Solar System Astronomy:
Planet Encyclopedia at New Mexico State University
Sedna
the most distant object in the Solar System.
Comet Observation Home Page
Meteorite Action! photos & videos of meteor bolides.
Your weight on other planets
NEAR (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission)
http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/
NEAR Eros & planets orbit simulator(java)
Mars Pathfinder Mission
A Solar System Simulator
NASA's Near-Earth Objects Program.
As of Oct 2003, over 2527 NEOs have been discovered, of which >538 are
known potentially hazardous asteroids - are we gonna get clobbered?
See NEO FAQs
Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards;
See also: 2003 QQ47: Another Pointless Asteroid Scare
News on the asteroid "2000 SG344" (this is an "old" near-miss story)
Asteroid "Deep Impact" information
NASA - Space Science - Missions - Quick Links
Participate in research on Martian craters
Participate in targeting images of Mars with the MGS MOC
"The purpose of this web site is to solicit public and science community
suggestions for future high resolution images to be obtained by the Mars
Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera"
Mars Exploration Program and game activities
"Ciclops" the Cassini Imaging page at the Lunar and Planetary
Laboratory/University of Arizona
NASA Missions, More General Astronomy, and
Astronomy-Related Topics:
NASA Main page
NASA's Space Weather Bureau
"Hubble Site" (cool HST images and info)
Hubble Space Telescope "Heritage Project" (more fab HST images)
Mars Exploration
Rover Mission
Cassini-Huygens Mission
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
NASA Space Science photo gallery
(plus latest images from spacecraft)
NASA Space Missions
Spaceflight Now: Launch of Mars Odyssey
2001 Mars Odyssey - Overview
Near Earth Objects, JPL
NASA's New Generation Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Space Interferometry Mission, NASA
Terrestrial Planet Finder, NASA
Genesis, NASA
Stardust, NASA
The Voyager Mission
Space Sciences
Astrophysics Handbook
Space Flight Basic Glossary
Satellite image of pacific/western US (enhanced Infrared)
SPACE.com
space news, games, entertainment and science fiction
"Human Exposure to Vacuum" by Geoffrey A. Landis
Space software (via HobbySpace site)
NASA deep space network
Images and Videos, JPL, NASA
"What Have We Done For You Lately? NASA Connections to Everyday Life"
"Sinks for Anthropogenic Carbon" by Sarmiento & Gruber
in Physics Today - good intro to CO2 on Earth.
About Temperature Project SkyMath' site on
thermometers, heat, thermodynamics, thermal radiation and the cosmic
microwave background.
US Geological Survey (USGS)
Latest Earthquakes
Recent Earthquakes in California & Nevada
Worldwide Seismic Monitor from IRIS
"Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology"
Alfred Wegener and plate tectonics.
The Paleomap Project
Geology Wing of the
Museum of Paleontology at UC Berkeley
Volcano World Chock full of everything you ever wanted to know about
vocanoes
Time:
US Naval Observatory Master
Clock
Official NIST US time
USNO simple time clock
Organizations:
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
American Association of Variable Star Observers: AAVSO
Association for Women in Science: AWIS
Variable Star Network: VSNet
(great amateur astronomer research site, Japan)
US Naval Observatory Master Clock
Federation of American Scientists
Association for Women in Science: AWIS
Engineer Girl!
Astronomy Magazines and On-Line
News:
Sky & Telescope Magazine
Astronomy Magazine
New Scientist
The Guardian - Special Report on Space Exploration
StarDate (online version of the world-wide radio program). See also
Universo below
"Universo" (StarDate in Spanish)
"Extreme Science" Online News Resources
This page was last updated on 2008 Jan 22.