Physics based introduction to modern Astronomy and Astrophysics. Aimed at students who have already studied E&M, Modern Physics, and Calculus. Focus on fundamentals of Stellar Astrophysics and ...

Review of Special Relativity and a brief introduction to general relativity. Introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics. Fundamental particles, Quarks, Leptons and Gauge Bosons.

My introduction to astrophysics was in pulsar astronomy, and finding computation methods to automatically search for pulsars in folded data. I started working with the SETI Institute in the summer of ...

Playing in the sandbox with a group of astrophysics students could produce some surprisingly educational results. University of Iowa students have created an augmented-reality sandbox, dubbed Gravbox, ...