Online classroom activities for teachers and
students about Astronomy, with curriculum support tools. Whip up a batch
of Comets, collect Solar System Trading Cards, or explore deep space with
a Cosmic Photo Safari.
Explore the universe and our solar system
at this excellent site for beginning astronomers. Includes sky maps and
monthly sky highlights for observers.
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different
image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with
a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Beautiful
photos, fascinating facts!
NASA's Observatorium is a public access site
for Earth and space data, with pictures of the Earth, planets, stars, and
other cool stuff, as well as the stories behind those images.
View the Milky Way at 10 million light years
from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive
orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree, and finally, into
the subatomic universe of electrons and protons.
Here you will find a mixture of space-related
images and programs which will help you visualize the Solar System and
NASA space missions using computer graphics.
Planning a visit to a planetarium? This virtual
tour uses cartoons to explain what a planetarium is and how it works. From
the Morrison Planetarium in San Francisco.
The Nine Planets is a collection of information
about our Solar System intended for a general audience. No special expertise
or knowledge is needed. This document consists of about 100 WWW "pages",
one page for each major body (planet, moon, or asteroid) in the Solar System.
A multimedia adventure unfolding the splendor
of the Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more. Discover the latest
scientific information, or study the history of space exploration, rocketry,
early astronauts, space missions, spacecraft through a vast archive of
photographs, scientific facts, text, graphics and videos. Choose from English,
Spanish, Portuguese, French, or German.
Information (and lots of pictures) at three
different levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Sections include:
our planet, our solar system, the universe, space missions, myths, art,
books, and films, people, and news.
Ever wonder what you might weigh on Mars or
The Moon? Here's your chance to find out. Enter your weight, click on calculate,
and find out your weight on all nine planets, plus the moons of Jupiter
and the Sun.
Check out our extensive collection of just-released images and data from
Jupiter, read a brief introduction to the mission, and join the excitement
as we take you through Galileo's exploration of our solar system's largest
planet.
The Hubble Space Telescope is the most recent
step in a long history of humankind's exploration of the heavens. See what
the scientists see in this site from The Exploratorium.
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