# Astro C10 / LS C70U - Fall 2006 - Institution: University of California, Berkeley - Teacher: Alex Filippenko - Year: 2006 - Level: Undergraduate - Language: English - Subjects: Astronomy and space - Source: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233) - Licence: none stated by the source - Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words) Astro 10: General Astronomy - Fall 2006. A description of modern astronomy with emphasis on the structure and evolution of stars, galaxies, and the Universe. Additional topics optionally discussed include quasars, pulsars, black holes, and extraterrestrial communication, etc. Individual instructor's synopses available from the department. Video of lectures available at webcast.berkeley.edu/courses. Introduction to General Astronomy A Grand Tour of the Cosmos Journey Through Space and Time The Supreme Informant Blackbody Radiation The Fingerprints of Atoms Tools of the Trade Lunar Phases and Glorious Eclipses Celestial Phenomena The Copernican Revolution On the Shoulders of Giants The Earth: Our Home The Moon, Mercury, and Venus Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto Comets and Solar-System Debris Catastrophic Collisions Extra-Solar Planets; Our Sun Stars: Distant Suns Social Stars: Binaries and Clusters How Stars Shine: Cosmic Furnaces The Fate of Our Sun Exploding Stars: Celestial Fireworks The Corpses of Massive Stars Hearts of Darkness The Quest for Black Holes The Milky Way and Other Galaxies The Dark Side of Matter The Expansion of the Universe Quasars: Cosmic Powerhouses In the Belly of the Beast Cosmology and the Dark Night Sky The Age of the Universe The Geometry of the Universe Einstein's Biggest Blunder? Echoes of the Big Bang The Contents of the Universe The First Few MInutes of the Universe In the Beginning The Ultimate Free Lunch? A Multiverse? The Search for Life Interstellar Travel; Conclusion - NOTE: When discussing special relativity - CS-350 - the ... NOTE: When discussing special relativity - CS-350 - the statement that a student could travel to Sirius and be back by Fall 2007 is WRONG! 17.4 years will have elapsed on Earth - though only 3 months on the student's own clock - Sorry about the error. a cosmic ray must have zapped my brain at the moment I was speaking! Alex ## Lectures 1. [A Grand Tour of the Cosmos](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66), 52 min (Audio) 2. [Social Stars: Binaries and Clusters](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-2), 55 min (Audio) 3. [Journey Through Space and Time](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-3), 54 min (Audio) 4. [The Supreme Informant](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-4), 54 min (Audio) 5. [Blackbody Radiation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-5), 54 min (Audio) 6. [The Fingerprints of Atoms](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-6), 57 min (Audio) 7. [Tools of the Trade](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-7), 53 min (Audio) 8. [Lunar Phases and Glorious Eclipses](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-8), 54 min (Audio) 9. [Celestial Phenomena](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-9), 54 min (Audio) 10. [The Copernican Revolution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-10), 55 min (Audio) 11. [On the Shoulders of Giants](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-11), 56 min (Audio) 12. [The Earth: Our Home](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-12), 55 min (Audio) 13. [The Moon, Mercury, and Venus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-13), 52 min (Audio) 14. [Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-14), 51 min (Audio) 15. [Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-15), 55 min (Audio) 16. [Comets and Solar-System Debris](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-16), 54 min (Audio) 17. [Catastrophic Collisions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-17), 55 min (Audio) 18. [Extra-Solar Planets; Our Sun](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-18), 54 min (Audio) 19. [Stars: Distant Suns](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-19), 54 min (Audio) 20. [How Stars Shine: Cosmic Furnaces](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-20), 54 min (Audio) 21. [The Fate of Our Sun](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-21), 55 min (Audio) 22. [Exploding Stars: Celestial Fireworks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-22), 50 min (Audio) 23. [The Corpses of Massive Stars](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-23), 56 min (Audio) 24. [Hearts of Darkness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-24), 51 min (Audio) 25. [The Quest for Black Holes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-25), 53 min (Audio) 26. [The Milky Way and Other Galaxies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-26), 52 min (Audio) 27. [The Dark Side of Matter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-27), 56 min (Audio) 28. [The Expansion of the Universe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-28), 52 min (Audio) 29. [Quasars: Cosmic Powerhouses](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-29), 54 min (Audio) 30. [In the Belly of the Beast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-30), 55 min (Audio) 31. [Cosmology and the Dark Night Sky](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-31), 53 min (Audio) 32. [The Age of the Universe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-32), 50 min (Audio) 33. [The Geometry of the Universe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-33), 50 min (Audio) 34. [Echoes of the Big Bang](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-34), 55 min (Audio) 35. [The Contents of the Universe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-35), 55 min (Audio) 36. [The First Few MInutes of the Universe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-36), 52 min (Audio) 37. [In the Beginning](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-37), 51 min (Audio) 38. [The Ultimate Free Lunch?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-38), 54 min (Audio) 39. [A Multiverse? The Search for Life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-39), 50 min (Audio) 40. [Interstellar Travel; Conclusion - NOTE: When discussing special relativity - CS-350 - the ...](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-40), 52 min (Audio) 41. [Einstein's Biggest Blunder?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ia/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_461110233/8f1b2397ca66-41), 50 min (Audio)