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Olber's Paradox Solved
A well know problem from astrophysics, Olber's paradox (Why is the night sky dark?), solved. As well as Newton's related Gravity paradox.
http://home.wanadoo.nl/ronald.koster/olber.html

Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics
One of the main centers for exploration of astrophysics in Oslo, Norway.
http://www.astro.uio.no/ita/english.html

Laboratory for Computational Astrophysics
A joint project of the National Center for Supercomputer Applications and the Department of Astronomy of the University of Illinois.
http://zeus.ncsa.uiuc.edu:8080/lca_home_page.html

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Astrophysical research facility located in Cambridge, Massac husetts.
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/sao-home.html

COSMICS
Cosmological initial conditions and microwave anisotropy codes for cosmological modelling. COSMICS is a package of fortran-77 programs.
http://arcturus.mit.edu/cosmics/

Cause of the Characteristics of Quasars
Hypothesis which attempts to explain the characteristics of QSOs (Quasi-Steller Objects), a.k.a. quasars, as optical illusions created by gravitational lensing and other phenomena.
http://www.geocities.com/isoptera.geo/index.html

Physics Topics - Teaching Notes
Teaching notes on celestial mechanics, classical mechanics, and stellar atmospheres.
http://orca.phys.uvic.ca/~tatum/