{"id":1759,"date":"2017-12-22T11:49:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T02:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/ches\/?p=1759"},"modified":"2018-02-27T11:25:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T02:25:26","slug":"enroll-now-cosmic-rays-dark-matter-and-the-mysteries-of-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/ches\/news-en\/2017\/12\/22\/1759\/","title":{"rendered":"[Enroll Now] New MOOC on &#8220;Cosmic Rays, Dark Matter, and the Mysteries of the Universe&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our new MOOC on\u00a0WasedaX\u00a0has officially launched!<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Interested in cosmic rays, supernovas, dark matter and other fascinating cosmic phenomena?<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Registration is now open for\u00a0Waseda\u00a0University\u2019s\u00a0edX\u00a0certified\u00a0course\u00a0<i>Cosmic<\/i><i>\u00a0Rays,\u00a0<\/i><i>Dark<\/i><i>\u00a0Matter<\/i><i>, and the Mysteries of<\/i><i>\u00a0the<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>Universe<\/i>\u00a0by Prof. Shoji Torii!<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Course Name: Cosmic Rays, Dark Matter, and the Mysteries of the Universe<br \/>\nInstructor: Shoji Torii (Professor,\u00a0Department of Physics)<br \/>\nCourse Start: July 2nd, 2018<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pcN0TcGYWww\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the course, we\u00a0will\u00a0explore\u00a0the evolution\u00a0of the\u00a0universe,\u00a0investigate the\u00a0origin\u00a0and propagation of cosmic\u00a0rays,\u00a0and\u00a0follow\u00a0the search for dark matter\u00a0through\u00a0cosmic ray observation.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Join us as we look through some of the latest findings from the Calorimetric Electron Scope (CALET), a joint project between Waseda University (JAXA), NASA and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) , which has been installed aboard the International Space Station to help unravel some of our greatest mysteries!<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The course is set to begin on July 2, 2018, and takes approximately 12 to 20 hours to complete. A firm grasp of Introductory Physics and Algebra is recommended.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Enrollment to this online course and auditing is FREE. To receive a verified certificate, a $49 fee needs to be paid to edX.<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edx.org\/course\/cosmic-rays-dark-matter-mysteries-wasedax-astro112x\">Enroll now!<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our new MOOC on\u00a0WasedaX\u00a0has officially launched!\u00a0 Interested in cosmic rays, supernovas, dark matter and other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[83,94,81,119],"class_list":["post-1759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-education-en","tag-general-en","tag-global-en","tag-topics-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/ches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/ches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/ches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/ches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/ches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/ches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1765,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/ches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1759\/revisions\/1765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/ches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/ches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/ches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/ches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}