Wonders of the Universe - Brian Cox [104]
M87 (Virgo A galaxy) 24, 24, 149, 149
Maffei 1 and 2 13
Magellan, Ferdinand 209
Magellanic clouds 48
magnetic fields 36–7
magnetism 36–7 see also electromagnetism
Manhattan Project 115
mapping the night sky 82–3
Mars 45, 96, 153, 154, 155, 156–7
Mauna Kea, Hawaii 155
Maxwell, James Clerk 36–7, 43, 190, 215
Mayans 84
megaparsec 64, 65
Mendeleev, Dmitri 94–5, 97
Mercury 97, 175, 184, 184, 185, 190, 193
‘The Mercury Seven’ 142
messengers 14–75
microwaves 66, 68, 69, 70–1
Michelson, Albert 120
Milky Way 12, 25, 69, 70, 148, 225, 225
Andromeda collides with 169, 170, 171
birth of stars in 29–31
death of stars in 30–1
mapping the 20, 22–3, 24–5, 26–7
name of 24
Orion Spur 28, 71
shape of 28–9
spiral arms 28
Mir space station 11
Mira (star) 84, 84, 85
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) 146
Moon:
creation of 161, 161
gravitational field 159, 160–3, 161, 162, 163
looking at 44, 45
spaceflight to 8, 96–7, 96, 97, 162
Mount Everest 153, 154
Mount Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, California 60, 120
mountains, surface gravity and 154
MSO735.6+7421 (galaxy cluster) 172, 173
Musgrave, Story 53
MyCnl18 (planetary nebula) 125, 125
Mz3 (planetary nebula) 125, 125
N
Namib Desert 68–9, 216–21, 236–7, 236, 237
Namibia 68–9, 68, 153, 216–21, 236–7, 239
NASA 11, 53, 84, 85, 132, 133, 142, 146, 159, 169, 176, 180, 190, 221, 231, 235, 240
Neptune 45, 97, 174
neutron 79, 106, 110, 111, 114, 115, 123, 130, 133, 181, 182, 194, 239
neutron degeneracy pressure 195
neutron stars 84, 180, 181, 182, 194
Newcomen, Sir Thomas 214, 215
Newton, Sir Isaac 32, 34, 41, 43, 56, 58, 98–9, 145, 150–1, 163, 184, 185, 190, 193
Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation 150–1, 163, 184, 185, 186, 190, 193
newtons 154, 155
NGC 1068 (galaxy) 239, 239
NGC 281 k (new star-forming region) 67, 67
NGC1300 (galaxy) 53, 53
nubecular minor 25
nuclear fusion/fission 115–17
O
OGLE2TRL9b (exoplanet) 174
Olympus Mons 153, 154, 155, 155, 156–7
Omega Nebula 84, 85, 85
origins of being 78–137
‘atomic hypothesis’ 79
Big Bang 106–11
chemical elements and 79
cycle of life 80–1
early universe 102–17
El Tatio Geysers, Chile 104–5
elements and 94–7, 126–7
exoplanets, how to find 88–9
first stars 118–19
mapping the night sky 82–3
matter by numbers 114
meteorites and 134–5
moon rocks, study of 96
origins of life 92–3
planetary nebulae 124–5
religion and 80–1
role of stars in building blocks of our existence 90–101
simplicity of the universe 112–13
star death 122–3
stellar nurseries 84–5
Sun, Venus transits 86–7
supernova: life cycle of a star 128–37
timeline of the universe 112–13
up and down quarks 79
what are stars made of? 98–101
Orion (constellation) 119, 133
Orion Molecular Cloud 132, 133
Orion Nebula 75, 82, 84, 85, 85, 132, 133, 134, 135
Ostional wildlife refuge, Costa Rica 208
P
‘Pale Blue Dot’ 240, 240, 241
Parkes Radio Telescope, Australia 182
Pashupatinath Temple, Nepal 80, 81
Pauli exclusion principle 130, 181, 194
Pease, Francis 120
Pegasus (constellation) 61, 61
Peirsec, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de 84
Penzias, Arno 69
Periodic Table, The 94–5
Perito Moreno glacier, Argentina 210–11, 210–11, 212–13, 212, 213
Permian mass extinction 73
Picard, Jean 40, 41
picturing the past 70–1
Pikaia 75
Pisces-Cetus Supercluster Complex 149
Pistol Star 27, 27
Planck Era 9, 10, 106
Planck’s constant 41
planetary nebulae 124, 124, 125, 125, 128, 133
Polaris (North Star) 48, 83, 100, 101
Primordial Era 224
Principia (Newton) 150–1
Project Mercury 142
protons 79, 106, 112, 113, 114, 115, 123, 130, 181, 239
Proxima Centauri 20, 98, 234, 234
pulsars 180, 182, 195
Q
Quantum Electrodynamics 12
quantum theory 9–10, 12, 34, 35, 93, 98, 99, 101, 116, 130, 181, 195, 202, 213, 215
quarks, up and down 79, 106, 110, 114, 181, 182, 194
quasars 177
Quintuplet Cluster 27, 27
R
radio astronomy 168
radio waves 68–9, 84
rainbows 56–9
RCW 86 (supernova) 83, 83
RCW 103 (supernova) 133, 133
red dwarf 84, 89, 128, 234
red giant 69, 84, 120, 121, 128, 230, 232
redshift