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SETI (Search
for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
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SETI
Institute - The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
- engaged in scientific and educational projects relevant to
the nature, distribution, and prevalence of life in the
universe.
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Team
SETI - sign up to become part of the SETI Institute's
unique work: the high-tech investigation of the cosmos for
signals from other civilizations.
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SETI@home
- experiment to harness the spare power of hundreds of
thousands of Internet-connected computers, via a screen
saver, in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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Boycott
and Reverse Engineering of the SETI At Home Project -
SETetispy/"> SETI
Spy - reports the progress and performance of your
Windows SETI@home client.
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SETI
Station - Mac site for SETI@home enthusiasts with tips,
useful guides, statistics, and more.
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SETI@Support
- Java support tool for SETI@home users that provides a
graphic display of the data and automatically logs analyzed
data.
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setiathome
- mailing list devoted to discussion of the SETI@home
software, including troubleshooting and optimizing
performance.
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ABC
News.com: Are We Alone?
- comprehensive report on the search for extraterrestrial
intelligence.
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Amateur
SETI: Project BAMBI (Bob And Mike's Big Investment) -
describes the design and construction of a 4 GHz amateur
radio telescope dedicated to SETI.
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Arecibo
Observatory - the site of the world's largest
single-dish radio telescope. Part of the National Astronomy
and Ionosphere Center.
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Columbus
Optical SETI Observatory - contains extensive
documentation on the Optical Search for Extraterrestrial
Intelligence (OSETI) and the activities of the observatory.
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Cosmic
Search Magazine - read the first four issues of this
magazine that was only in publication for 13 issues,
1979-80. The editorial board included Arthur C. Clarke,
Philip Morrison and Carl Sagan.
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Drake
Equation - what it is, and what it is used for.
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Harvard
University SETI Group - learn about their project, BETA,
the Billion-channel Extraterrestrial Assay.
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Neyath
- about the Big Search, extraterrestrial life, and the
efforts to find it.
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Big
Ear Radio Observatory - this Kraus-type radio telescope,
larger than three football fields, is famous for the
"Wow!" Signal and for the longest-running SETI
project.
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Planetary
Society's Search - see where project BETA is searching
right now, learn about META II and SERENDIP, and discover
new, exciting SETI programs.
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Quest
for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - essay by the
venerable Carl Sagan, from Cosmic Search.
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SETI
- includes the Drake Equation and a biography of Frank
Drake.
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SETI
and Distributed Computing - essay by Garrett Moritz.
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SETI
Australia Centre - the Australian division of a
world-wide experiment carried out by a number of independent
groups. Includes news and articles.
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SETI
Endeavor - contains documentation, links, and related
programs.
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SETI
League - grass-roots, non-profit, member-supported
organization devoted to the Search for Extraterrestrial
Intelligence.
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SETI
Net - a serious attempt to build the machinery,
electronics, and logic necessary to detect an
electromagnetic extraterrestrial signal.
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SETI
Research and Development Institute - group of Australian
and New Zealand SETI enthusiasts.
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SETIweb.org
- provides information and archives of news articles, radio
interviews, online events, and forums for SETI enthusiasts.
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University
of California, Berkeley Search For Extraterrestrial
Civilizations - SERENDIP (Search for Extraterrestrial
Radio Emissions from Nearby Developed Intelligent
Populations), is dedicated to providing an answer to the
age-old question "Are we alone?"
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What
Is...SETI - provides an explanation and links.
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SOLAR SYSTEM
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NASA
Solar System Exploration
- launching pad to learning about the programs and people of
this NASA space science theme.
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NASA's
Planetary Photojournal - provides easy access to the
publicly released images from various Solar System exploration
programs.
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Welcome
to the Planets - a collection of many of the best images
from NASA's planetary exploration program.
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Solar
System Live
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From
Stargazers to Starships - deals with the world of gravity:
of massive planets and stars, and the way spaceflight is
achieved despite their strong pull. Topics include astronomy
of the Earth's motion in space and Newtonian mechanics.
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NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Solar System Dynamics Group -
generates accurate position and velocity histories (ephemerides)
for the bodies of the solar system including the planets,
natural satellites, comets, and asteroids.
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Views
Of The Solar System - solar
system learning guide for people of all ages.
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3-D
Interactive Solar System - Java
applet which shows the orbits and positions of the planets
right now. The view can be tilted, rotated, and zoomed in and
out.
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Astronomy
for the Masses - view planets,
comets and UFO's.
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From
Stargazers to Starships - deals with
the world of gravity: of massive planets and stars, and the
way spaceflight is achieved despite their strong pull. Topics
include astronomy of the Earth's motion in space and Newtonian
mechanics.
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J-2
Space
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Jessica's
Solar System Page - resource for
teachers and students containing information on the planets,
sun, comets, and meteors.
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Kepler's
Laws - the laws, which describe the
motion of planets around the sun, are explained with
animation. Plus a brief history of Johannes Kepler and Tycho
Brahe.
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Kepler's
Laws and Newton's - contains
geometric proofs without calculus.
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Center
for Information and Research Services
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Lunar
and Planetary Institute (LPI) - a focus for academic
participation in the studies of the current state, evolution,
and formation of the solar system.
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Discovery
Acquisition Program - NASA's Solar System Exploration
Division and the Discovery Program Office present Discovery
missions whose goal is to send smaller, less expensive
spacecraft to explore the Solar System at a much higher rate
than in the past.
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NASA
Discovery Program - aims to enhance our understanding of
the solar system with frequent, high quality, low cost
planetary science investigations.
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NASA
Ice and Fire Missions - the Outer
Planets/Solar Probe Project consists of the Europa Orbiter,
the Pluto-Kuiper Express,
and the Solar Probe.
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NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Solar System Dynamics Group -
generates accurate position and velocity histories (ephemerides)
for the bodies of the solar system including the planets,
natural satellites, comets, and asteroids.
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NASA
Solar System Exploration - launching pad to learning about
the programs and people of this NASA space science theme.
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NASA's
Planetary Photojournal - provides easy access to the
publicly released images from various Solar System exploration
programs.
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Night
Shadow Astronomy - pictures and information on our solar
system and its surroundings.
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Our
Solar System - an introduction to our solar system and its
planets.
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Solar
System - intro to the sun, planets and solar system.
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Solar
System 3D - stereo atlas of the Solar System.
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Solar
System Astronomy: Our Solar System - the sun, moon,
planets and asteroids.
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Solar
System Live
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Solar
System Simulator - simulated view of any body in the solar
system from any location and time in full-color graphics. A
NASA/JPL space site.
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Solar
System's Dynamic Stability Revised
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Solar
System, The - the historical development of our modern
picture of the solar system; the planets and their moons; and
comets, asteroids, and meteors.
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Spaced
Out - guide the nine planets and their moons, along with
the Sun and asteroid belt.
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Titius-Bode
Number Sequence Deciphered - a rethinking of the Titius-Bode
Law of planetary distances that seeks to explain the number
sequence involved.
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Virtual
Solar System - take a fly-by tour of the sun and each
planet in its orbit.
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Virtual
Solar System UK - learn about the nine planets through
images, facts and quiz questions in this interactive tour.
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Web
Directory: AstroNet Solar System Links
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Welcome
to the Planets - a collection of many of the best images
from NASA's planetary exploration program.
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Your
Weight On Other Worlds - ever wonder what you might weigh
on Mars or the Moon? Here's your chance to find out.
Kuiper
Belt
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Express Campaign
- official site of the campaign created to gather public support
to save the currently proposed NASA mission to Pluto
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Scientific
American: The Kuiper Belt
- rather than ending abruptly at the orbit of Pluto, the outer
solar system contains an extended belt of small bodies.
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Moons
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Earth
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Clementine
Lunar Image Browser -
view images of the moon derived from data accumulated by the
Clementine satellite.
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Forces
of a Blue Moon - explaining some of the effects the moon
has on people.
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Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Moon - what's up on the moon tonight?
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Inconstant
Moon - a new tour of the Moon each night, with detailed
guides, maps, photos, explanations, and animations.
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Lunar
CCD Imaging - CCD imaging of the moon with a small
telescope.
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Moon
Illusion Explained - why the moon looks big at the horizon
and smaller when higher up.
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Moon
in Science Fiction, The - annotated bibliography of
science fiction novels and short stories in which Earth's
satellite has a role.
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Moon,
The
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Moon-Watch.com
- information, news, and photographs of the Moon.
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Nine
Planets: The Moon
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NSSDC
Photo Gallery: Moon
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Richard
Evans Lunar Homepage - high resolution lunar photography
by an amateur astronomer.
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Scientific
American: Home, Sweet Home! - the discovery of water on
the moon may speed plans to build permanent lunar bases and
colonies.
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Sun
or Moon Rise/Set Table for One Year - times provided for
cities and towns of your choice in the United States.
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Unknown
Moon, The - lexicon of unofficial lunar nomenclature.
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VGL
- examining unusual features on the surface of the Moon using
Lunar Orbiter, Apollo, and Clementine photography.
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Web
Directory: Moon Shop: Moon Links
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Jupiter
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Mars
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Neptune
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Saturn
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Uranus
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STELLAR PHENOMENA
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Active
Galaxies - quasars,
blazars and other galactic oddballs.
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Advanced
Fiber-Optic Echelle (AFOE) - spectrograph designed
specifically to perform precise stellar radial velocity
measurements, and optimized for asteroseismology and
extra-solar planet detection. Includes details of a multiple
planetary system around the star Upsilon Andromedae.
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Eclipsing
Binary Stars
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Magnetars
- news from NASA about super-magnetic neutron stars and
gamma-ray bursts.
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Magnetars
and Soft Gamma Repeaters - information on these very
strong magnetic fields.
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NASA
Observatorium: Stellar Evolution and Death - a
description of how, in the course of millions to billions of
years, stars evolve and eventually die.
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Scientific
American: The Discovery of Brown Dwarfs - less massive
than stars but more massive than planets, brown dwarfs were
long assumed to be rare. New sky surveys, however, show that
the objects may be as common as stars.
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Stellar
Evolution - a journey into the life of a star - the
formation, the evolution, and the conclusion.
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SWAS:
Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite - the principle
objective of the mission is to better understand the process
of star formation through observations of water, molecular
oxygen, isotopic carbon monoxide, and atomic carbon.
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Vincent's
Space Oddities Page - about black holes, quasars,
pulsars, and supernovae.
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Virtual
Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars
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Wormhole
in the Cosmos, A - pictures and resources on black
holes, supernovae, moons, and more.
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Black Holes
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The
Naked Singularity - end-of-the-year project for
two physics students at Clackamas High School in Milwaukie,
Oregon.
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Astronomy
Net Forum for the Discussion of Black Holes
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Black
Hole - general information.
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Black
Hole Pictures - from Astronomy Picture of the Day.
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Black
Hole Project - basic information on black holes.
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Black
Hole Simulations
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Black
Holes
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Black
Holes and Mysteries of the Cosmos - collection of ideas
and opinions.
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Black
Holes: General Information - learn about the amazing
phenomenon.
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Cambridge
Relativity: Black Holes - introduction to and
observational evidence for. Also features discussions about
critical phenomena and scalar fields.
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Falling
Into a Black Hole - fall into a black hole on a real
free fall orbit. After you are done dying at the central
singularity, explore wormholes, Hawking radiation, and more.
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Hubble
Provides Multiple Views of How to Feed a Black Hole - a
massive black hole hidden at the center of a nearby giant
galaxy is feeding on a smaller galaxy in a spectacular
collision.
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Jillian's
Guide to Black Holes - black hole formation, types,
inside, outside, detection, and references.
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Papers
Related to Black Holes - from the NCSA Relativity Group.
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Search
for Black Holes - black hole candidate, Cygnus X-1, and
why many believe it is truly a black hole.
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Simulation
of a Black Hole by Raytracing
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Spacetime
Wrinkles - who was Einstein? What is and gravitational waves? Where might black holes
lurk? How can we "see" them? Includes many movies.
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Gravitational Lensing
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Novae & Supernovae
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Pulsars
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Quasars
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Cause
of the Characteristics of Quasars
- hypothesis that posits quasars are caused by gravitational
lensing of photons from the opposite jet by a huge mass
within an active galaxy.
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Hubble
Surveys the "Homes" of Quasars - images from
the space telescope indicating that quasars live in a
variety of galaxies.
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Quasar
Cygnus A - astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space
Telescope have found a new quasar, not billions of light
years away like its known cousins, but a mere 600 million
light years.
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Quasars
- overview of the discovery of, and research into, quasars.
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Surveys
for High Redshift Quasars
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FAQ
- Quasars - answers to question submitted by K-12
students to Dr. John Simonetti of the Department of Physics
at Virginia Tech.
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THE SUN
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Virtual
Tour of the Sun
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Ask
the Space Scientist About the Sun - series of questions
and answers addressing the nature of the sun.
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Astronomy
in Motion Sun Pages - includes a brief story of the Sun as
a star, plus solar activities designed for understanding the
size and effects of the Sun on the Earth.
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Best
of Free Spirit Presents: The Sun - offers basic physical
facts in addition to different cultural myths.
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British
Astronomical Association Solar Section - designed to
enable members to exchange news and observations of the Sun.
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Global
Oscillation Network Group - a community-based program to
conduct a detailed study of solar internal structure and
dynamics using helioseismology.
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Image
Database of the Sun - archive of the solar surface at
different wavelengths.
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Live
From The Sun - in an age when we've all come to rely on
global telecommunications through space, read about sunspots,
unusually active auroras, and satellites not working quite the
way they should.
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Lockheed
Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory - scientists and
engineers who design, build, operate, and use solar and
astrophysical observing instruments.
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NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center Solar Data Analysis Center(SDAC)
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Once
and Future Sun - traces and projects the life of our sun.
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Scientific
American: The GONG Show - astronomers learn ringing truths
about the sun.
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Solar
Flare Theory - introduction to solar flares and solar
flare research. A crossword puzzle and answers to readers'
questions are included.
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Solar
Oscillations Investigation (SOI) - international project
studying the interior structure and dynamics of the Sun using
the Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) instrument.
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Solar
Physics Branch - Marshall Space Flight Center - images,
animations, and information on solar astronomy missions and
science.
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Spartan
201 - NASA's mission to explore the Sun's corona.
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Spartan
201-05 Integration Page - movies, photos, images, and
more.
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STS-95
Spartan 201-05 Mission - images and science activities
summary
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Stanford
SOLAR Center - provides Solar
On-Line Activity Resources for the joy of solar science
exploration.
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Sun
- overview of the most prominent feature in our solar system.
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Sun
Block '99 - young scientists across the United Kingdom
investigate the sun.
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Sun
Gun - make your own solar telescope.
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Sun,
The
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Sun-climate
Question: Is There a Real Connection? - examines whether
or not variations in the sun's radiative and plasma emissions
occur that are capable of influencing the weather and climate
at the earth's surface.
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Sun:
The Nearest Star - offers information on sunspots, the
surface of the sun, its atmosphere, flares, and more.
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Surfing
for Sunbeams - a hypermedia tour of our sun and how
scientists are studying it.
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The
Sun: Man's Friend & Foe - educational site on the sun
and its positive and negative effects.
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Tony's
Solar Astronomy Page - H Alpha solar and white light
images as well as information about the filters.
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Transition
Region and Coronal Explorer - solar images and data from
the TRACE instrument exploring the magnetic field in the solar
atmosphere.
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Ulysses
/ ESA - has now embarked on a second orbit of the Sun,
which it will complete in December, 2001.
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Ulysses
Mission Operations Team - based at the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in California. Provides information about past,
present, and future operations of the spacecraft.
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Yohkoh
Public Outreach Project - Yohkoh satellite is an
observatory for studying X-rays and gamma-rays from the Sun.
Site features data including movies and a wealth of
information about the Sun.
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Solar Eclipses
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Solar
Eclipse: Stories From the Path of Totality
- The Exploratorium's site focusing on the science, historical
accounts, and natural wonder of solar eclipses.
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Eclipse
Chasers - general information about solar eclipses, tips
on photographing an eclipse, personal experiences, and more.
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EclipseChaser
- including total solar eclipse and astronomy related articles
and images.
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McGlaun.com
Eclipse Page - an eclipse freak's experiences in the
shadow.
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Partial
Solar Eclipse: July 30/31, 2000 - visible from western
North America on Sunday, July 30 and from northern Asia and
Scandinavia on Monday, July 31.
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Solar
Data Analysis Center Eclipse Information - serving NASA
eclipse bulletins via both the Web and anonymous ftp.
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Solar
Eclipse - coverage of solar eclipses since 1991:
images/videos/QTVR, panoramas/time-lapse-sequences, plus
travel log and pictures.
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Solar
Eclipses - explained with illustrations.
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Total
Solar Eclipse Described by Plutarch - from Histos,
electronic journal of ancient historiography at the University
of Durham.
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Web
Directory: Solar Eclipse: Links Page
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Zimbabwe
Eclipse - provides maps and information about the June
21, 2001 and December 4, 2002 total solar eclipses visible in
Zimbabwe and Southern Africa.
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Solar
Observatories
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Amateur
Solar Observatory -
includes butterfly diagrams of sun.
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Big
Bear Solar Observatory - daily images of the sun, a tour
of the observatory, and various movies (MPEG), images, and
links related to solar astronomy.
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Birmingham
Solar Oscillations Network (BiSON) - current status and
recent results and publications based on BiSON data, in the
field of helioseismology.
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Mees
Solar Observatory - Daily and archival data from Mees
Solar Observatory, including white light images, Ca k-line
images, and vector magnetograms.
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Mt.
Wilson Observatory - solar tower, four types of images
updated daily. Access to the High Degree Helioseismology
Network (HiDHN).
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National
Solar Observatory - part of the National Optical Astronomy
Observatories. NSO operates two major observatory sites.
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National
Solar Observatory - Sacramento Peak
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San
Fernando Solar Observatory - a full-time research
observatory dedicated to the study of our nearest star, the
Sun. Our main research interests are solar variability and
solar magnetic fields.
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Sea
of Galilee Astrophysical Observatory - focuses on solar
and stellar flare research as well as guiding students in
their astronomy research projects.
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ORPHEUS
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Solar
and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
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Sunrise & Sunset
Times
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Sunspots
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Solar Maximum
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Discovery
Channel: SunStorms - will the Y2K computer crisis be
eclipsed by massive solar disruptions?
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Readiness
for the Upcoming Solar Maximum - National Research Council
report taking a broad look at how the U.S. is preparing to
observe and understand solar phenomena from space during this
peak period.
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Solar
Max 2000 - explore this site from the NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center to learn the basics of the solar maximum.
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Solar
Max 2000.com - offers a look at the solar maximum of the
current solar cycle. With video clips, educational resources,
and more. From the Exploratorium.
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