Astronomy Related Web Sites

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA homepage http://www.nasa.gov/

· NASA Spacelink http://spacelink.nasa.gov/.index.html An Aeronautics and Space Resource for Education Since 1988

· NASA Mission Information http://ssdoo.gsfc.nasa.gov/education/missions.html

· MAP (Microwave Anistrophy Probe)
MAP measures temperature differences ("anisotropy") in the cosmic microwave background radiation.

· NASA/GSFC Explorers Program - MAP http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/

· MAP (Microwave Anistrophy Probe) - Introduction to Cosmology http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/web_site.html
This web site introduces basic concepts in modern cosmology and describes the MAP mission at a general level.

· MAP Education and Outreach Links http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/education_info.html

• Universe! an Educational Forum http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/seuforum/
  Sponsored by NASA's Office of Space Science
  Produced by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
• Imagine The Universe! Home Page http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
• Welcome to the Planets http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
• Ambassadors to the Solar System http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/
• The Nine Planets http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/tnp/
• SOHO: The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
• IMAGE: http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/
• POETRY: Space Weather Information & Resources http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry
• The Earth's Magnetic Field http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/workbook/magnet.html
• Space Weather http://space.rice.edu/hmns/space_weather.html
• NASA Sun-Earth Connection Resources http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov
• Satellite Data http://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov
• Probing the Sun-Earth Connection http://istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach/frontpage.html

Media Sources

· Discovery Channel's - SpaceRef.com http://www.spaceref.com/

· NOVA Online | Runaway Universe http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/

Other Sites

• Exploring the Dark Universe Websites and Books http://web.mccsc.edu/~nmartin/DarkMatter.htm
• Scirus - Searching for Science http://sciencesearch.com/
• Marslink Home Page http://www.marslink.com/
• Space Explorers http://www.space-explorers.com/
• WELCOME TO THE LMSAL SOLAR WEEK http://www.LMSAL.com/YPOP/solarweek/
• Barringer Meteorite Crater, Impact Theory and Meteor Craters http://www.barringercrater.com/
• Square Craters http://spacescience.com/headlines/y2000/ast26sep_1.htm
• Characters of Greek Mythology - The Zodiac http://www.geocities.com/hestia624/constellations.html
• Windows to the Universe http://www.windows.umich.edu
• SETI Instute http://www.seti-inst.edu/
• The Michelson Doppler Imager - Solar Sounds http://soi.stanford.edu/results/sounds.html
• Stellar Activity Cycles at Mt. Wilson http://www.mtwilson.edu/Science/HK_Project/
• TheAurora Page http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora
• Mees Solar Observatory Archives http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/MWLT/mwlt.html
• The UCL Planetary Web http://www.ucl.ac.uk/geolsci/edu/students/planet/indexb.htm
• PLUTO: THE UNDISCOVERED PLANET http://www.ucl.ac.uk/geolsci/edu/students/planet/student/work/pluto.htm
• Cool Fact of the Day - New Kinds of Planets - http://features.LearningKingdom.com/fact/archive/1999/05/12.html

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