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Week In Science Network
Science:
Astronomy
- AbsoluteAstronomy.com
- Facts and statistical information about planets,
moons, constellations, stars, galaxies, and Messier
objects.
- Astronomical
Optical Interferometry - The use of multiple telescopes
to produce high resolution images - commonly used
at most modern observatories. A literature review
article.
- Astronomical
Pseudo-Science: A Skeptic's Resource List - List
of resources for those who want to examine with a
skeptical eye some of the claims at the fringes of
science that seem connected to astronomy.
- Astronomy
Archive - Largest astronomy-related mailing list
database with full-text searchable archive.
- Astronomy
Campfire Chat - Forum and chat for discussing
astronomy.
- Astronomy
Education and Outreach - General astronomy tutorial,
education links, web courses, documents at the UCSD
Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences.
- Astronomy
Facts and Trivia - Fun facts and trivia relating
to astronomy, space, science fiction movies. Most
trivia items are submitted by users.
- Astronomy
for All - Extensive index full of graphics and
illustrations about stars, the Solar System, cosmology
and Galileo.
- Astronomy
In Your Face - General astronomy including hundreds
of pictures, video and audio clips, moon phases and
conditions, downloads, and an events calendar.
- Astronomy
Net - Resources, searchable forums and searchable
lists of organizations providing astronomy services.
- Astronomy
Today - Articles on astronomy, cosmology and space
exploration, with a regularly updated sky guide and
the latest space news.
- AstroWeb
- Astronomical Internet resources by the Space Telescope
Science Institute.
- An
Atlas of the Universe - There are nine main maps,
each approximately ten times the scale of the previous
one. The first map shows the nearest stars and then
the other maps slowly expand out until we have reached
the scale of the entire visible universe.
- Australia
Astro Site - Extensive resources for astronomy.
- Beyond
Earth - Everything Not on Earth - We provide info
about the beginning of universe and solar system.
About the planets, quasars, the Milky Way, black holes.
Life of a star, etc. Travel in space and extraterrestrial
beings.
- Can
I Buy a Star, or Have One Named? - No.
- Cosmic
Click - Daily news, digest of astronomy essays,
exhaustive directory of astronomical instruments,
telescopes, projects, satellites and space probes.
- Eric
Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Astronomy - Extensive
on-line encyclopedia of astronomy terms and formulas.
Fully searchable, and also browsable alphabetically
and by topic. Part of Eric's Treasure Troves of Science.
- Guidelines
For Star Naming - From International Planetarium
Society.
- Infrared
Astronomy - All about infrared astronomy from
NASA's infrared astronomy center: Discovery of infrared,
what is infrared and infrared astronomy, history,
the infrared universe, gallery, activities, discoveries,
missions and a lot of links to IR astronomy sites.
- An
Introduction to Astronomy - Learn about astronomy;
goes into lots of details, and also has lots of astro-clip
art.
- Live!
- Ask a Question About Astronomy or Space - Free
site enables users to submit questions in an environment
where others may answer. Those who asked the question
can rate the quality of each answer.
- Magnetic
Astronomy - Cosmic Magnetism - Starting from Earth,
a voyage on a rocket to the edge of the Universe will
show on the way different magnetic fields in different
objects.
- The
Naming of Stars - Leaflet from Royal Greenwich
Observatory.
- Space
Scene - Entertaining and educational look at outer
space for children and adults. News, Solar System,
images, environment, links.
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