Online Astronomy Courses


Introductory Astronomy
Introduction to Astronomy (Josh Bloom, UCB)
Introduction to Astronomy (John Kormendy, UT Austin)
Basic Astronomy and the Galaxy (George Djorgovski, Caltech)
The Evolving Universe (Chuck Steidel, Caltech)
Our Place in The Universe (Jeremiah Ostriker, Alice Shapley, Princeton)
The Universe (Michael Strauss, J. Richard Gott, Christopher Chyba, Princeton)
The Nature of the Universe (Terry Herter, Cornell)
Introduction to Stars, Galaxies and the Universe (Jennifer Johnson, OSU)
Topics in Modern Astronomy (Jim Stone, Alice Shapley, Princeton)
The Astronomy Café (Sten Odenwald)
Windows to the Universe (the Windows Team, UCAR)
CASS/UCSD Astronomy Education Directory (UCSD)
Astronomy Tutorial for Students and Other Interested Folks (Gene Smith, UCSD)

Stellar Astronomy, Star Formation and Stellar Evolution
Observing the Sun and the Stars (Jonathan Grindlay, Harvard)
Advanced Stellar Astrophysics (Ph. Podsiadlowski, Oxford)
Stellar Structure and Evolution (Ph. Podsiadlowski, Oxford)
Introduction to Astrophysics (Eliot Quataert, UCB)
Introduction to Astrophysics and Space Sciences I (Ira Wasserman, Cornell)
Stellar Systems (Scott Tremaine, Princeton)
Stellar Structure and Evolution (Robin Ciardullo , PSU)

Planetary Astronomy and Space Exploration
Planetary Dynamics (Eugene Chiang, UCB)
Planetary Astrophysics (Eugene Chiang, UCB)
Space Exploration (Steve Squyres, Cornell)
Formation of Stars and Planets (Alyssa A. Goodman, Harvard)
Introduction to Solar System Astronomy (D. L. DePoy, OSU)
The Structure and Evolution of Planets (Mike Brown, Caltech)
Our Solar System (Margot and Squyres, Cornell)
The Solar System (Prof. Richard Binzel, MIT)
Super Earths Graduate Seminar (Geoff Marcym, Eugene Chiang, UCB)
The Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems (Geoff Blake, Caltech)
Planetary Atmospheres (Peter Gierasch, Cornell)
Atomic and Molecular Processes in Astronomy and Planetary Science (Geoffrey A. Blake, Caltech)

Solar Physics, MHD, and Plasma Physics
Fluid mechanics (M.S.Cramer, Cambridge University Press)
Astrophysical Gas Dynamics (Eliot Quataert, UCB)
Application of Classical Physics (Kip Thorne, Caltech)
Introduction to Plasma Physics (I.H.Hutchinson, MIT)
The Sun : An Introduction to MHD (Alan Hood, University of St Andrews, U.K.)
Plasma on the Internet (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
Perspectives on Plasmas
Introduction to Plasma Physics I (Ron Parker, MIT)
Introduction to Plasma physics (Richard Fitzpatrick, UT Austin)
Introduction to MHD with Applications in Space Physics (Pekka Janhunen, Finnish Meteorological Institute)

Observational Astrophysics
Frontiers of Observational Astrophysics (Chris Haniff , Cambridge)
Topics in Astronomy and Astrophysics (Cornell)
Tools and Techniques of Astronomical Measurements (Christopher Stubbs, Harvard)
Astronomical Methods and Instrumentation (Gary Bernstein, UPenn)
Hands-On Astronomy: Observing Stars and Planets (S. Slivan, MIT)
Basics of Radio Astronomy (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech)
Essential Radio Astronomy (J. J. Condon and S. M. Ransom, NRAO)
Infrared Astronomy Lab (Graham, UCB)
Cool Cosmos: Infrared Astronomy Tutorial (Linda Hermans-Killam, Caltech)
Optical, Infrared and Sub-mm Astronomical Techniques (Terry and Gordon, Cornell)
Observational Optical Astronomy (Tad Pryor, Rutgers)
Adaptive Optics (Claire Max, UCSC)
Introduction to Ultraviolet Astronomy (R. W. O'Connell, UVa)
X-Ray Astronomy Field Guide (Chandra X-Ray Observatory)
Seminars in Observational Astronomy (Princeton)
Astrophysics Seminar (MIT)
Seminar in Observational Astrophysics (Princeton)
Modern Observational Techniques (Mike Bolte, UCSC)
Radio Astronomy (Scott Ransom, UVa)
Very Large Telescope Design (Graham, et al.,UCB)
Astronomical Measurements and Instrumentation (Tony Readhead, George Djorgovski, Caltech)

Theoretical Astrophysics
Introduction to Astrophysics (Lloyd Knox, UCD)
Astrophysics (Steve Gull, Cambridge)
Astrophysics: from Black Holes to the First Stars (Volker Bromm, UT Austin)
Exploring Black Holes: General Relativity and Astrophysics (Edmund Bertschinger and Edwin F. Taylor, MIT)
Collisions in Space (Tony Farnham, UMD)
Seminar in Theoretical Astrophysics (Scott Tremaine, Bohdan Paczynski , Princeton)

High-Energy Astronomy
High-Energy Astrophysics (Garret Cotter, Oxford)
Introduction to High-Energy Astronomy (Niel Brandt, PSU)
High-Energy Astrophysics (University of London Observatory)
High-Energy Astrophysics (Ingrid Stairs, UBC)
Gamma-Ray Bursts (Prof. Bloom, UCB)
High Energy Astrophysics (Craig Sarazin, UVa)
High Energy Astrophysics (Len Culhane, London's Global University)

Astrophysical Radiative Processes
Radiative Processes (Prof. Chiang, UCB)
Astrophysical Radiation Processes
Radiative Processes (Wayne Hu, UChicago)
Radiation Processes (Ernie Seaquist, University of Toronto)
Radiative Processes in Planetary Atmospheres (Frank Evans,Colorado)
Radiative Transfer and Numerical Magnetohydrodynamics (University of Oslo)

Cosmology
The Origin and Evolution of the Universe (Andrey Kravtsov, UChicago)
Origin of the Universe (Eve Ostriker, UMD)
History of the Universe (Tommaso Treu, UCSB)
Overview of the Universe (Raja (Puragra),Guha Thakurta, UCSC)
Descriptive Cosmology (Marc Davis, UCB)
Cosmology (Andreas Albrecht, UCD)
Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology (Tommaso Treu, UCSB)
Lectures in Observational Cosmology (George Djorgovski, Caltech)
Matter in the Universe (Robert Kirshner, Harvard)
Cosmic Microwave Background (Wayne Hu, UChicago)
Relativity and Astrophysics (Ira Wasserman, Cornell)
The Cosmos and String Theory (Ling-Lie Chau, UCD)
Current Research in Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy (Chung-Pei Ma, UCB)
General Relativity (Scott Hughes, MIT)
Cosmology (Wayne Hu, UChicago)
Cosmology (Edmund Bertschinger, MIT)
Particle Physics of the Early Universe (Frank Wilczek, MIT)
Advanced Topics in Modern Cosmology (Chung-Pei Ma, UCB)
The CMB and Cosmological Perturbation Theory (Wayne Hu, UChicago)
Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial (UCLA)
Cambridge Relativity Public Home (UCambridge)
Cosmology Pages (Douglas Scott, UBC)
The Cosmic Microwave Background (Douglas Scott, UBC)
Introduction to Cosmology (Subir Sarkar, Oxford)
Selected Topics in Theoretical Particle Physics: Branes and Gauge Theory Dynamics (Amihay Hanany, MIT)
The CERN Document Server Agenda (Excellent Archive of CERN Meetings, Seminars and Workshops)

Galactic Astronomy, Galaxy Formation & Evolution
Galaxies and Cosmology (George Djorgovski, Caltech)
Galaxies and the Universe (Wayne Hu, UChicago)
Galaxies and the Early Universe (Pedro G. Ferreira, Oxford)
Stars and Gas in the Milky Way (Douglas Finkbeiner, Harvard)
Links to Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei (Bill Keel, University of Alabama)
Clusters of Galaxies (Gavin, Oxford)
Clusters of Galaxies II (Gavin, Oxford)
Galaxies and the Universe (Riccardo Giovanelli, Cornell
Exploring the High Redshift Universe (Caryl Gronwall, PSU)
Seminar in Observational Astrophysics (Organizer: Alice Shapley, Princeton)
The Formation and Evolution of Massive Black Holes (Genzel, Quataert, UCB)


Astrometry and Celestial Mechanics
Celestial Mechanics (J. B. Tatum, University of Victoria, Canada)
Astrometry.org: A Site for Popularization of Astrometry and Celestial Mechanics
Mechanics: Notes and Work (Jay Mireles James, UT Austin)
Lectures on Relativity in Celestial Mechanics and Astrometry (V.A. Brumberg, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia)

Astrobiology & SETI
Search For Extraterrestrial Life (Neal Evans, UT Austin)
Cosmology and the Origin of Life (Greg Bothun, UOregon)
Life in the Universe (Wolfgang H. Berger, UCSD)
Life in the Universe (David E. Trilling, U Penn)
Astrobiology (Jere H. Lipps, UCB)
Search for Life in the Universe (Michael Strauss, Princeton)
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life (UT Austin)
SETI (SETI Institute)
Astrobiology: the Living Universe
NASA Astrobiology Institute
NASA Astrobiology
NASA’s Origin Program
Super Earths Graduate Seminar (Geoff Marcy, Eugene Chiang, UCB)

Astrochemistry and Cosmochemistry
Cosmochemistry (Geoffrey A. Blake, Caltech)
NASA Astrochemistry

Astronomical Data Analysis & Image processing
Computational Astrophysics (Pablo Laguna, PSU)
Observing and Modeling the Universe (Michael Strauss and David Spergel, Princeton)
Numerical Analysis Data Analysis Software and Systems (John H. Mathews
Data Analysis for the Physical Sciences (Edward L. Robinson, UT Austin)
Computational Physics Data Analysis Software and Systems (Tomás Arias, Cornell)
Introduction to Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (C. Heiles, UCB)
Image Processing Resources for Astronomy Teachers (Astronomy Education Committee, American Association of Physics Teachers)
UVa Astronomy IDL Resources
A Guide to IDL for Astronomers (R. W. O'Connell, UVa)
IDL Tutorials/Handouts by me, myself, I...and Tim Robishaw (Carl Heiles, UCB)
The IDL Astronomy User's Library (NASA)

Classical Physics
Classical Mechanics (George Stephans, MIT)
Classical Mechanics (James Eckstein, UIUC)
Honors Mechanics (Doug Beck and Vadas Gintautas, UIUC)
Introductory Mechanics and Relativity (David J. Morin, Harvard)
Mechanics and Relativity I (Thomas Junk, UIUC)
Mechanics and Relativity II (Susan Lamb, UIUC)
Mechanics and Special Relativity (Howard Georgi, Harvard)
Electricity and Magnetism (Gabriella Sciolla, MIT)
Electricity and Magnetism (MIT)
Electromagnetic Fields II (Steve Errede, UIUC)
Univ Physics Elec and Mag (Nadya Mason, UIUC)
Univ Physics Thermal Physics (Weissman and Paul Debevec, UIUC)
Statistical Physics I (Thomas Greytak, MIT)
Statistical Physics II (Xiao-Gang Wen, MIT)
Statistical Physics and Waves (Alan Weinstein, Caltech)
Quantum Physics I (Vladan Vuletic,MIT)
Quantum Mechanics I (Lance Cooper, UIUC)
Quantum Mechanics II (Gary Feldman, Harvard)
Advanced Quantum Mechanics (Frank Porter, Caltech)
Application of Classical Physics (Kip Thorne, Caltech)

Technical Communications in Science & Other Resources
"Giving a Talk: tips on how to give a good presentation (Andrey Kravtsov, UChicago)
How to Give a Scientific Presentation (Kai Liu, UCD)
Guidelines to Papers and Oral Presentations (Michael A. Strauss, Princeton)
Short Course on Scientific Writing (Martin Welch, Cambridge)
Guidelines for Scientific Writing (Eric D’Hoker, UCLA)
Guidelines for Writing Papers (David Kaiser, MIT)
Writing in Astronomy(Lynne Hillenbrand, Caltech)
Writing Course Home Page (John Wilkins, OSU)
Writing
Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students (Michael Alley,PSU,
Leslie Crowley, UIUC; Jeff Donnell, Gatech; Christene Moore, UT Austin)

Referencing in Science Writing (Jim Bell, Cornell)
Guidelines for Footnotes and Bibliographies (David Kaiser, MIT)
Advice on Research and Writing
A listing of Astronomy and Physics Departments Strong at Astronomy (NASA)
A listing of Astronomy and Physics Departments Strong at Planetary Science (NASA)
A listing of Astronomy and Physics Departments Strong at Aerospace Engineering (NASA)
A Guide Book to Astronomy Including Career Questions (Sten Odenwald)
How to Be a Good Graduate Student (Marie desJardins, IU)
So long, and thanks for the Ph.D.! (Ronald T. Azuma, UNC)
How to Become a Good Theoretical Physicist (Gerard 't Hooft)
Resources for the Ambitious Undergraduate or Beginning Graduate Researcher in Astronomy & Astrophysics (Chris Matzner)
All Nobel Laureates in Physics (the Nobel Prize Official Website)