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 Images  and  News
Reference and Info
Online Courses and Lecture Notes
Cosmology and Relativity
Elementary Particle Physics
Quantum Theory and Superstrings
The Solar System
EARTH:
Geo-

Bio-
Bang!

(whimper..)

 



 

Images

Hubble Heritage  - the best HST pictures
HubbleSite Gallery

Astronomy Picture of the Day
  - good site!
Switzerland from Space
Google Earth

Welcome to the Planets
  - NASA photos
Views of the Solar System
  (planets, moons etc)

NSSDC Gallery
The Messier Catalogue
  of Messier objects
NOAO Image Gallery  - esp. galaxies and nebulae

NASA Image Access
Scientific Visualization Studio
  images, from NASA

Earth and Moon Viewer
  - includes free software
Earth from Space
  - NASA pictures

 

News

NASA Space Science  homepage
NASA Space Science News  - free e-mail updates
Space Science Articles
  - NASA archive

Astronomy Now
  - free e-mail updates
Space.com

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Reference and Info

NASA's Origins Program  - galaxies, stars, planets, life
AstroWeb
  - links to Internet astro-resources
Planetary Science Links
  from NASA
Chandra
  space telescope - lots of good info

GLAST
  - Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope info
CASS Education
  - various astronomy tutorials
Astronomy Notes.com
  - elementary astronomy

Encyclopedia Astronautica
Ask the Space Scientist
  by Sten Odenwald
Frequently Asked Questions
  (from Astro 201 course)
Introduction to Cosmology
  - another NASA site
The Electronic Universe Project
  - University of Oregon public education and outreach - good site!

Basics of Space Flight
  for potential astronauts..
Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics
The Laws List
  (mathematical formulae)
Entropy

HyperPhysics
  - good site, with 'concept-mapping'
Interactive Physics Modules
Magnetism and Magnetic Physics
Physics Lecture Demonstrations

WebElements
  periodic table
Chemicool
  periodic table
Periodic Table  - plus health/environmental effects

Science and Maths Resources
  (various subjects)
Space-Time Travel Machine
  (graphics/animations)

Chaos
  - 'online course for everyone'
Quarks to Quasars
  - 42 powers of ten (in pictures)
C-Ship Simulation
  - exploring light-speed travel

About Water and Ice
About Temperature
About Rainbows

Water Structure and Properties
Snow Crystal Primer
Lightning Primer

Astrobiology.com
NASA Astrobiology

Extrasolar Planets
Terrestrial Planet Finder
  from NASA
Seti@home
  - help search for extraterrestrial intelligence
The SETI Institute
Cosmic Search
  magazine - early SETI

ESA
  - European Space Agency
ESO
  - European Southern Observatory
JPL
  - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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Online Courses and Lecture Notes


Astro 110
  - astronomy intro
Astro 103
  - evolving universe: stars, galaxies, cosmology

Astro 121
  - formation and evolution of the solar system
Astro 122
  - birth and death of stars
Astro 123
  - cosmology and the origin of life (very good!)

Physics 1501
  - modern technology (wide-ranging)
Physics 161
  - energy and the environment
Physics 106
  - elementary physics

Physics 232
  - elementary physics by topic; and..
Physics Tutorials
  ..are higher level

 

Cosmology and Relativity

Cosmology - A Research Briefing  - excellent intro
Cosmology Tutorial
  by Ned Wright - also very good
Cosmology FAQs
  from the above tutorial
Cosmology Key Terms
  - glossary

Cambridge Relativity
  - cosmology plus; excellent site
The Light Cone
  - 'illuminating introduction to relativity'

Relativity Virtual Bookshelf
Spacetime 101
  - Einstein and relativity
Einstein Online
  - lots of Einstein-related links

The Big Bang
  - good overview
Inflation for Beginners

Background Radiation
  - lots of CMBR info
Lambda
  - the cosmological constant

Dark Matter
  info
Dark Energy Resource Book

Dark Energy
  - article

Gravitation
  - interactive experiments in gravity
Gravity Links

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Elementary Particle Physics

The Particle Adventure  online tour
EPP Education Sites
  - lots of astrophysics links
Oulu Space Physics
  online textbook

The Subatomic World
  - physics tour from CERN Atlas
Particle Data Group
  at CERN
ABC's of Nuclear Science
  terminology
Atom Builder
  - interactive (requires Shockwave)

About Fusion
Plasma

Inside a Star
 - formation of the higher-mass elements
Pulsars  (NASA intro) and  Pulsar Tutorial
Magnetars

 

Quantum Theory and Superstrings

Quantum Physics Intro
Quantum Mechanics Intro

Quantum Mechanics I
  course
Quantum Theory
  - more info
Quantum Entanglement
  - very strange!

Superstrings
Official String Theory
  website
Second Superstring Revolution
M-Theory
  - 'the theory formerly known as strings'

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The Solar System

SpaceWeather.com  - solar activity
MSFC Solar Physics
The Electronic Sky
  - articles

The Nine Planets
  - (or maybe 8..) excellent site
Eclipses
  by Fred Espenak
Mars Education
  from MSSS

ISS
  - the International Space Station
Cassini-Huygens
  - at Saturn
The Galileo Spacecraft

Voyagers I and II
  - heading for interstellar space..
Solar Sails
  - for spacecraft propulsion
Stardust  - help search for interstellar dust

Build a Solar System
 (interactive)
Solar System Collisions
  - fire asteroids etc at planets!

Exploration of the Magnetosphere
  - NASA education
PSI Projects
  from the Planetary Science Institute
Planetary Geology

 

EARTH


Geo-

Geology Resources  online
Envirolink
 - links to environmental organisations
Survey of Environmental Biogeochemistry
Global Environment Report
  - from the New Scientist

The Ozone Hole Tour
Atmospheric Chlorine
  - ozone info
Global Warming Primer

Dynamic Earth
Plate Tectonic Theory
Plate Tectonics

Earth's Interior
  - info page
Geological Time Machine
  - web-based info
NASA Earth Observatory
  - global warming etc info

Introduction to Oceanography
Meteorology
Hurricanes and Typhoons
  - FAQs

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Bio-

Paleontology Exhibits  (evolution etc)
The Dinosauria

Dino-Course
  - dinosaurs and the history of life
Fossil Links
  - comprehensive list

The Tree of Life
  (phylogeny)
The Electronic Zoo

Radiation and Life
Bio 65  - biodiversity and conservation

The Biology Project
  - links to resources
Online Biology Book
Microbiology Information
Cells Alive!
  - microbiology info
Extremophiles
  info

Hominid Species
  - brief outline
The Human Genome Project
  - DNA mapping
The Visible Human Viewer
 (interactive)

 

Bang!

Volcano World  (good site!)
Volcano Pictures

Volcano Information
Volcano Watch

Tunguska
  explosion info
Impact Craters on Earth
Impact Records
Impact Effects
  (good page)

Tsunami
  waves
Seismology Links
  to earthquake etc resources

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whimper..

This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

T.S.Eliot - 'The Hollow Men' (1925)

Env 470  course - fundamentals of ecology
Mass Extinction Underway
  - comprehensive links

The Weeds Shall Inherit the Earth
  (on bio-loss)
 


 

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