ASTRONOMY & SPACE LINKS

Sites are presented in alphbetical order and reflect no preference.

• ADC: Astronimical Data Center at NASA.
• Astrobiology at NASA: Astrobiology is the study of the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe.
• Astrobiology Magazine: Source for information in the field of astrobiology.
• The Astrobiology web: The Astrobiology web provides an introduction to this field of space science.
• Astrolinks: A directory of astronomy links.
• ASTRONOMY CENTER: AstronomyCenter.org is a collection of digital resources for college-level introductory astronomy faculty and students.
• Astronomy Resources: Internet resources in Astronomy from STSci.
• AstroWeb: Internet resources in Astronomy.
• Cosmic Evolution: Cosmic Evolution - From Big Bang to Humankind from Tufts University.
• Cosmology: The Study of the Universe: An online tutorial on cosmology from NASA.
• Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon: The Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon from The Lunar and Planetary Institute.
• Encyclopedia Astronautica: Mark Wade's Encyclopedia Astronautica.
• The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight: The Encyclopedia is an on-line A-Z maintained by astronomer/author David Darling and is part of The Worlds of David Darling website.
• Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy: This resource has been assembled over more than a decade by internet encyclopedist Eric W. Weisstein.
• European Space Agency: The European Space Agency portal features the latest news in space exploration.
• Extrasolar Planets: The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia.
• GISS: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
• Handbook of Space Astronomy: Martin V. Zombeck's Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics on-line, published by Cambridge University Press the complete 2nd edition 1990.
• HyperPhysics: Hyperphysics is a broad-ranging interactive physics exploration environment under continuing development by Dr. Rod Nave of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University.
• ISIHighlycited: An expert gateway to the most highly influential scientists and scholars worldwide.
• Journey Through the Galaxy: A "mini-net" of pages that explores our solar system, stars, extra-solar planets, the theories about the past and future of the universe, and human exploration of space.
• Lunar and Planetary Institute: The Lunar and Planetary Institute is a focus for academic participation in studies of the current state, evolution, and formation of the solar system.
• Lunar and Planetary Science: The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland is NASA's primary deep archive site for planetary and lunar data obtained from spacecraft missions.
• NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
• NASA Astrophysics Data: ADS, The Digital Library for Physics, Astrophysics, and Instrumentation.
• NED: The NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED).
• Neo Dys: NEODyS provides information and services for all Near Earth Asteroids,each NEA has its own dynamically generated home page providing information and services, and a search facility puts the information in easy reach.
• The Parallax Project: Access to historic star data and calculations compiled and published by the Allegheny Observatory.
• PDS: The Planetary Data System archives and distributes scientific data from NASA planetary missions, astronomical observations, and laboratory measurements.
• The Planetary Society: The Planetary Society, founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman, inspires and involves the world's public in space exploration through advocacy, projects, and education.
• Psigate: Gateway to Web resources in the physical sciences; astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials sciences, physics, and science history and policy.
• Scirus: Science-specific search engine.
• Skyview: A virtual observatory from NASA.
• Solarviews: Views of the solar system from the Hawaiian Astronomical Society available in English, Spanish, French, German, and Portugese.
• SIMBAD astronomical database: The SIMBAD astronomical database provides basic data, cross-identifications and bibliography for astronomical objects outside the solar system and can be queried by object name, coordinates, other criteria (filters), and lists of objects.
• Solar System Exploration : From the Jet Propulsion Labratory at the California Institute of Technology.
• Solar System Simulator : Solar System Simulator from the Jet Propulsion Labratory at the California Institute of Technology.
• Space Station: Companion website to the BS series.
• StarDate: StarDate Online version of the radio program.
• Sun-Earth Viewer: It allows visitors to zoom and pan live NASA solar and Earth images.
• The Nine/8 Planets: This website is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each planet and the major moons in our solar system.
• Visible Earth: A catalog of NASA images of the planet Earth.
• Visual Quantum Mechanics: funded through the National Science Foundation.
• World Wind: World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there. Requires a download.
• Your Sky: Interactive planetarium on the Web.

Links last verified and updated 3/22/2007.

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