Learn about the origins of the universe and its fate. Einstein's Theory of Relativity is both interesting and comprehensible.

Boomerang is a balloon borne millimeter-wave telescope designed to study the anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background.

From the Official String Theory Website. Basic and advanced tutorials on the age and structure of the universe, the Big Bang, and the relation of string theory to cosmology.

Introduction to cosmology and inflation by Scott Watson of Brown University.

A lecture on aspects of superstring theory and cosmology.

Theoretical cosmologists study the evolution and composition of the universe as a system, constructing theories and confronting them with experiments and observations

A theory that unites quantum mechanics and general relativity claims that there was no first moment in time, but it still agrees with the predictions of classical cosmology.

Article from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics.

A thesis (in PDF format) which studies the possible topologies of the universe and their physical implications.

An article on the Einstein-deSitter model of cosmology

A short article on the possible structures for space in the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker model

A review of how the understanding of our Universe has evolved

The aim of this set of lectures is a systematic presentation of a 1+3 covariant approach to studying the geometry, dynamics, and observational properties of relativistic cosmological models.

In this paper, the fundamentals of modern cosmology for an isotropic and homogeneous space-time will be reviewed. Other issues suggesting a more general theory are presented and inflation is introduced as a resolution to this conundrum.

A review of the geometry and density of the universe, with a focus on inflationary models.

This site is intended to help the reader step outside of time and imagine the shape of what is ultimately possible in a timeless universe.

References to cosmological sites featuring in-depth coverage of issues like dark matter, black holes and symmetric theory.

Lecture Notes delivered at the Xth Brazilian School on Cosmology and Gravitation, Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, July 29 - August 9, 2002.

Talk presented at COSPAR '02, Houston, Texas, October 2002.

An introduction to particle aspects of cosmology with particular reference to primordial nucleosynthesis, dark matter and baryogenesis is provided. In particular, various scenarios-GUT baryogenesis, electroweak baryogenesis and baryogenesis through leptogenesis are reviewed.

These lecture notes provide an introduction to cosmic inflation. In particular the basic concepts of inflation, generation of density perturbations, and reheating after inflation.

This lecture gives a short introduction to different methods used in cosmology. The focus is on major features of N-body simulations: equations, main numerical techniques, effects of resolution, and methods of halo identification.

Articles about the Universe, Cosmology, Quantum Mechanics, Relativity & collection of some FAQ's.

Progress in early Universe cosmology, including strings, extra dimensions, inflation, phase transitions, and baryogenesis, is reviewed.

A set of postrscript lecture notes on the basic principles of cosmology.

This is a pedagogical paper which explains some ideas in cosmology at a level accessible to undergraduate students. Following standard quantization procedures the Wheeler-DeWitt equation in the minisuperspace approximation is derived for empty and non-empty universes.

Minkowski functionals provide a novel tool to characterize the large-scale galaxy distribution in the Universe. Here we give a brief tutorial on the basic features of these morphological measures and indicate their practical application for simulation data and galaxy redshift catalogues as examples.

The aim of this lecture is to highlight two areas of recent progress in inflationary cosmology, namely reheating and the quantum theory of cosmological perturbations.

A short review of recent results on exact solutions in multidimensional cosmology

A review of current unsolved problems in mathematical cosmology

A simple, non-technical introduction to the pre-big bang scenario is given, emphasizing physical motivations, considerations, and consequences over formalism.

This is a contracted version of a series of lectures for graduate and undergraduate students

A tutorial introducing the use of dynamical systems to study the large scale structure of the universe.

General relativity does not allow one to specify the topology of space, leaving the possibility that space is multi- rather than simply- connected. This paper reviews the mathematical properties of multi-connected spaces, and the different tools to classify them and to analyse their properties.

Contains a cosmology tutorial. Preliminary introduction to General Relativity and its application to Cosmology. Also study of stringy matter as a part of the Universe.

Contains report of a seminar on a model cosmology. Preliminary introduction to General Relativity with application to cosmology.

The big bang theory works better than ever. If only cosmologists could figure out that mysterious acceleration....

The following pages present a discussion of the role the cosmological constant plays in modern cosmology. They are designed to offer an overview of how the cosmological constant alters standard cosmology, and to discuss whether a non-zero cosmological constant exists today.

Recently two different groups have measured the apparent brightness of supernovae with redshifts near z = 1. Based on this data the old idea of a cosmological constant is making a comeback.

The aim of this set of lectures is a systematic presentation of a 1+3 covariant approach to studying the geometry, dynamics, and observational properties of relativistic cosmological models.

Online list of classic research papers in relativistic cosmology and general relativity, with links to arXiv.org when available.

Includes a staff list and a brief description of work done in that centre.

Detailed explanations of the most important ideas and developments in human understanding of the universe. Includes original essays by some of today's leading figures in cosmology, along with original illustrations, program descriptions, explanations of cosmological terms and theories, and brief biographies. Also, the Ask the Experts section encourages the audience to submit questions, some of which will be answered by experts in the field.

Pablo G. Ostrov explains Big Bang theory for non-scientists.

This page presents a fairly extensive overview of the big bang model. Topics include nucleosynthesis, the Friedmann equation, and the cosmological constant.

The home page of Caltech's Observational Cosmology Group. We build cool stuff, and use it to study the Universe.

References to cosmological sites featuring in-depth coverage of issues like dark matter, black holes and symmetric theory.