Union-Endicott High School Library

Earth Science - Astronomy & Space

Abramo/Dolphin 98-99, Iacovazzi/Childs 2002, Iacovazzi 2003

Astronomy Megasites Special Projects
Asteroids Galaxies
Astronomical Instruments Meteors
Auroras Mysterious & Unexplained
Black Holes Planets & Moons
Comets Space Exploration (Famous Projects)
Extraterrestrial Stars & Star Gazing
Famous Astronomers Sun

Astronomy Megasites

LiveSky.com
http://www.livesky.com/

Ask a Space Scientist
http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/askmag.html

At this site there's an archive of 3001 questions that visitors have sent since August 1995. Look through this archive to see if your question has been answered.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
http://www.nasa.gov/

Astronomy Unbound
http://www.herts.ac.uk/astro_ub/

This virtual astronomy textbook explores atoms, quarks, antimatter and more.

Universe Today
http://www.universetoday.com/

Space news from around the Internet updated every weekday

Today@NASA.gov
http://www.nasa.gov/today/index.html

Find out what's happening at NASA today! "NASA is deeply committed to spreading the unique knowledge that flows from its aeronautics and space research...."

A Virtual Journey into the Universe
http://library.thinkquest.org/28327/

This Thinkquest site explores the planets, the universe, satellites, famous people and space stations. Watch planetary interactive movies

Curricular Resources in Astronomy
http://www.cln.org/subjects/astronomy_cur.html

Destination Mars - Links
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/destinationmars/resources.html

Earth and Sky - Search by topic
http://www.earthsky.com/Search/

Erik's Treasure Trove of Astronomy
http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~eww6n/astro/astro0.html

Exploring Space
http://lasagna.colorado.edu/ExploringSpace/1.html

Yahoo's Solar System Links
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Astronomy/Solar_System/

National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian)
http://www.nasm.edu/

Kopernik Space Education Center
http://www.kopernik.org/

Space Science Hot List
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/space.html

Skymaps - Print the Current Evening Sky Map
http://www.skymaps.com/

Views of the Solar System
http://www.hawastsoc.org

Pictures of the solar system found on the left side index area of the webpage.

Asteroids

Blast From the Past
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/blast/

From the National Museum of Natural History, this site explores new evidence of an asteroid impact 65 million years ago, when dinosaurs went extinct.

Doomsday Asteroid
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/spacewatch/

NOVA Online provides information about asteroids, comets, and other astronomical bodies

NASA: Asteroid Images
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/images/ida.html

NASA: Asteroid Fact Sheet
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/asteroidfact.html

Astronomical Instruments

Important Astronomers, their Instruments and Discoveries
http://www.seds.org/billa/psc/hist1.html

History of Astronomy: Instruments
http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/hist_astr/ha_items_instrum.html

Astronomical Instruments
http://members.tripod.com/~worldsite/astronomy/astroinst.html

Astronomy Instruments: Yahoo
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=astronomical+instruments

Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/2003/

Auroras

The Aurora Page
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/

Information, links and images about the "Northern Lights."

Auroras: Presented by the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/auroras/

Ask the Space Scientist about: Earth - Auroras and the Ionosphere
http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/aurora.html

Spaceweather
http://www.spaceweather.com

Black Holes

Black Holes FAQ(Frequently Asked Questions)
http://cosmology.berkeley.edu/Education/BHfaq.html

Black Holes - Links
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/blackholes/resources.html

Black Holes and Neutron Stars
http://www.eclipse.net/~cmmiller/BH/blkmain.html

Learn about black holes and neutron stars at this simple and focused page.

The Search For Real Black Holes
http://www.sonic.net/~nbs/projects/astro305-3/search/

Comets

Asteroids and Comets
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/asteroidpage.html
 

Sky and Telescope- Observing Celestial Objects-Comets
http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/comets/
 

Extraterrestrial

Alien Life Forms
http://www.mufor.org/aliens.htm

Learn about microscopic life forms found on other planets that do not exist on earth.

Aliens: A World of Possibilities
http://exhibits.pacsci.org/aliens/welcome2.html

Discover why scientists believe there is other life beyond earth and why they don't believe aliens have visited our planet

The Hunt for Alien Worlds
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worlds

NOVA online presents the question "Is there life beyond earth?" and explores some theories. High graphics make this site slow loading...text version is available.

Life Beyond Earth
http://www.pbs.org/lifebeyondearth

A PBS site that challenges us to think about alien life in a different way. What planets are habitable? Ever want to write a letter to an alien?

SETI Institute
http://www.seti-inst.edu/

The SETI institute serves as a home for scientific research in the general field of Life in the Universe with an emphasis on the search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
 

Famous Astronomers

Lives, the Biography Resource
http://amillionlives.com

This is an extensive group of links to thousands of people who are no longer alive.

Famous Physicists and Astronomers
http://www.phy.hr/~dpaar/fizicari/index.html

Copernicus
http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/persons/pers_copernicus.html

The Galileo Project
http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/index.html

Learn about Galileo's life and his scientific and philosophical theories. Includes information about his home, maps, and a timeline.

Edmond Halley
http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/Bios/halley.html

Stephen Hawking
http://library.thinkquest.org/C007571/english/advance/biography.htm

Edwin Hubble
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bahubb.html

Isaac Newton
http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rhatch/pages/01-Courses/current-courses/08sr-newton.htm

Ptolemy
http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/Bios/ptolemy.html

Carl Sagan
http://www.planetary.org/html/society/tributes/index.html

Famous Projects

Neuron: NeuroLab Online
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron/

Interact with the NASA space mission and the Neurolab experiments!

Galaxies

The Galaxy Page
http://dmoz.org/science/Astronomy/Galaxies
 

Meteors

Meteors and Meteorites
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/meteor.htm

Meteorites and their Properties
http://meteorites.lpl.arizona.edu/index.html

Mysterious & Unexplained

Stephen Hawkings' Universe: Unsolved Mysteries
http://www.thirteen.org/hawking/mysteries/html/myst.html

This site explains many mysteries of the universe in easy-to-understand language. Includes strange stuff explained, cosmological stars, unsolved mysteries, and things to do in the dark!

Classic UFO Cases
http://www.mufor.org/classic.htm

"A small selection of some of the best UFO cases for which no one has an answer."

National UFO Reporting Center
http://www.nwlink.com/~ufocntr

This site provides witness accounts and other information behind UFOs.

NASA's Origins Program
http://eis.jpl.nasa.gov/origins

NASA's quest to understand life and the universe

Planetary /Moon Anomalies
http://paranormal.about.com/cs/planetanomalies/

This site explores where there are ancient and artificial structures on the moon, Mars and other planets?
 

Planets & Moons

The Nine Planets
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

The Nine Planets is a multimedia tour and 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.

Welcome to the Planets
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome.htm

Virtual Reality MOON Phase Pictures
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html
 

Space Exploration

Kennedy Space center
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/

Official NASA site for the Kennedy Space center. Space shuttle information, launch vehicles, past space flights and more.

Space Race
http://www.nasm.si.edu/galleries/gal114/SpaceRace/

A virtual tour of the National Air and Space Museum's permanent exhibit documenting the US and Soviet Union race into space during the Cold War.

Yesterday's Space Facts
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/dayfacts/archives/

This site presents "this day in US space history" by typing in a date or set of dates or by keyword search.

A Giant Leap for Mankind
http://www.lifemag.com/Life/space/giantleap/index.html

From Time magazine online, this site explores the race to space between Russia and the US, the events of space flight, and the moon landing.

Planetary Sciences
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetary_home.html

The National Space Science Data Center has a vast amount of information (including images ) related to the U.S. Space Program. Organized according to subjects covered, including space mission projects, planets and satellites, etc.

NASA Human SpaceFlight
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/

 NASA has produced this website to allow the public to stay up with the development of the International Space Station, which is scheduled to be started in 1998. Includes lots of  information previously found on other sites such as NASA's Shuttle Web, NASA's Shuttle-Mir Web and NASA's Station Web.

The Apollo Missions
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/NASA.Projects/Human.Exploration.and.Development.of.Space/

Images, history, and missions of the Apollo Program.

25th Anniversary of Apollo 11 : 1969 - 1994
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo11.html

From NASA. Photographs, images, and information about the Apollo 11 space flight and the lunar landing.

Mission to Mars
http://library.advanced.org/11147/

Astronaut Biographies
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/

Biographies of current astronauts. Note: try the biography search

Women of NASA
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women
 

Stars & Star Gazing

Star Formation
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec14.html

StarChild: The Solar System
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/solar_system.html

Stars and Galaxies
http://www.eia.brad.ac.uk/btl/sg.html

Stellar Temperatures: How Hot is That Star?
http://www.smv.org/jims/student.htm
 

Sun

What is the Sun?
http://www.hao.ucar.edu/public/education/education.html

Facts, pictures, and graphics from the High Altitude Observatory

The Sun
http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/sol.html

Solarview: the Sun
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/sun.htm

Description, statistics, movies and pictures of the sun, as well as a timeline of sun exploration missions

Melbourne Planetarium: The Sun
http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/planetarium/solarsystem/sun.html

Sunrise and sunset times, plus information about the sun
 

 
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Created October 1998 by Gail M. Szeliga and  Cheryl T. Naslund, Library-Media Specialists, at Union Endicott High School Library Media Center.  Last updated April 13, 2003 by S. Carey.  Your comments and suggestions are encouraged.