Topic refinement: ASTROPHYSICS & COSMOLOGY

Topic refinement: ASTROPHYSICS & COSMOLOGY

1. Solar system formation

   • What happens between the 'dust' and 'boulder' stages?
   • Formation of different celestial objects
   • What is needed?

2. Black holes

   • White holes
   • Quasars
   • Properties

3. Exoplanets

   • Formation
   • Identification
   • Benefits to us
   • Life?

4. Unknown phenomenons

   • Dark matter
   • Dark energy
   • Quantum fluctuations

5. Gamma ray bursts

   • Where they come from
   • Significance

6. Supernovae

   • Evidence for Big Bang?
   • Connection to forming planets

7. Stars

   • Lifecycles
   • Formation

8. Nebulae

   • What they form into
   • Where are they from?
   • How do they form things?

9. Pulsars

   • How exoplanets are found around them
   • Millisecond pulsars