Description
Welcome to the Solar System! We begin our exploration of the Solar
System with an overview of the planets, moons, and small bodies that
make up our home system. In this lecture I'll introduce many of the
themes that will encounter many times as we go through our detailed look
at the Solar System in the coming weeks. Recorded 2007 Nov 5 in 1000
McPherson Lab on the Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.
A new podcast, Astronomy 141, Life in the Universe, is available
for those interested in continuing an exploration of topics in
modern astronomy.
Published 12/06/09
Are we alone in the Universe? This lecture explores the question of how
we might go about finding life on planets around other stars. Rather
than talking about speculative ideas, like the Drake Equation or SETI, I
am instead taking the approach of posing it as a problem of what to look
for...
Published 11/30/07