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| Astronomy Now (online news service for astronomical topics) | |
| Spaceflight Now (online news service for current topics in the space program) | |
| Nature Magazine (International weekly journal of science) | |
| Science Magazine | |
| "Science News" Magazine | |
| Astronomy Magazine News (Current news from one of the largest amateur astronomy magazines) | |
| Sky and Telescope Magazine News (Current news from one of the largest amateur astronomy magazines) | |
| Today at NASA (current news releases from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) | |
| Space.com (space related news, information, education, entertainment, games, science fiction and a kids' channel) | |
| NightSky (a terrific resource for current astronomical events) | |
| Spaceviews.com (space news online) | |
| SpaceDaily.com ("Your Portal to Space") | |
| MarsDaily.com ("Your Portal to Mars") | |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics Links (very comprehensive set of links covering a huge range of topics) | |
| NASA TV (watch a live broadcast of NASA TV) | |
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Skymaps.com (print out your very own copy of the current month's star chart. Each chart comes with a brief description of what is visible and when - and its FREE!) |
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Astronomy Picture of the Day (great site to see a different picture each day. Each picture comes with a description that will take you places on the internet you have never gone before!) |
| Sky & Telescope Magazine's SKY AT A GLANCE | |
| STAR DATE Magazine Online (Monthly Sky Almanac) | |
| THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC ONLINE (Daily Sunrise/Sunset and Moonrise/Moonset times are listed - just enter your city/state and press go! Very useful indeed) | |
| Current Phase of the Moon (this site will tell you the current phase of the Moon) | |
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Solar Images: Current X-ray image of the Sun (from SOHO) Current Ultraviolet image of the Sun (from SOHO) Current white-light image of the Sun's corona (HAOMLSO Hawaii) Current image of the Sun showing sunspots (from Stanford University) |
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| Where are the planets right now? (Solar System Live program shows you the exact location of each planet for today's date) | |
| Spaceweather.com (Science news and information about the Sun-Earth environment) | |
| Current Space Weather (monitor real time data related to solar activity) | |
| View the most recent auroral activity (i.e. where are the "northern lights" most active lately) | |
| J-Track (track earth orbiting satellites including the Hubble Space Telescope and more! Using this website you can learn when to go outside to actually witness a particular satellite pass overhead! Very cool!!) | |
| Human Space Flight (Check this NASA website to find opportunities to witness the Space Shuttle or the International Space Station pass overhead) | |
| Heavens Above (This is the best place to go to learn when to go outside and see when man-made Earth orbiting satellites will pass overhead, the current positions of the bodies in our solar system and more. | |
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| Hubble Space Telescope Images (Latest HST images and video released to the public plus an archive of all previously released stuff) | |
| Hubble Heritage Project (some of the best HST images collected into a cool looking website!) | |
| Recent Supernovae Webpage (view images of recently detected supernovae) | |
| Astronomy Picture of the Day (great site to see a different picture each day. Each picture comes with a description that will take you places on the internet you have never gone before!) | |
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Planetary Photojournal (JPL's database of solar system images from the many different historical exploratory missions) |
| The Galaxy Catalog (a bounty of images of galaxies in different image formats) | |
| Views of the Solar System (Image and Animation Index) | |
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| SETI Institute (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence - the scientific search for life in our universe) | |
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Space Adventures (Space tourism?? It might be closer than you think... just bring money, lots of money!) |
| Nick Strobel's Website (tutorials on a wide variety of astronomical topics) | |
| The Nine Planets (lots 'o good information about the solar system hosted by SEDS) | |
| LAUNCH OF DOOMED MARS POLAR LANDER (QUICKTIME VIDEO) (Ever want to know what it would look like to hitch a ride on a Delta II rocket? This little camera was mounted on the side and shows a video of the liftoff until until main engine cut off. Warning: this is a HUGE video file, but it is worth the wait!) | |
| An imaginary conversation with the planet Pluto | |
| JPL's Solar System Simulator (check it out...it's really cool!) | |
| Tour the Universe (a VRML program that will allow you to zip around the universe... really cool!!) | |
| The Official US Time (Official time as kept by NIST) | |
| The Astronomy Cafe ("the website for the astronomically disadvantaged") | |
| Apollo Lunar Surface Journal (everything you've ever wanted to know about the Apollo missions to the Moon) | |
| The Origin of the Moon (a description of the origin of our nearest celestial neighbor) | |
| Phil Plait's BAD ASTRONOMY (debunk bad astronomy on this very informative website) | |
| Space Calendar (space related activities and anniversaries for the current year) | |
| A View From the Back of the Envelope (okay, so it isn't REALLY an astronomical page, but it is pretty useful and cool...) | |
| Google Earth (find a satellite image for just about anyplace in the U.S. and some other parts of the world) | |
| Where is M13? (this very cool FREE program will help you visualize where popular astronomical objects are located within the galaxy - relative to the Sun's location) | |
| The Constellations (comprehensive information about the 88 different constellations) | |
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| Palomar Observatory Hale 200-inch Telescope Webcam (Live images of activity inside the dome of the Hale Telescope) | |
| The Night Sky Live (Live images of the night sky seen from various observatories around the world via CONCAM) | |
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North Pole Webcam
(see a live image of the North Pole) South Pole Webcam (see a live image of the South Pole) |
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