OU science courses
See the Learn
Science with the OU page on the Science Faculty website. |
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Introductory courses
Check out the level one short
courses Introducing Astronomy, Planets: an introduction,
How the Universe works, and Exploring Mars: Beagle 2 and the
search for life (S194, S196, S197 and S198), on the Science
Faculty site. |
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Introductory
level
A good introduction to modern cosmology is the OU Science
level one course Discovering
Science (S103). |
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Second
level courses
If you'd like to study Astronomy and/or Planetary Science at
a higher level, then you may be interested in Astronomy
and Planetary
Science and the Search for Life. |
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Advanced
third level
The
Energetic Universe (S381). Study energetic processes in
the evolution of stars, the accretion of matter in interacting
binaries, and the black holes that power the nuclei of active
galaxies. |
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Advanced
third level
Space, Time and Cosmology (S357) explains relativity theory
and cosmology. |
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Open
University Research
What
research is happening in Astronomy and the Planetary Sciences
at the Open University?
Faculty
of Science homepage
Open University Astronomy Research Group
The Planetary Space Science Research Institute
Open University Astronomy Club
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Recent
OU Research
October
2001 - OU complete space experiment to land on a comet
November
2001 - Exoplanets and life
December
2001 - Erupting volcanoes on Io
January
2002 - Galactic archaeology: uncovering the birth of the
Galaxy
February
2002 - Lithium, the Universe and Everything
March
2002 - NASA's HESSI mission is launched
April
2002 - SIMONE mission
June 2002
- Microquasars in our Galaxy: mysterious black holes with
jets
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