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  SCIENCE: ASTRONOMY - Accurate as of June 2006
Information on astronomy in general. Provides other fun links related to astronomy such as a “Solar System Stimulator” and views of the solar system. Plenty of picture links.

 
 

Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards
http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/
Fact sheet, view images and animations of actual and imagined impacts

Astronomy Picture of the Day
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Different image or photograph each day with a brief explanation

Astronomy Unbound
http://www.herts.ac.uk/astro_ub/
A virtual astronomy text with all kinds of topics

Astronomical World Wide Web Resources
http://www.stsci.edu/astroweb/net-www.html
Links to all kinds of information

The Constellations and their stars
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/
Access the information by their names or the months they appear

History of Astronomy
http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/astoria.html
Directory of links covering the origins and history of astronomy

Imagine the Universe
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov
What we know about it, how it’s evolving, and the objects it contains

Meteoroids and meteorites
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/meteor.htm
Introduction with photos

Meteors, Meteorites and Impacts
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/meteorites.html
Different types of meteorites, those that struck earth

Mr. Eclipse
http://www.mreclipse.com
Eclipse photographs, solar eclipses, night sky, links

The Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Planets
http://www.seds.org/billa/trip
History, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each planet

NOVA Online: Doomsday Asteroid
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/spacewatch/
Asteroids, comets, and other heavenly bodies

Planetary Fact Sheets
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetfact.html
Lowdown on the 9 planets, the sun, and selected comets

The Planetary Society
http://www.planetary.org
Promotes exploration of the solar system and the search for extraterrestrials

Resources for Learning
http://amnh.org/education/resources
Explains and explores scientific topics and methods related to astronomy, earth science, biology, paleontology and anthropology

Sky & Telescope: Astronomy & Space Links
http://www.skypub.com/resources/links/links.html
Internet resources—astronomy web sites, newsgroups, and mailing lists

Solar System Simulator
http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
View any of the planets from many different vantage points in the solar system

SpaceWeather.com
http://spaceweather.com
Science news and information about the sun-earth environment

The Star Gate: Adventures in Astronomy
http://www.sub.net.au/~hesketh/stargate.html
Space news, lunar eclipse, links, and more

Views of the Solar System
http://www.solarviews.com/
Through animation and video clips, take a comprehensive multimedia tour of our solar system

Welcome to the Planets
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
Images of the planets, along with a profile




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