Education Links
Features a collection of top rated Astronomy sites.

Welcome to Cool Cosmos!    pop

Welcome to Cool Cosmos, NASA's website about infrared astronomy, brought to you by the Spitzer Science Center and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at the California Institute of Technology. Here you'll find pictures, videos, games, educational materials, and more. A fun way to learn all about the "cool" part of the electromagnetic spectrum: infrared light.
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/

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Amazing Space    pop

At this site, students can use Web-based activities to learn about the solar system, train to be a scientist, follow a star's life cycle, and more. Click on "For Educators and Developers" to access interactive activities, science-content reading selections, and answers to astronomy basics.
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/

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NOVA Online | Runaway Universe  

NOVA Online presents Runaway Universe. Welcome to the companion Web site to "Runaway Universe," originally broadcast on November 11, 2000. The program follows the efforts of two rival teams of astronomers as they search for exploding stars, map out gigantic cosmic patterns of galaxies, and grapple with the ultimate question: What is the fate of the universe?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/

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Windows to the Universe  

An extensive and graphics intensive astronomical learning system. Learn all about the Earth and Space Sciences.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

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The Space Appreciation Society  

The Space Appreciation Society - See the beauty and majesty of outer space and marvel at the amazing facts. Take a closer look at our Solar System.
http://www.freewebs.com/jezstar/

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AbsoluteAstronomy.com  

General facts and statistical information about planets, moons, constellations, stars, galaxies, and Messier objects.
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/

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Archaeoastronomy looks at equinox, solstice and Cross Quarter events throughout the year  

ancient skywatchers regulated their calendars and tracked days with celestial alignments, often sunrises and sunsets with targetted shadow and light features on equinoxes, solstices or cross quarters
http://www.archaeoastronomy.com/

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Astronomical Frequently Asked Questions  

Get some answers to the most asked questions about the phenomena of the sun and moon, time, as well as calendars and historical events information. The Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory computes, from fundamental astronomical reference data, the position, brightness, and other observable characteristics of celestial bodies, as well as the circumstances of astronomical phenomena. This information is of critical importance to navigation, military operations planning, scientific research, surveying, accident reconstruction, architecture, and everyday activities.
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/

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Backyard Astronomy for Amateur Astronomers  

Backyard-astro.com: a site about backyard astronomy, amateur astronomy with data on telescopes, binoculars, astronomy books, astronomy software, observing logs, observing lists, astronomy links, the deepsky, deepsky sketches, logs and observing lists.
http://www.backyard-astro.com/

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Open Course : Astronomy : Introduction : Table of Contents  

Introduction to Astronomy.
http://www.opencourse.info/astronomy/introduction/

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Physics-Astronomy Library Home Page - UC Berkeley  

UC Berkeley Physics-Astronomy Library Home Page.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PHYS/

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Space Telescope Science Institute: Black Holes: Gravity's Relentless Pull home page  

Black Holes: Gravity's Relentless Pull. Information, virtual journeys, and simulations about black holes from the Space Telescope Science Institute
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/home.html

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Space Weather Research Explorer  

Exploratorium feature that allows you to see the same live data, images and graphics, that space scientist use to predict and study space weather.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/spaceweather/index.html

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The Celestia Motherlode: Home  

The Celestia Motherlode is a site based on Celestia, a free, 3-D, real-time space simulator. It is a place for the Celestia community to catalog, publish and maintain Celestia resources.
http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/

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The Falcon's Nest,Space Page  

We offer you an updated Space station page with International Space Station, info, pictures,links and frequencies, Ham radio satellite tracking and various GPS facts, and NASA mission LIVE NASA TV.
http://home.earthlink.net/~w0dfi/2nd.html

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The Fermi Paradox  

Articles about the Fermi's paradox. INludes Drakes equations.
http://www.fermisparadox.com/

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Welcome to Astronomy for Kids    pop

Astronomy for Kids is an astronomy site designed with kids in mind, as well as their parents.
http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/

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Welcome to the Astronomy Cafe!!    pop

A web site written by a professional astronomer which explains modern astronomy, what a career in astronomy is like, and answers over 4000+ popular questions from an on-line FAQ archive called Ask the Astronomer.
http://www.astronomycafe.net/

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