Science > Astronomy
Contributor --
Claudene Sproles, University of Louisville
- 2001 Mars Odyssey
- Up-to-date information is provided about the status and recent findings
of the Mars Exploration Program.
- American Meteor Society
- Information about meteors with links to observations, upcoming showers
and sightings.
- Astrobiology- Exploring the
Universe
- This site is an introduction to the cross-disciplinary field of Astrobiology,
the study of life in the universe.
- Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Features a daily astronomy picture, along with a brief explanation by
a professional astronomer.
- Black
Holes
- This site is an introduction and overview of black holes.
- Cassini-Huygens Mission
to Saturn and Titan
- Latest information about the Saturn mission. Includes pictures and multimedia
applications.
- Comet Observations
and Comet Observing
- Up-to-date information on the observation of comets. Includes historical
information and links to amateur comet discoverers.
- Mauna Kea Observatories
- The world's largest astronomical observatory.
- NASA Human Spaceflight
- This site provides up-to-date information about NASA Manned spaceflights,
both current and historic. Included are Control Center reports, mission
summaries, photos, and press releases.
- NASA: National Aeronautics & Space Administration
- NASA is the premiere site for information on space
science and space exploration. Information on Hubble
images, Hale-Bopp
comet earth science and aerospace
technology is available at this site. This is a good starting point
for space research.
- National Optical Astronomy Observatory
- The Observatory's purpose is to provide te best ground-based astronomical
telescopes to the nation's astronomers, to promote public understanding
and support of science, and to advance all aspects of US ground-based astronomical
research.
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory
- This observatory is a research facility of the National Science Foundation.
The site provides an image gallery, astronomer resources, links to other
sites and telescopes, software and much more.
- SETI Institute Online
- "The mission of the SETI Institute is to explore, understand and explain
the origin, nature, prevalence and distribution of life in the universe."
- Solar System Exploration
- Found at this site, is information on the planets and the people who explore
them. Included at this site is a list of space travel missions scheduled
by NASA. This site is great for those
who are just beginning to research the solar system.
- Spaceweather.com
- Information on observable phenomena such as solar wind, solar flares,
moon phases, asteroids, and auroras.
- Stanford Solar Center
- This site provides an overview to the study of the sun. It includes explanations
of the sun's magnetic field, surface motions, sunspot cycles, and solar
interior activity.
- Stars, Galaxies, and
Cosmology
- This is a solid introduction to stars, galaxies, and cosmology with explanations
of stars, star clusters, supernovae, neutron stars, pulsars, quasars, galaxies,
and origins of the universe.
- United States Naval Observatory
- The United States Naval Observatory determines the positions and motions
of celestial objects, to provide astronomical data, to measure the Earth's
rotation and to maintain the Master Clock for the United States.
- Views of the Solar
System
- This is a general introduction to the solar system- it includes information
and pictures of planets, the sun, comets, and asteroids.
- Yahoo!
Directory- Observatories
- Yahoo provides direct links to most major observatories' home pages.
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Last Updated: Tuesday, 12-Feb-2008 15:46:48 EST
