NASA
Today @ NASA gives you the newest, hottest info and discoveries.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
This is the main NASA center for planetary probes and their data. Good for solar system images, planetary mission updates, technology research. One of the main reasons for hitting JPL is to check on the status of the ongoing and future NASA solar system missions, such as the Cassini,
Mars missions and New Horizons.
Hubble Space Telescope
Contains links to the image archives and the press releases of the most recently published discoveries.
Sky Online
From the makers of Sky&Telescope magazine, this site is updated often with information of interest to amateur sky watchers. Check out the News Bulletin, and What’s Up in the Sky for starters.
Students for the Exploration & Development of Space
Star charts, images, space art, space events calendar, astro camp, astronomy software reviews and much more.
Space.com - a great news and educational site, constantly updated and archived.
Planets and the Solar System
Solar System Information Home Page
Solar System info from the U.S.G.S.
Cassini Mission
to Saturn
National Space Science Data Center
Windows to the Universe
Stardust - a mission that brought back pieces of Comet Wild 2. See also Stardust@Home to help in the analysis!
Deep Impact
- a mission that blew a hole in the side of Comet Tempel I.
Extrasolar Planets
The most comprehensive listing of all known or suspected planets beyond
our solar system, complete with information about each.
Planetquest - another good site about extrasolar planets and our own!
Mars
Hawaiian Astronomical Society
Windows to the Universe
Jim Terry's Street Lighting Home Page
International Dark Sky Association
National Space Science Data Center
MANY images of almost anything in space. A catalog index link is on the main page (ending in nasa.gov).
Astronomical Image Archive
Enter the name of what you are looking for, and it will find it! It is intelligent, too- it knows the cross reference listings of all the possible names of your object.
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Awesome and archived!
2Mass Image Gallery - Infrared images
Sun / Space Weather
Spaceweather.com - Excellent variety, easy to understand. Gives aurora warnings, gives news and information on meteor showers, visible comets, near-Earth asteroids and daily images and data of the Sun.
Space Environment Center -Space weather now, one of the many jump-off points at the SEC.
SOHO homepage - SOHO is one of the most imformative orbiting solar observatories. Space weather links are here as well as a large variety of solar data.
National Solar Observatory - See daily images of the Sun in many wavelengths, including solar flare movies. A nice guided tour introduces you to the Observatory and teaches you about the Sun.
Solar Physics - An excellent site for an introduction to the layers of the sun and its emissions.
Exploratorium Sunspot activity
Lunar Prospector - a probe that mapped
the geology of the Moon
The Lunascan Project
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Clementine Mission
Clementine Lunar Image Browser
Volcanism on the Moon
Moon Facts and Links
Lunar Feature Locator
What are LTP's?
ALPO - LTP info
Apollo 17 LTP data
American Association of Variable Star Observers
Julian Date Calculator
Variable Stars
General Catalog of Variable Stars
GCVS Search Page
Suspected Variables
Observatories & Observing Conditions
Mount Wilson Observatory
A nice virtual tour of one of our most well known optical
observatories, including historical points of interest. A good
insight into what a typical observatory is like and what goes on
there.
Telescopes in Education Project
National Optical Astronomy Observatories
National Radio Astronomy Observatories
National Solar Observatory
See daily images of the Sun in many wavelengths, including solar flare movies. A nice guided tour introduces you to the Observatory and teaches you about the Sun.
Clear Sky Clock for
Grosse Pointe North
Check to see what the predicted sky conditions are for tonight's
observing! A very cool page.
Starcast- Check here for the star gazing forecast across the country!
New Mexico Skies - An Astronomy Bed & Breakfast, also a venue for remote observing!
The Astronomy Cafe - http://www2.ari.net/home/odenwald/cafe.html
Black Holes - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/rjn_bht.html
Not for little children or little brains! Some really cool simulations of what it would look like to be near a black hole or a neutron star. Explanations as well.
The Aurora Page
- http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora
The Northern Lights, as told from here in Michigan.
Bad Astronomy - http://www.badastronomy.com/
Misconceptions and humor galore!
Space Weather- http://www.spaceweather.com
Current information on solar activity, solar data, visible comets, upcoming meteor showers and aurora alerts.
Space Station/Space Shuttle - http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/
Check on current missions, when to see the Space Station in your sky.
Lowbrow Astronomers (University of Michigan)