/www.ifa.hawaii.edu\/~tully\/.<\/a> By Brent Tully.<\/p>\r\n

Shedding Light on Dark Matter: https:\/\/youtu.be\/bZW_B9CC-gI<\/a>. 2008 TED talk on galaxies and dark matter by physicist Patricia Burchat (17:08).<\/p>\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/bZW_B9CC-gI\r\n

Sloan Digital Sky Survey overview movies: https:\/\/youtu.be\/9vfOqVHyohw . <\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Virtual Universe: https:\/\/youtu.be\/SY0bKE10ZDM<\/a>. An MIT model of a section of universe evolving, with dark matter included from Nature . (4:11).<\/p>\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/SY0bKE10ZDM\r\n

When Two Galaxies Collide: http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2009\/04\/when_galaxies_collide.html<\/a> . Computer simulation, which stops at various points and shows a Hubble image of just such a system in nature (1:37).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/section><\/section>","rendered":"

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Articles<\/span><\/h1>\n
\n

Andrews, B. \u201cWhat Are Galaxies Trying to Tell Us?\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (February 2011): 24. Introduction to our understanding of the shapes and evolution of different types of galaxies.<\/p>\n

Barger, A. \u201cThe Midlife Crisis of the Cosmos.\u201d Scientific American<\/em> (January 2005): 46. On how our time differs from the early universe in terms of what galaxies are doing, and what role supermassive black holes play.<\/p>\n

Berman, B. \u201cThe Missing Universe.\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (April 2014): 24. Brief review of dark matter, what it could be, and modified theories of gravity that can also explain it.<\/p>\n

Faber, S., et al. \u201cStaring Back to Cosmic Dawn.\u201d Sky & Telescope<\/em> (June 2014): 18. Program to see the most distant and earliest galaxies with the Hubble.<\/p>\n

Geller, M., & Huchra, J. \u201cMapping the Universe.\u201d Sky & Telescope<\/em> (August 1991): 134. On their project mapping the location of galaxies in three dimensions.<\/p>\n

Hooper, D. \u201cDark Matter in the Discovery Age.\u201d Sky & Telescope<\/em> (January 2013): 26. On experiments looking for the nature of dark matter.<\/p>\n

James, C. R. \u201cThe Hubble Deep Field: The Picture Worth a Trillion Stars.\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (November 2015): 44. Detailed history and results, plus the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field.<\/p>\n

Kaufmann, G., & van den Bosch, F. \u201cThe Life Cycle of Galaxies.\u201d Scientific American<\/em> (June 2002): 46. On the evolution of galaxies and how the different shapes of galaxies develop.<\/p>\n

Knapp, G. \u201cMining the Heavens: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey.\u201d Sky & Telescope<\/em> (August 1997): 40.<\/p>\n

Kron, R., & Butler, S. \u201cStars and Strips Forever.\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (February 1999): 48. On the Sloan Digital Survey.<\/p>\n

Kruesi, L. \u201cWhat Do We Really Know about Dark Matter?\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (November 2009): 28. Focuses on what dark matter could be and experiments to find out.<\/p>\n

Larson, R., & Bromm, V. \u201cThe First Stars in the Universe.\u201d Scientific American<\/em> (December 2001): 64. On the dark ages and the birth of the first stars.<\/p>\n

Nadis, S. \u201cExploring the Galaxy-Black Hole Connection.\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (May 2010): 28. About the role of massive black holes in the evolution of galaxies.<\/p>\n

Nadis, S. \u201cAstronomers Reveal the Universe\u2019s Hidden Structure.\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (September 2013): 44. How dark matter is the scaffolding on which the visible universe rests.<\/p>\n

Schilling, G. \u201cHubble Goes the Distance.\u201d Sky & Telescope<\/em> (January 2015): 20. Using gravitational lensing with HST to see the most distant galaxies.<\/p>\n

Strauss, M. \u201cReading the Blueprints of Creation.\u201d Scientific American<\/em> (February 2004): 54. On large-scale surveys of galaxies and what they tell us about the organization of the early universe.<\/p>\n

Tytell, D. \u201cA Wide Deep Field: Getting the Big Picture.\u201d Sky & Telescope<\/em> (September 2001): 42. On the NOAO survey of deep sky objects.<\/p>\n

Villard, R. \u201cHow Gravity\u2019s Grand Illusion Reveals the Universe.\u201d Astronomy<\/em> (January 2013): 44. On gravitational lensing and what it teaches us.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Websites<\/h2>\n

Assembly of Galaxies: http:\/\/jwst.nasa.gov\/galaxies.html<\/a>. Introductory background information about galaxies: what we know and what we want to learn.<\/p>\n

Brief History of Gravitational Lensing:\u00a0 \u00a0http:\/\/www.einstein-online.info\/spotlights\/grav_lensing_history.1.html<\/a> . From Einstein OnLine.<\/p>\n

Cosmic Structures: http:\/\/skyserver.sdss.org\/dr1\/en\/astro\/structures\/structures.asp<\/a> . Brief review page on how galaxies are organized, from the Sloan Survey.<\/p>\n

Gravitational Lensing Discoveries from the Hubble Space Telescope: http:\/\/hubblesite.org\/newscenter\/archive\/releases\/exotic\/gravitational-lens\/<\/a>. A chronological list of news releases and images.<\/p>\n

Local Group of Galaxies: http:\/\/www.atlasoftheuniverse.com\/localgr.html<\/a>. Clickable map from the Atlas of the Universe project. See also their Virgo Cluster page: http:\/\/www.atlasoftheuniverse.com\/galgrps\/vir.html<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Rotation Curves: http:\/\/wittman.physics.ucdavis.edu\/Animations\/RotationCurve\/GalacticRotation.html<\/a> Try your hand at using real galaxy rotation curve data to measure dark matter halos.<\/p>\n

Sloan Digital Sky Survey Website: http:\/\/classic.sdss.org\/<\/a>. Includes nontechnical and technical parts.<\/p>\n

Spyglasses into the Universe: http:\/\/www.spacetelescope.org\/science\/gravitational_lensing\/<\/a>. Hubble page on gravitational lensing; includes links to videos.<\/p>\n

Virgo Cluster of Galaxies: http:\/\/messier.seds.org\/more\/virgo.html<\/a>. A page with brief information and links to maps, images, etc.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Videos<\/h2>\n

Cosmic Simulations: http:\/\/www.tapir.caltech.edu\/~phopkins\/Site\/Movies_cosmo.html<\/a>. Beautiful videos with computer simulations of how galaxies form, from the FIRE group.<\/p>\n

Cosmology of the Local Universe: http:\/\/irfu.cea.fr\/cosmography<\/a>. Narrated fly through of maps of galaxies showing the closer regions of the universe (17:35).<\/p>\n

Gravitational Lensing: https:\/\/youtu.be\/4Z71RtwoOas<\/a>. Video from Fermilab, with Dr. Don Lincoln (7:14).<\/p>\n