Subcategories
of Astronomy are:
Solar
System -Planetary (IPL)
Objects with the Earth's solar system, including the Sun, planets, comets,
and asteroids.
Stellar
(IPL)
The study of stars and star-like objects.
Astrophysics
(IPL)
Where physics and astronomy merge.
Spaceflight
& Exploration (IPL)
The exploration of space and the tools for doing so.
Stargazing
(IPL)
Amateur astronomy.
Resources in this category are:
Appolo
to the Moon Science
http://www.nasm.edu/galleries/gal210/enter.html
http://www.nasm.edu/galleries/gal210/enter.html
This online exhibit from the National Air & Space Museum "tells the historic
story of human exploration of the Moon by the United States." Exhibit includes
text and photographs from NASM's collection. JavaScript and non-JavaScript
versions available.
The
Art of Renaissance Science
http://www.pd.astro.it/ars/arshtml/arstoc.html
Joseph W. Dauben of the City University of New York reveals that the interplay
of science and art has a history stretching back centuries. His work, 'The
Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective', presents a
detailed look at the influence Italian renaissance artists had on Galileo,
his view of nature, and the observations
and mathematical principles he elucidated. Based on a videotape of the same
name, the Galileo and Perspective
site is neither flashy nor fancy, but its tale is intriguing and worth a
leisurely read. The pages host a good number
of renaissance artworks, so loading is a bit poky - but it's worth the wait.
Anyone interested in the history
of science will feel at home here.
Astronomy
Calculator
http://w3.one.net/~rback/frames.html
Calculates phases of the moon, next lunar eclipse, next meteor shower and
the distances to the planets from
any place on earth
Astronomical
Applications -U.S Naval Observatory
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/data/
Sunrise/Sunset, Moonrise/Moonset/, Positions of the sun Earth's Seasons -
Equinoxes, Solstices, Perihelion,
and Aphelion 1992-2005, Date of Easter, Julian Date Conversion etc...
AstroWeb:
Astronomical Internet Resources
http://www.stsci.edu/science/net-resources.html
A database of nearly everything related to astronomy on the Internet. Way
cool because it is
searchable
and
is checked automatically for live links three times a day.
Canadian Space Agency -
CSA
http://www.space.gc.ca/
The official Web presence of Canada's federal space agency. The site contains
news and information about CSA, the civil space industry, and space exploration,
and includes areas for educators and children. Available in French and English.
CNN Interactive -
Space
http://cnn.com/TECH/space/
Listings of special coverage of major space events.
Discovery Channel
- Canada
http://exn.ca/Space/index.cfm
Contains various space and astronomy links and resources
Drake
Equation
http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/SETI/drake_equation.html
The Drake Equation was developed by
Frank
Drake in 1961 as a way to focus on the factors which determine how many
intelligent, communicating civilizations there are in our galaxy. The Drake
Equation is:
N = N* fp ne fl fi fc fL
The equation can really be looked at as a number of questions:
Drake's
Equation from the SETI Institute -
Search for Exrtaterrestial
Intelligence
The Drake Equation gives a means for estimating how many communicating
civilizations may be out there.
The results can vary widely, depending on the optimism of the numbers you
yourself plug in.
http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/SETI/drake_equation.html
Earth
Moon Viewer - Satelite images from space
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
Interactive server which lets you view the Earth and Moon, as illuminated
by the Sun at the time of your request,
from a variety of viewpoints.
Satellite views
of the earth from 100+ satellites
Where
is it light and where is dark on our planet? Get a real time view.
Earth and Sky
http://www.earthsky.com/
The site for the daily science radio series, it includes informative
articles/discussions on various topics,
news and discoveries in the earth sciences, astonomy, and environmental sciences.
Included are sound
files and a
searchable archive of past programs.
Exploring the Planets
(NASM)
http://www.nasm.edu/ceps/etp/
This online exhibit from the National Air & Space Museum "highlights
the history and achievements of planetary explorations, both Earth-based
and by spacecraft." Exhibit includes text and photographs from NASM's collection.
JavaScript and non-JavaScript versions available.
Expanding
Universe
http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/TRL/astronomy/index.html
A classified search tool for amateur astronomy. Browse Internet sites relating
to astronomy
by Dewey
classification, or by an
alphabetical
subject listing.
Exploring
Planets in the Classroom: hands-on science activities
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/index.html
More than 25 hands-on science activities are provided in classroom-ready
pages for both teachers and
students for exploring Earth, the planets, geology, and space sciences.
The Galileo
Project
http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/
The Galileo Project is a hypertext source of information on the life and
work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
and the science of his time. Site includes a detailed biography of Galileo,
text and images of his personal
and professional life, a collection of contemporary maps, and a timeline.
An especially interesting feature
is the searchable database of 16th and 17th century scientists.
Inconstant
Moon
http://www.inconstantmoon.com/inconstant.htm
Explore the Moon... discover its dramatic features and phenomena - often
beautiful, sometimes bizarre,
always changing. Inconstant Moon will take you on a new tour each night,
with maps, photos,
explanations, animations, selected links and even music!
IncJet Propulsion Laboratry
- JPL
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
Contains links to the solar system, earth, and universe. Search Nasa
Website
Life in the
Universe
http://www.lifeintheuniverse.com/
The companion Website to Stephen Hawking's Life in the Universe CD-ROM,
containing original information
and links to other Websites relating to the possible existance of other life
in the universe, from both a
cosmological and biological perspective.
Moon Calculator
- Find the moon phase for any date from [1800-2199]
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html
Moon
Phase Calculator - What phase of the moon are we in?
http://www.can-do.com/lakehs/dlab/moonphase/moon.html
Java applet that displays with pictures and text the moon's current phase,
distance from earth and apogee
and perigee.
NASA for Kids - Dedicated
to kids of all ages
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
NASA KIDS offers a fun way for children to learn about NASA's activities
and science, using interactive
tools and kid-attractive pages. NASA KIDS is an on-line or printable resource
designed for students
from Kindergarten to 8th grade.
For older kids check out
Liftoff to Space
Exploration - Include these resources ...
Fundamentals
- tools of science and engineering
Human
Journey - living in space, astronauts, pioneers
Nasa Update
- explorer stories from all over NASA
Space Craft
- rockets, stations, and satellites
Tracking
- keeping track of satellites and spacecraft.
Where is the
Space Station?
The
Universe - space, solar system, stars, and galaxies
NASA'S Human Space
Flight
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/
NASA's Human Space Flight Web includes information about the Space Station
Space shuttle,
Hubble Space Telescope, Mars Exploration and Beyond and a growing Space History
section.
Nasa's
Real Time Orbit Tracking for the International Space Station and the Space
Shuttle
Lift off to Space
Exploration by Nasa - includes the following sites.
Nasa
Satellite tracking - J-Track
Track the space station, space, shuttle and other orbiting satellites and
space craft.
J-Track
3D
View a data base of over 500 orbiting satellites. Very cool
NASA
Observatorium
http://observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/core.shtml
A public access site for Earth and space data. We have pictures of the Earth,
planets, stars, and other
cool stuff, as well as the stories behind those images. Searchable.
NASA'S
Eclipse Home Page
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html
Eclipse Home Page at the NASA/GSFC
Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum. This web site is
continually expanding and strives to be the ultimate resource for online
information about eclipses.
The nine
planets - Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
http://dept.physics.upenn.edu/nineplanets/
The Nine Planets is 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.
The Planetary
Society
http://www.planetary.org/
The Planetary Society was founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and
Louis Friedman to encourage the exploration of our solar system and the search
for extraterrestrial life. Check out the learning Center.
Planet
Quest
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/
Created at the Jet Propulsion Labs, this website offers online resources
as well as offline activities for middle school and high school students.
Satellite Passes
Satellite Passes Over North American Cities
Satellite Passes Over North American Cities.
SETI
Institute
http://www.seti-inst.edu/
Home for scientific and educational projects relevant to the nature,
distribution, and prevalence of life in the
universe. Conducts/encourages research and related activities in a large
number of fields. This extensive
site details the SETI Institute's activities, the concepts and practices
behind Search for Extra-Terrestrial
Intelligence efforts, and comments about the depiction of SETI in recent
Hollywood films
(Contact and Independence Day). Includes a
bibliography and a
FAQ.
Drake's Equation
The Drake Equation gives a means for estimating how many communicating
civilizations may be out there.
The results can vary widely, depending on the optimism of the numbers you
yourself plug in.
SkyView
http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/skyview.html
SkyView is a Virtual Observatory on the Net. SkyView generates images of
any part of the sky at
wavelengths in all regimes from radio to gamma-ray.
Solar System Simulator
-Jet Propulsion Laboratory
http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
The solar system simulator, a NASA/JPL/Caltech spyglass on the cosmos. Select
from the options
below to have the simulator create a color image of your favorite planet
or satellite!
The Solar System
Live
http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/
The Solar System Live, the interactive Orrery
of the Web. You can view the entire Solar System, or just the inner
planets(through the orbit of Mars). Controls allow you to set time and date,
viewpoint, observing location, orbital elements to track an asteroid or comet,
and a variety of other parameters.
Solar
Views
http://www.solarviews.com/
Views of the Solar system and planets in English, Spainish, Portuguese, French
and German. Includes
earth statistics, earth movies and loads of information including topics:
Earth's interior and plate tectonics,
volcanoes and the moon. This site also contains
plantetary games and
puzzles and Space News.
Solar Views is a member of the
Space Media Network.
Other WWW Astronomy Resources.
Space
Calendar
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/index.html/
Covers space-related activities and anniversaries for the coming year. Included
are over 1,000 links to
related home pages. Arranged by date and includes an archive of the past
several years.
Space
Hotlist -
Other Educational Hot Lists
Collected by the Franklin Institute
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlist/space.html/
Space
Place
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/spacepl.htm
Make spacey things, do spacey things, space science in action, Dr. marc's
amazing facts.
Space Ref.com
http://spaceref.com//
SpaceRef.com is a suite of tools and services designed to allow both the
novice and specialist alike to explore
outer space from their personal computer. SpaceRef.com is operated by SpaceRef
Interactive, Inc.,
an international Internet content and database firm specializing in scientific
and technical websites with
offices in Reston, Virginia and Victoria, British Columbia.
Sparc - Space
Physics & Aeronomy Research Collaboratory
http://windows.engin.umich.edu/sparc/
The purpose of the Space Physics and Aeronomy Research Collaboratory (SPARC)
project is to design, develop, deploy, and evaluate Internet-based technology
that helps space scientists work together in collaborative studies of space
and upper atmospheric science. Includes classroom activities.
Space
Shuttle Tracking - Live Data - Only works if there is a
shuttle in orbit!
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/
Also check this link for other cool things like a virtual tour!
http://www.unitedspacealliance.com/
Space Telescope Science
Institute/Hubble Space Telescope Public Information
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/
Contains links to information considered to be of general interest about
the Hubble Space Telescope.
Today's Space
Weather - From NOAA
Star Date
- Univerisity of Texas
http://stardate.utexas.edu.default.html
In cunjuction with the MacDonald Observatory, includes teachere
resources and student activities as
well as many useful links and resources.
Sun Moon and Earth Java Applet
http://www.sweethome.de/giesen/SME/index.html
This interactive Java applet displays the positions of Sun and Moon
on the horizon for any date, time
and location, and on a world map with day and night regions. The times of
rise and setting, the declination,
the Greenwich hour angle of Sun and Moon, the equation of time, the
phase of the Moon and more data
are computed.
The Sun - A Multimedia
Tour
http://www.astro.uva.nl/demo/od95/
Take a `Trip through the Sun' you'll see flames on the Sun larger than ten
earths, winds going 1000 mph,
and you'll seehow the earth eventually will be scorched by the dying Sun.
The duration of this journey
is about 20 minutes. It contains several MPEG movies.
The Virtual
Laboratory -Unversity of Oregon
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/index.html
This is a large collection of interesting "Java Applets" Physics, Astronomy
and Environmental Sciences.
Your
Sky
http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/
The interactive planetarium of the Web. You can produce maps in the forms
described below for any time
and date, viewpoint, and observing location. If you enter the orbital elements
of an asteroid or comet,
your Sky will compute its current position and plot it on the map. Each map
is accompanied by an
ephemeris for the Sun, Moon, planets, and any tracked asteroid or comet.
Your
Weight on another planet
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Puzzles/Weight.asp
An earth day is about 24 hours long, and an earth year is about 365 days
long. Days and years on other
planets are different. Some planets have very long days or years, and some
are very short. Type your
birthday below and click on a planet. Then you will see how old you would
be if you had been born
there!
How old would you be on another planet? -
Time is relative. An earth day is about 24 hours long, and an earth year
is about 365 days long. Days and years on other planets are different. Some
planets have very long days or years, and some are very
short.
More NASA Puzzles and games
Your Weight
on other worlds - stars - and moons - Extensive site from
the Exploratorium in San Francisco, California. Includes information
about: Difference between mass and weight. The Relationship Between
Gravity and Mass and Distance, and other cool enrichment activities like:
Build a solar system, activities, and the Exploratorium's guide to Astromnomy
resources.
Windows to the Universe
Enter
with frames
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
Our purpose is to develop a fun and different Web site about the Earth and
Space sciences. Windows to
the Universe is graphics intensive. Very Extensive. A definite
science Gem
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