NASA
Astrophysics Data System - abstracts on astrophysics, astronomy,
instrumentation, geophysics, and physics. Plus the Los Alamos preprint server,
articles, and catalogs.
Hands
On Universe - enables students to investigate the Universe while applying
tools and concepts from science, math, and technology.
Space
Place - make a pop rocket that really works, solve a riddle, and dive
beneath the surface of Mars. Do these things and more, and learn about space
and astronomy at the same time.
Simbad
- brings together basic data, cross-identifications, observational
measurements, and bibliography, for celestial objects outside the solar
system: stars, galaxies, and nonstellar objects within our galaxy, or in
external galaxies.
AbsoluteAstronomy.com
- general facts and statistical information about planets, moons,
constellations, stars, galaxies, and Messier objects.
Aladin
Java: A Sky Atlas - an interactive atlas allowing the viewer to visualize
digitized images, superimpose entries from astronomical catalogs, and access
data from databases.
NASA
Astrophysics Data System - abstracts on astrophysics, astronomy,
instrumentation, geophysics, and physics. Plus the Los Alamos preprint server,
articles, and catalogs.
Physics
Astronomy Life - features information on relativity, quantum cosmology,
search for extraterrestrial civilizations, and the origin of the universe.
PlanetDiary
- presents weekly geological, astronomical, meteorological, biological, and
environmental news from around the globe, plus Internet activities and links
to science resources.
Science
for the Millennium - online expo focusing chiefly on astronomy and
astrophysics, advanced computation, and virtual environments.
Sea
and Sky - explore the splendors of the sea and the wonders of the universe
through information, images, sounds, links, and interactive games.
Simbad
- brings together basic data, cross-identifications, observational
measurements, and bibliography, for celestial objects outside the solar
system: stars, galaxies, and nonstellar objects within our galaxy, or in
external galaxies.
Sky
Guide - offers information about amateur astronomy, including observation,
telescopes and accessories, and astrophotography.
SkyQuery
- prototype of a Federated database application, relying on several data sets:
the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the 2MASS project, and the First radio survey.
Space
Place - make a pop rocket that really works, solve a riddle, and dive
beneath the surface of Mars. Do these things and more, and learn about space
and astronomy at the same time.
Star
Journey - journey through the stars with National Geographic. Includes a
Star Chart with overlays of images from the Hubble Telescope.
Stellar
Neigborhood in VRML - thrilling 3D ride through interstellar space within
25 parsec of the sun. Database contains nearly 3000 stars.
Tonight's
Sky - designed to guide your eye to something you can see that night, or
the next morning before dawn.
Tour
the Cosmos - a multimedia foray into the mysteries of the universe.
FAQ
- sci.astro - sci.astro is a newsgroup devoted to the science of
astronomy. Its content ranges from the Earth to the farthest reaches of the
Universe.
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