3C36: COSMOLOGY AND EXTRAGALACTIC ASTRONOMY

COSMOS -- an intensive computational programme investigating large-scale structure, galaxy formation, etc.
The Virgo Consortium are studying very similar problems, as are the self-styled
Grand Challenge Cosmology Consortium. This site has some particularly nice graphics, including short movie clips.

Microwave Background:

COBE -- pioneering space mission to measure the "3K" background.
Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) site -- a future NASA mission to map the microwave background. Has much introductory material on general cosmological issues.
Planck Surveyor -- ESA's competing microwave-background mission (see also the ESA Planck pages).
The ground-based Jodrell Bank CMB experiment
Redshift Surveys:

Sloan Digital Sky Survey has a dedicated 3.5-m telescope, currently imaging the sky in several colours; work on spectroscopy (redshifts) due to start shortly.
The 2dF Galaxy Group are using the AAT's fibre-fed 2-degree field spectrograph to measure galaxy redshifts, while
The 2dF QSO Redshift Survey are using the same instrument for a similar project on quasars.
Measuring q₀ with Supernovae

High Redshift Supernova Search is an attempt to measure q₀ using supernovae as 'standard candles'
The high-z SN search pages; "measuring the cosmic deceleration and global geometry of the Universe".

A primer in elementary issues
The Cosmological Constant -- an excellent undergraduate essay project on this topic.
Exploiting zero-point energy -- a Scientific American article about vacuum energy.
Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial -- a very useful set of notes, with a somewhat relativistic slant.
Essays by Sten Odenwald -- some rather old -- on various cosmological topics.
Galaxies, Quasars & Cosmology -- Southampton University's analogue to 3C36.
Galaxies and Cosmology -- miscellaneous cosmology notes (note that the 'decaying neutrinos' idea is not generally accepted in this context).
Thermal History of the Universe -- Jonathan Baker's notes for his lecture course.
CMB Theory Pages -- just what it says!