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Explores spherically symmetric and static astrophysical objects, including black holes and the modeling of matter.

Introduces the Global Arctic MOOC, exploring Arctic's global relevance and interconnectedness with the planet, emphasizing high stakes and outlining the course structure.

Energy Balance of Planets

Explores the energy balance of planets, emphasizing the Earth's factors affecting its overall energy equilibrium.

Central Motion: Forces and Orbits

Covers moment of a force, angular momentum, and central motion in physics, including Kepler's laws and Newton's theory of universal gravitation.

Introduction to Astrophysics: Hydrostatic Equilibrium

Covers hydrostatic equilibrium, pressure profile, mean molecular mass, and atmosphere retention conditions in astrophysics.

Sustainable Development: Social Progress and Collective Action

Examines sustainable development, emphasizing the interplay between individual and collective actions in achieving social progress.

Architecture Trade-offs in a Planet-scale Queueing System

Explores the trade-offs in a planet-scale queueing system, emphasizing the importance of relaxing semantics to manage complexity.

Stability of a Planet's Orbit

Covers the examination of the stability of a planet's orbit using Runge-Kutta numerical integration.

MHD Turbulence and Dynamo Instabilities

Explores observational facts and the need for dynamos in generating magnetic fields.

Gravitational Forces

Covers advanced physics topics related to gravitational forces and Johannes Kepler's contributions to understanding planetary motion.

Signal of the Day: Exoplanet Hunting

Delves into exoplanet hunting, from the first discovery to the transit method and the role of digital signal processing.

Design Discussions, Documentation

Explores design discussions and documentation in software development, emphasizing scientific programming and code documentation tools like Doxygen and Sphinx.

Gravitational Forces: Orbits and Space Debris

Explores gravitational forces, satellite orbits, space debris, escape velocity, black holes, galaxy rotation, planet properties, and angular momentum.

Interplanetary Trajectories: Concepts and Strategies

Explores interplanetary trajectories, including departure strategies, sphere of influence, and orbit insertion around the destination planet.

Sustainable Development Goals: Individual and Collective Actions

Emphasizes the role of individual and collective actions in achieving sustainability through the Sustainable Development Goals and the successes of the Millennium Development Goals.

Interplanetary Trajectories: Orbital Characteristics

Covers interplanetary trajectories, sphere of influence, and orbital characteristics of planets.

Biomass Energy: Understanding and Transitioning

Explores biomass formation, energy conversion, potential in Switzerland, and the need for further research.

Urban Resilient Territories: Challenges and Solutions

Delves into the challenges and successes of building resilient urban territories in alignment with planetary boundaries.

Geodesics in Schwarzschild Spacetime

Explores geodesics in Schwarzschild spacetime, circular orbits, and the perihelion advance in General Relativity.

Angular Momentum: Conservation and Applications

Explores angular momentum conservation and its applications in rotational motion, including Kepler's laws and torque relationships.