Student Name	Project (click to see)
1.Lauren Moesler	Supernovae
2.Julie Luu	M87 - A Weird Galaxy
3.Jessica Rafferty	The MACHO project!
4.Molly Koenig	Detection of Black Holes
5.Joe Schweitzer	Black hole in the center of our galaxy
6.Adan Buenrosto	Globular Clusters
7.Lori Adamczyk	The MACHO project
8.Tom Ryan	Pulsars
9.Ted Evans	Supernovae
10.Bryan Witkowski	The no boundary hypothesis
11.Kathie Hays	The Anthropic Principle
12.Sara Figoski	Is there anybody out there?
13.Brent Krug	White Dwarfs
14.Jessica Bresnan	Neutron Stars
15.Stephanie Gable	M87 -A weird galaxy
16.Perry Ratcliffe	The Olbers Paradox
17.Sara Gifford	Pulsars
18.Matt Del Giudice	Detection of black holes
19.Susan Pierce	White Dwarfs
20.Luis Davila	Quasars
21. Ly Ngy	Supernovae
22. Kelly Carson	Supernovae
23. David DiCicco	SETI (Search for "ETs")
24. Kim Berry	SETI (Search for "ETs")
25. Steve Civera	Planetary Nebula

Each web page should include:

1. a very brief introduction (at FETU level);

2. explanation of the methods used to derive the current explanation: i.e. you should be explaining HOW we know what we do about this object. For example, in the case of Jupiter - size extrasolar planets we know about the mass of these planets from the wiggle of the companion star due to gravity by the planet, and the wiggle is detected by means of the Doppler effect on spectral lines. The composition of one planet may be found when that planet partially eclipse the star, and some extra absorption lines are revealed;

3. a small sample of results from recent earth and space based missions - if any (there aren't any on the inflationary universe, for example). You may place a jpg/gif picture here.

4. analysis of these results; This is similar to the explanation of methods, but now directly drawn from the results. I.E. explain how to derive the period of a planet from an attached graph.

5. finally, a discussion of what more may be found about that phenomenon. At this point, for example, no one knows if there are many Jupiter - size planets at Jupiter - like distance. The problem: They don't wiggle the stars as much. The solution: Higher precision spectroscopy, or altogether new methods.

Please include a list of 2 or more references.

The projects will be graded according to the following criteria:

• Scientific accuracy
• Completeness, i.e. elements 1-5 above.
• Creativity, in part 5 above
• Readability & length (project should be shorter than 2 pages).

Deadlines: Deadlines have passed.