On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
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Summarise the different scales from planets to stars to galaxies to cosmological distances and the basic physics that underpins them
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Explain stellar structure and energy sources in stars
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Describe the basic processes behind star formation and the end points of stellar evolution, including white dwarves, neutron stars and black-holes
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Interpret the evidence for cosmological expansion
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Calculate the dynamics of the Universe at cosmological scales using different equations of state in the Friedmann equations
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Give an overview of the Big Bang theory of cosmological evolution and nucleosynthesis