Astronomy
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Web Resources
Click on Tonight's Sky links to see current happenings in the night sky, near future events, and highlights of night sky happenings for the year.
A collection of astronomy-related Internet resources.
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
A facility of the National Science Foundation providing extensive information on telescopes, major initiatives, astronomical tools, employment opportunities, and public information.
The University of Arizona Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory Home Page
This site is dedicated to general information about astronomy, the observatory, telescopes, computational facilities and laboratories. There is also a summary of active research, schedules, outreach, and other web links.
Maps of the earth with views from the sun and the moon, views of the moon from the earth and sun, perigee and apogee and named formations. This site also allows for custom requests.
Celestial, cultural, geographic, traditional and other calendars.
Provides 24 hour data of the sun and moon by date and location.
NIX contains over 300,000 images in the areas of aeronautics, information systems, and space from eight research centers.
Space exploration: current information in space policy, exploration, development and more. Plus the latest political developments, upcoming events, and cutting edge research.
The solar system with maps, star background, spacecraft models and numerous other resources.
Extensive site including academic organizations, articles, collections, directories, events, government organizations, nonprofit organizations, organizations, periodicals, and personalized searches.
A facility of the U.S. Naval Observatory providing extensive information on the sun and moon, including phases, eclipses, positions and a table of illuminations, as well as data for the major solar system bodies and bright stars, dates, and other miscellaneous information.
Search site of Astronomical (and related) topics - a service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), Dr. Nicholas White (Director), within the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Breaking News - Archive of breaking news stories from Astronomy Now magazine
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. (Includes a searchable archive.)
PhysLink- Physics & Astronomy online education and reference
Links to space research sites, mission homepages, and more!
Astroweb - Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet
A searchable database
Sky & Telescopes Internet Resources
Many links to Astronomy and space related sites
Presents 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. (mirror site at http://www.ex.ac.uk/Mirrors/nineplanets/ )
Google Directory : Astronomy
Yahoo Directory : Astronomy
