Lessons
Lessons
The Astrophysics Club has already coverered the following topics in our lessons (which may be repeated in the future):
Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity (constant speed of light and time dilation at relativistic speeds)
Einstein's General Theory of Relativity (gravity as the results of mass bending spacetime)
Quantum mechaniscs (collaspse of wave function, Schrodinger's Cat, multiverse)
Black holes
Wormholes
End of the universe
Dark matter and dark energy
HR diagrams
Newton's law of universal gravity
Kepler's laws of planetary motion
Nuclear fission and fusion
Thermodynamics
Star formation
Mar's magnetic field
2025 Lessons:
1/12/2025: Timescape model of cosmology; missions to Mars
1/19/2025: O'Neill cylinders
1/26/2025: Elementary particles; Great Hadron Collider
2/2/2025: Terraforming Mars
2/9/2025: Asteroid strikes, mass extinction, & Earth's defense; the Fermi paradox
2/16/2025: Goldilocks zone; intelligent life in the universe
2/23/2025: Sun's Transformation into Red Giant
3/2/2025: Entanglement
3/9/2025: Entropy
3/30/2025: STEVE / Surviving Interstellar Travel
4/6/2025: Velocity / Dark Energy Changing?
4/13/2025: Cosmology theories / Mass extinction of extraterretrial causes
4/20/2025: Hubble tension / Rotating universe / Universe inside blackholes / Extension of lifespan for interstellar travel
4/27/2025: Force and acceleration / Time travel
5/4/2025:Â
5/11/2025: Micro-moons