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ASTRON 106-0 : A Brief Journey Through the Invisible Universe

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A conceptual course exploring the invisible radio universe. Topics include: the historical development of the radio sky, how radio telescopes are fundamentally different than optical telescopes, numerous discoveries with multiple Nobel Prizes over the last century (pulsars, quasars, the Big Bang cosmic microwave background radiation, organic molecules, shadows of supermassive black holes) and search for radio signals from alien civilizations.