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NOVA - Runaway Universe (Popularity:  )
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/
Examines the size, future and fate of the universe as well as the possible existence of others. Also explores what happens in a supernova explosion, a map of the universe ...
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Max Tegmark (Popularity: )
http://www.hep.upenn.edu/~max/
Cosmologist's personal site including discussions of movies, experiments, and data analysis efforts.
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Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial (Popularity: )
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmolog.htm
An illustrated introductory guide to the topic, attempting to summarize modern discoveries on the origin, current state, and future of our Universe.
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Mysteries of Deep Space - History of the Universe Timeline (Popularity: )
http://www.pbs.org/deepspace/timeline/index.html
From PBS Online
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MAP Home Page (Popularity: )
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/
MAP is a MIDEX class mission, selected by NASA in 1996, to probe conditions in the early universe. MAP measures temperature differences ("anisotropy") in the cosmic microwave background radiation.
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Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Popularity: )
http://www.sdss.org/
A dedicated 2.5 meter telescope which uses sensitive electronic light detectors to systematically map a quarter of the sky, building a catalog of celestial objects, galaxies, and quasars.
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The Cosmic Microwave Background (Popularity: )
http://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/scott/cmb.html
Extensive CMB information from the University of British Columbia.
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The Cosmology (Popularity: )
http://library.thinkquest.org/28181/
This educational site is designed for people of high school age or older who want to understand the most recent information about cosmology in everyday language.
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MACHO Project (Popularity: )
http://wwwmacho.mcmaster.ca/
Primary aim is to test the hypothesis that a significant fraction of the dark matter in the halo of the Milky Way is made up of objects like brown dwarfs ...
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Supernova Cosmology Project (Popularity: )
http://panisse.lbl.gov/
This Berkeley labs site is based on observation of red shift in stars going supernova.
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Great Debates in Astronomy (Popularity: )
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/diamond_jubilee/debate.html
Following in the footsteps of the famous April 1920 'Great Debate' between Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis, this series of debates among leaders in the astronomical community highlight major quests ...
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COBE (Popularity: )
http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/cobe/
The Cosmic Background Explorer satellite. Instruments, scientific results, related links.
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The Universe Revealed (Popularity: )
http://theuniverserevealed.com
Site including articles about cosmology, the cosmic microwave background and general astronomy. The Universe Revealed - Join us on an amazing journey through the Universe. Find out more about Space ...
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Cosmology (Popularity: )
http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/intro/cosmo-frame.html
Companion site to the PBS mini-series, discussing the challenge to traditional Christian views posed by the scientific understanding of cosmological evolution, and ways in which they might be reconciled.
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Galaxy Formation and the Intergalactic Medium (Popularity: )
http://galileo.as.utexas.edu/research.html
This site is dedicated to summarizing the research of Paul Shapiro's cosmology group. Of interest mainly to specialists.
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Cosmology: A Research Briefing (Popularity: )
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/cosmology/
An online book from the National Academy of Sciences. Includes chapters on CMBR, the large scale structure of universe, and the physics of the early universe.
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Tufts Institute of Cosmology (Popularity: )
http://cosmos2.phy.tufts.edu/xbook.html
The Cosmology group at Tufts University with links to other cosmology sites
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Messier 81 Internal Motions (Popularity: )
http://www.ebicom.net/~rsf1/m81mn.htm
van Maanen's astrometrically determined internal motions of the spiral nebula Messier 81.
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LAMBDA - Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data (Popularity: )
http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov
Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) archive of science research. CMB data is an important aspect of reseach in cosmology.
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Astronomy Today - Cosmology (Popularity: )
http://www.astronomytoday.com/cosmology.html
Articles on related topics in popular magazine style.
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