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| Text from a series of educational leaflets covering a wide range of topics in astronomy and cosmology. Educational use of the information by private individuals or schools is encouraged. | |
| Project to produce a collection of materials on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564 1642) and the science of his time. Includes information about Galileo's patrons, his instruments, maps, and a timeline of Galileo's life and era. | ||
| Details of the education programme, latest news, shuttle launches and resources in aeronautics, human development and exploration of space, earth science and space science. | ||
| A collection of images produced by the Hubble Space Telescope. Pictures are organised in year groupings from 1994 and by subject, with press releases and copyright details. | ||
| Descriptions and MPEG animations that simulate travel to black holes and neutron stars. These movies are scientifically accurate computer animations made with strict adherence to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. The descriptions are written to be understandable on a variety of levels. | ||
| Several hundred new galaxies are visible in this view of the universe, called the Hubble Deep Field (HDF), taken from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Photographs are available in low and high resolution, black and white and colour, and are accompanied with an explanatory caption, press release, and background information. | ||
| Project group using infrared technology to scan the skies to create a complete celestial census. Contains data sets, factual documents, images, and links to other similar projects. | ||
| Presents simulated view from any point in the solar system, generated based on NASA astronomical data. Users can stipulate viewpoints and targets, as well as times and dates for their chosen view. | ||
| Alphabetical listing of links to over 400 university astronomy departments and projects. | ||
| Set of essays discussing theories of the origins of the universe and explaining complex cosmological phenomena such as antimatter, Hubble's Law and wormholes. Also includes short biographies of Copernicus, Eratosthenes, Newton and other historical contributors to cosmology. | ||
| Descripton of comets, the history of Hale Bopp, and meteor shower information. | ||
| Information on the phenomena occasionally observed at sunrise and sunset when a part of the sun suddenly changes colour. Includes photographs, simulations, explanations, advice on how best to see one, and facts debunking common misconceptions about green flashes. Also contains an annotated bibliography on green flashes, mirages, and other low sun phenomena. | ||
| Offers detailed but non technical descriptions of selected stars and a link to a photograph of their respective constellations, geared towards amateur astronomers. Includes a section on the natures of stars, which consists of basic overviews of key concepts. | ||
| Information source on space science and astronomy, particularly useful for teachers and school children. Includes a glossary and materials on the solar system, comets, asteroids, meteorites, spacecraft and satellites. | ||
| Collection of physics and astronomy resources, exploring the concept of gravity using tutorials, which include Astronomy of the Earth's Motion in Space, Newtonian Mechanics, Spaceflight and Spacecraft. | ||
| Offers data on all recognised constellations including the location of each, descriptions accompanied by constellation charts, and notes on special stars or star clusters. | ||
| A non profit organisation whose purpose is to educate students and the general public about the values and benefits of the space program. | ||
| Index to planetariums worldwide, listed by country or by US state. | ||
| Archive which provides accurate and quality planetary science data products to the scientific community. Resources cover planetary ring systems, atmospheres, and small bodies, such as comets and asteroids. Information is provided in a variety of formats, including images and animations. | ||
| Make and do activities related to outer space. Explains how to make a model decoration of Saturn, an El Nino pudding, a relief map puzzle of the world, and asteroid potatoes, and describes how to match infrared images, explore a black hole, and navigate a maze to see how small a spacecraft can be. Also provides information on aspects of space science, and offers a selection of space facts. | ||
| Tutorial that explains the elements of the lunar phases one by-one, with sections on time of day, time of month, and apparent direction of the moon. | ||
| Learning resource presenting a new topic every Thursday, providing a connection between NASA's research and the classroom environment. Includes news reports, lesson plans and activity sheets designed for different age groups. An archive of lessons covers topics such as the solar eclipse, the Mars Polar Lander, organisms that survive in extreme conditions and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. | ||
| Provides basic information on the nine planets of the Solar System. Aspects covered include the size, mass, gravity, density, day length, year length, orbits from the sun, moons, and spacecraft visits for each planet. Also features speculation about a possible tenth planet, and an interactive puzzle on the solar system. | ||
| Gallery containing celestial images, including the centre of the Milky Way, the Sombrero galaxy, the Crab Nebula, and the Dark Nebula. Images are offered as thumbnails which link to full sized images. | ||
| Searchable glossary and encyclopaedia of astronomy terms. | ||
| Animations, images and descriptions of the Sun, planets, moons, comets and asteroids. Also covers rocketry, early astronauts, history of space exploration, space missions, and spacecraft. | ||
| Answers to questions such as 'how big is a black hole', 'what is a wormhole' and 'what is a white hole'. | ||
| Set of annotated links to online courses, course descriptions, tutorials, assignments, tests and other materials used in the teaching of astronomy. | ||
| Information about the museum, including descriptions of exhibits and galleries, and astronomy related resources such as details of weather conditions on other planets and online collections entitled Comets Through the Ages and Heavenly Reflections. | ||
| An overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information. | ||
| A tutorial produced as part of the lecture course given to MSc students at Jodrell bank in 1996. Its content and layout follows the book by Lyne and Graham Smith on Pulsar Astronomy in many areas. | ||
| A collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program. | ||
| Electronic book providing information on basic physics, the solar system, the sun, measuring the universe, the nature of stars and galaxies, and theories on origins and evolution. Also features a glossary of astronomical terms, acronyms, diagrams, photographs, and a periodic table of the elements. | ||
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