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ASTRONOMY / SPACETRAVEL | ASTRONOMIE / RUIMTEVAART

(New) Frequently Asked Questions in Astronomy
Alles over Sterren: Govert schilling's website.
Astronmonica: Astronomica Image Gallery from the UodA astronomy 100 website.
Astronomical Data Center.
Astronomical Gl;ossary: The Lexicon and Glossary of Terms in LEVEL 5 is a compilation and modern updating of astronomical terms culled from the published literature. It is designed to cover all of astronomy, including particle physics and some statitsics; in this sense the Glossary is a slight departure from the extragalactic focus of the rest of the knowledge base.
° ARTFL Project: French-English Dictionary Form.
° Astronomical Institute of Amsterdam "Anton Pannekoek" ,plus a good linklist.
° Astronomy; Here you will find descriptions and screen captures (New!) of some interesting historical astronomical events.
Astronomy Café, the website for the astronomically disadvantaged. 0ver 3000 faq about astronomy.
° Astronomy Resource Centre: links to: | Discovering the Universe | The Sun | The Planets | Comet Sites | Nebulae and Related Phenomenon | Quasars | Binary Stars | Astrophysics | Astronomer | Cosmology | The Greenhouse Effect | The O-Zone Layer | Space Missions | General Interest | Meteor Sites | Solar Eclipse | Life in the Universe | Hot Astro Links | Galaxies Big Bang | Dark Matter | History | Observatories | Q & A | Image Galleries | Astronomy Publications | News | Organizations | Other Resources.
°Webgems, A Guide to Substantive Web Resources: astronomy gems.
°Astroweb : Astronomical Internet Resources contains pointers to potentially relevant resources available via Internet and is a product of the AstroWeb Consortium.
° Bad astronomy: see how mankind errs on the science of astronomy.
•°BigRock: the astroid threat: info and links on the threat of a possible collision with astroids.Website theme quote: "Life really is a Rock and the Big Rock giveth and taketh away all life!!".
°Cambridge Astronomy: the atronomy pages of Cambridge University. The Institute of Astronomy is participating in, The School of Physical Sciences of The University of Cambridge. They offer: The Institute of Astronomy, Cavendish Astrophysics. DAM TP, Hubble SpaceTelescope (UK), Astronomy Data Centre, Astronomical Web Mirrors, Public information, Astroweb, Astronomical service unit.
° Canada France Hawai Telescope.
Cosmiverse: your universe online: ask questions and study answers about astronomy. with the help of their Reference Library
° Electronic Ephemeris (links)
°Eric's Treasure Troves of Science: On-line encyclopedia of: Astronomy
° European Space Agency: and their science page.
°European Space Science Committee.
The Griffith Observatory situated in Los Angeles.
° Guide to american spacecraft.
Hubble: pictures ot the outerspace telescope.
Intellicast: the world seen from outer space in weatherpatterns.
° International Space University (ISU): the interdisciplinary perspective vital to your carreer in the space sector.
Kepler Mission: It is a special purpose space mission in the NASA Headquarters Discovery Program for detecting terrestrial planets, that is, rocky and Earth-size around other stars.
NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA. has been instrumental in shaping aerospace history for more than eight decades. Established in 1917 as the first national civil aeronautics laboratory, NASA Langley has become a world-class center for aeronautics, earth science, space technology and structures and materials research.
° A design for Laser Propulsion: '99 Rensselaer engineers are working with US Air Force and US Army scientists to make laser propulsion a reality. Flight tests of a scale model lightcraft are being conducted at White Sands Missile Range, using PLVTS, a high energy CO2 laser. (see also 'saucer')
(German/English) Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik: (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics) , with the Galactic Center Research pages: offers an animation of the movement of stars in the centre of the galaxy.
°MIR Spacestation Homepage
Nasa Homepage.
- And a list of breaking news stories from NASA: information on current and upcoming missions, the latest images from space and related press releases.
- NASA HUMAN Spaceflight: the spacestation and more.
- ° Nasa classroom of the future: modules on te.g. the Mars landing and the U.V. menace.
- Learning Technologies Program
- Goddard Space Flight Centerhttp://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/GSFC_homepage.html
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Spacelink.
Rose Center for Earth and Space (Hayden Planetarium): great exhibitions on astronomy.
°SETI: Help Search for Extra Terrestial Intelligence.
Sagan, Carl: blue point website: with interviews and such.
Space Telescope Science Institure: see Hubble at work.
°The StarPages part of the Star*s Family of Astronomy and Related Resources give access to the largest amount of hot links (currently more than 10,000) available in a set of astronomy/space resources and to a unique astronomy/ space-oriented dictionary of acronyms and abbreviations: StarWorlds (organizations) StarHeads (personal web pages) StarBits (dictionary).
° (Dutch) Stichting 'De Koepel': Informatie en links omtrent sterrekunde, weerkunde en ruimteonderzoek. 'De Koepel' zet zich in voor popularisering en is een samenwerkingsverband van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weer- en Sterrenkunde (NVWS), de Vereniging voor Publiekssterrenwachten (voorheen LSV), de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Ruimtevaart (NVR) en de Jongerenwerkgroep voor Sterrenkunde (JWG). Met extra pagina voor de zonsverduistering van 11 aug.
SOFIA: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy..Astronomical objects emit many forms of energy, which neither the human eye nor ordinary telescopes can detect. Infrared is one form of this invisible energy. SOFIA is an airborne observatory that will study the universe in the infrared spectrum.
°Space Calendar (JPL).
°Space, The High Crusade: Here you will find the definitive list of links to people and places that are working for and dreaming of, our future in space.
Space.com:The definitive site on the World Wide Web dedicated to space and all space-related subjects. It focuses on news, information, education and entertainment. Our primary mission is the popularization of space.
°Space News is the global publication of record for the space community. (resticted access for non-subscribers).
°Space Studies Board (U.S. NRC)the SSB provides external and independent scientific and programmatic guidance to NASA and other government agencies in the basic subdisciplines of space research. The SSB oversees a constellation of standing committees and ad hoc task groups, which produce long-range strategic research plans and prioritization of goals as well as progress assessments.
- The Space Studies Bulletin.
Sterren en Planeten, de sterrenhemel van maand tot maand, is een gids voor de beginnende 'sterrenkijker'. In deze gids maakt men kennis met de wereld van sterren en planeten en de belangrijkste hemelverschijnselen van het komende jaar.
Sterrenhemel met sterrenbeelden van stichting de Koepel; een landelijke organisatie die amateursterrenkundige activiteiten in Nederland ondersteunt.
The Galactic Order: read all about our timing to the center of the galaxy.
The Nine Planets: is 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.
°The International Institute of Air and Space Law te Leiden University, The Netherlands.
°UNISPACE III is the 3rd United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Use of Outer Space.The Space Generation Forum (SGF) is the official Youth Forum of it, with the goal of voicing the future visions of space exploration in the new millenium. Its world-wide team of volunteers includes the alumni of the ISU.
(Dutch and Enlish) Vincent Icke's Webstek: personal site of the in the Netherlands renown astronomer with nice pictures of heavenly phenomena.
Virtual solar system
Yahoo! Science-Space:

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