- AbsoluteAstronomy.com
- Facts and statistical information about planets, moons, constellations,
stars, galaxies, and Messier objects.
- Astrobiology Web- A look
at the origin of life in the Universe. Offers up to date news.
- Astronomical
Pseudo-Science: A Skeptic's Resource List - List of resources for
those who want to examine with a skeptical eye some of the claims at
the fringes of science that seem connected to astronomy.
- Astronomy
Campfire Chat - Forum and chat for discussing astronomy.
- Astronomy Education
and Outreach - General astronomy tutorial, education links, web
courses, documents at the UCSD Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences.
- Astronomy
Facts and Trivia - Fun facts and trivia relating to astronomy, space,
science fiction movies. Most trivia items are submitted by users.
- Astronomy
for All - Extensive index full of graphics and illustrations about
stars, the Solar System, cosmology and Galileo.
- Astronomy In Your Face
- General astronomy including hundreds of pictures, video and audio
clips, moon phases and conditions, downloads, and an events calendar.
- Astronomy Net - Resources,
searchable forums and searchable lists of organizations providing astronomy
services.
- Astronomy Today - Articles
on astronomy, cosmology and space exploration, with a regularly updated
sky guide and the latest space news.
- AstroWeb
- Astronomical Internet resources by the Space Telescope Science Institute.
- An Atlas of
the Universe - There are nine main maps, each approximately ten
times the scale of the previous one. The first map shows the nearest
stars and then the other maps slowly expand out until we have reached
the scale of the entire visible universe.
- Cambridge
Cosmology- Features information on the big bang, galaxies and clusters,
Relic radiation, and Inflation.
- Discover the
Solar System- Use the Internet to find out more about our solar
system and then answer these questions. Gr. 5- 7.
- Earth and
Moon Viewer- "Visitors can view either a map of the Earth showing
the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from various
points of view, such as from the sun or the moon."
- Earth and Sky- "An award
winning daily science radio series heard by millions of listeners on
over 950 commercial and public stations and their translators throughout
the United States."
- History
of Lunar Exploration- A look at the history of the American space
program.
- Hubble Space
Telescope Public Pictures- A constantly updated page, allowing you
full access to public pictures from the Hubble Telescope.
- Infrared Astronomy
- All about infrared astronomy from NASA's infrared astronomy center:
Discovery of infrared, what is infrared and infrared astronomy, history,
the infrared universe, gallery, activities, discoveries, missions and
a lot of links to IR astronomy sites.
- An Introduction to Astronomy
- Learn about astronomy; goes into lots of details, and also has lots
of astro-clip art.
- KidsSpace- Find out how much
would you weigh and how old would you be on another planet.
- NASA- This immense web site covers
all areas of astronomy. It also provides links to some of the most relevant
and well done sites on the Internet.
- Nine Planets-
An overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge
of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has
text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references
to additional related information.
- Optical SETI-
Instead of listening for radio signals, this new project searches for
pulses of light from thousands of nearby stars.
- SETI Institute Online- The
official Search For Extra Terrestial Intelligence (SETI) website.
- SETI@Home- "Why
let your home computer waste millions of CPU cycles running a screen
saver when it could be analyzing SETI data? Computer users from around
the world are able to participate in this major scientific experiment."
- SERENDIP-
The Seti programthat is a search for radio signals from extraterrestrial
civilizations; it is currently conducting a sky survey at the world's
largest radio telescope.
- StarChild-
Explains some basic astronomy questions.
- The Law List-
Laws, rules, principles, effects, paradoxes, limits, constants, experiments,
& thought-experiments in physics.
- The Solar System in Pictures-
Pictures of all the planets in the solar system. Picture quizzes about
all the planets.
- Wormhole in the Cosmos-
"Have you ever wondered why Black Holes are black or how Supernovae
helped develop life on Earth?"
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