title: The Universe (Teacher's Guide) (Elementary Astronomy: Investigate the Possibilities)
author:  Tom DeRosa 
description: Tom DeRosa is an experienced science teacher and a committed creationist with a wealth of experience in the public school, Christian school, and homeschool markets for over 35 years.
zlib_text: _For Mum, Dad and Sandra – none of this would have been possible without you_  
   _Brian Cox_
  
   _For my dad, Geof Cohen (1943–2007)_  
   _Andrew Cohen_
  
   **Wonders of the Universe**
  
   **Professor Brian Cox & Andrew Cohen**
  
   **Contents**
  
   _Introduction_
  
  The Universe
  
   _Chapter 1_
  
  Messengers
  
   _The Story of Light_
  
   _Our place in the Universe_
  
   _Our galactic neighbourhood_
  
   _Mapping the Milky Way Galaxy_
  
   _The shape of our galaxy_
  
   _A star is born_
  
   _What is Light?_
  
   _Young’s double-slit experiment_
  
   _Messengers from across the ocean of space_
  
   _Chasing the speed of light_
  
   _The search for a cosmic clock_
  
   _Speed limits_
  
   _Time Travel_
  
   _To the dawn of time_
  
   _Finding Andromeda_
  
   _The Hubble Telescope_
  
   _Hubble’s most important image_
  
   _All the colours of the rainbow_
  
   _Hubble expansion_
  
   _Redshift_
  
   _The Birth of the Universe_
  
   _Visible light_
  
   _Picturing the past_
  
   _First sight_
  
   _Chapter 2_
  
  Stardust
  
   _The Origins of Being_
  
   _The cycle of life_
  
   _Mapping th