Physics 55: Research Sites

• Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan.
• COUP (Chandra Orion Ultradeep Project), study of intense X-ray flares of young stars in the Orion Nebula.
• Cosmological microwave background (CMB) measurements:
  • Boomerang.
  • DASI: Degree Angular Scale Interferometer.
  • Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) of NASA.
  • PLANCK project of the European Space Agency.
  • CMB tutorial by theorist Wayne Hu.
• Extrasolar Planets.
• Galaxy surveys:
  • 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey.
  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
• Grace: Gravity Recovery and Climate experiment of NASA. See also the site interviewing Michael Watkins, project scientist for Grace and the neat image showing Earth's local surface gravity.
• Pierre Auger Observatory, effort to understand the highest-energy cosmic rays.
• SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
• SOHO, the "Solar and Heliospheric Observatory" website summarizes data and images obtained from a satellite dedicated to observing the Sun.
• Telescopes:
  • Chandra X-ray observatory.
  • Hubble Space Telescope.
  • Kepler.
  • Las Cumbras Observatory Global Telescope Network.
  • National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO).
  • Spitzer Infrared Space Telescope.
  • Future telescopes:
    • Constellation X, scheduled completion 2017.
    • Ice Cube Cosmic Neutrino telescope, scheduled completion 2010.
    • James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled completion 2011.
    • Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, scheduled completion 2013.
    • LISA (Laser Interferometry Space Antenna), scheduled completion 2012.
    • Supernova Acceleration Probe, scheduled completion 2015.
    • Terrestrial Planet Finder, scheduled completion 2016.
    • Thirty Meter Telescope, scheduled completion 2014.
    • Very Large Telescope Interferometer, scheduled completion 2005.