Astronomy Solar Galactic

Semester One:

• Origin of Astronomy
• Distinguish between science and pseudoscience
• Laws and theories in astronomy
• Measuring astronomical distances
• Telescopes and other astronomical tools
• Astronomers and their contributions to astronomy
• Locating planets and constellations
• Discoveries in space history
• Formation of the solar system
• Gravitational influence on the position of the planets
• Planetary motion and properties
• Surface features of terrestrial planets and gas planets
• The habitable zone
• Atmospheric conditions and magnetic fields
• Cyclic changes of the Earth and Moon
• Rotation and revolution of the planets, Sun, and moon
• Earth, Moon, Sun system
• Application of planetary laws
• Moons of the planets in the solar system
• Colonizing space

Semester Two:

• Stellar properties and classifications
• Features of waves
• Electromagnetic spectrum
• Blackbody radiation
• Characteristics of the Sun
• Measuring stellar distances
• The life cycle of a star
• Doppler effect
• The Milky Way
• Classification of galaxies
• Properties of galaxies
• Black holes
• Galactic origins
• Dark matter
• Relativity
• Cosmology
• The Big Bang Theory
• Hubble law
• The early universe
• Fundamental forces of the universe