MAJOR SPACE AGENCIES:
(I have listed these in what I believe is their order of relative importance at the present time)
UNITED STATES (NASA): www.nasa.gov
RUSSIAN FEDERATION (FKA): www.roscosmos.ru
EUROPE (currently 17 member states) (ESA): www.esa.int
CHINA (CNSA): www.cnsa.gov.cn
JAPAN (JAXA): www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html
FRANCE (CNES): www.cnes.fr/web/455-cnes-en.php
INDIA (ISRO): www.isro.org
(I have listed these in what I believe is their order of relative importance at the present time)
UNITED STATES (NASA): www.nasa.gov
RUSSIAN FEDERATION (FKA): www.roscosmos.ru
EUROPE (currently 17 member states) (ESA): www.esa.int
CHINA (CNSA): www.cnsa.gov.cn
JAPAN (JAXA): www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html
FRANCE (CNES): www.cnes.fr/web/455-cnes-en.php
INDIA (ISRO): www.isro.org
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for use of most of the images on this website
OTHER INTERESTING SITES:
ASSOCIATION OF SPACE EXPLORERS - an organisation formed by former astronauts and cosmonauts around the world to lobby for
the advancement of the human exploration of space: www.space-explorers.org
ASTRONET - imaginatively-designed site of links for both space and earth sciences by Dutch science journalist Carl Koppeschaar: www.xs4all.nl/~carlkop/astroeng.html
ASTRONOMY DICTIONARY: http://users.skynet.be/sky03361/dictionary/dictionary.html
ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY (NASA) - view a different image from our solar system, our galaxy and the wider universe,
together with a brief explanation of it’s meaning, every day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod
BAD ASTRONOMY - sometimes amusing exposés and warnings about misunderstandings, misconceptions, misrepresentations and downright superstitions: www.badastronomy.com
CARL SAGAN - inspiring website of the late Professor Carl Sagan. Great American scientist, populariser of science, internationalist
and universal 'man of the Universe': www.carlsagan.com
CHRIS LINTOTT'S UNIVERSE - excellent site of co-presenter (with Sir Patrick Moore) of "The Sky at Night" programme.
Includes weblogs on a wide range of current topics and events in the astro world: www.chrislintott.net
DRAGON IN SPACE ('GO TAIKONAUTS!') - unofficial site on the Chinese space programme:
www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1921/index.htm?200715
ENCYCLOPEDIA ASTRONAUTICA - everything relating to space exploration - past, present and future - in one encyclopaedic website: www.astronautix.com
HEATHER COUPER - personal website of prominent international broadcaster on astronomy, space and science, and a popular
media figure in partnership with Nigel Henbest: www.hencoup.com/Heather.htm
IAN RIDPATH - major writer, broadcaster and lecturer on astronomy and space: www.ianridpath.com
INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY (Strasbourg, France): www.isunet.edu
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY 2009 - in 2009 (the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first use of an astronomical telescope)
there will be a global celebration of astronomy and it's contribution to human society and culture: http://www.astronomy2009.org
JANE'S SPACE DIRECTORY ONLINE - the ultimate guide to the world's space programmes: http://jsd.janes.com/public/jsd/index.shtml
KOSMONAVTKA - impressive personal site on the Russian space programme by amateur enthusiast:
http://suzymchale.com/kosmonavtka
NASA WATCH - keeping a critical insider's eye on developments within NASA: www.nasawatch.com
RATING THE NATIONS IN THE SECOND SPACE RACE (UN / HUDSON INSTITUTE): www.hudsonfla.com/spacerace.htm
RUSSIAN SPACE WEB - a fascinating and authoritative site devoted to the great Russian space achievements of the past and also to
news of present developments and future plans: www.russianspaceweb.com
SOLAR SYSTEM SIMULATOR (NASA) - a virtual tour of the solar system: http://space.jpl.nasa.gov
SPACE CALENDAR (NASA) - online guide to forthcoming US space missions, lunar and solar eclipses, comet, asteroid and planet
viewings, and many other cosmic events: www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar
THE ANIMATED VIRTUAL PLANETARIUM: http://jove.geol.niu.edu/faculty/stoddard/planetarium.html
THE ASTRONOMY CAFÉ - "the website for the astronomically disadvantaged": www.astronomycafe.net
THE ASTRONOMY CENTRE - "dedicated to the furtherance of amateur astronomy". A volunteer astro community situated in the wilds
of the Pennine hills of northern England: www.astronomycentre.org.uk
THE ASTRONOMY HUB - the international astronomy and space forum community: http://astro.jconserv.net
UNMANNED SPACEFLIGHT.COM - discussion forum for all interested in unmanned spaceflight: www.unmannedspaceflight.com
VIDEOCOSMOS - an archive of film, video and still images documenting Soviet and Russian space history: www.videocosmos.com
ASSOCIATION OF SPACE EXPLORERS - an organisation formed by former astronauts and cosmonauts around the world to lobby for
the advancement of the human exploration of space: www.space-explorers.org
ASTRONET - imaginatively-designed site of links for both space and earth sciences by Dutch science journalist Carl Koppeschaar: www.xs4all.nl/~carlkop/astroeng.html
ASTRONOMY DICTIONARY: http://users.skynet.be/sky03361/dictionary/dictionary.html
ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY (NASA) - view a different image from our solar system, our galaxy and the wider universe,
together with a brief explanation of it’s meaning, every day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod
BAD ASTRONOMY - sometimes amusing exposés and warnings about misunderstandings, misconceptions, misrepresentations and downright superstitions: www.badastronomy.com
CARL SAGAN - inspiring website of the late Professor Carl Sagan. Great American scientist, populariser of science, internationalist
and universal 'man of the Universe': www.carlsagan.com
CHRIS LINTOTT'S UNIVERSE - excellent site of co-presenter (with Sir Patrick Moore) of "The Sky at Night" programme.
Includes weblogs on a wide range of current topics and events in the astro world: www.chrislintott.net
DRAGON IN SPACE ('GO TAIKONAUTS!') - unofficial site on the Chinese space programme:
www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1921/index.htm?200715
ENCYCLOPEDIA ASTRONAUTICA - everything relating to space exploration - past, present and future - in one encyclopaedic website: www.astronautix.com
HEATHER COUPER - personal website of prominent international broadcaster on astronomy, space and science, and a popular
media figure in partnership with Nigel Henbest: www.hencoup.com/Heather.htm
IAN RIDPATH - major writer, broadcaster and lecturer on astronomy and space: www.ianridpath.com
INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY (Strasbourg, France): www.isunet.edu
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY 2009 - in 2009 (the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first use of an astronomical telescope)
there will be a global celebration of astronomy and it's contribution to human society and culture: http://www.astronomy2009.org
JANE'S SPACE DIRECTORY ONLINE - the ultimate guide to the world's space programmes: http://jsd.janes.com/public/jsd/index.shtml
KOSMONAVTKA - impressive personal site on the Russian space programme by amateur enthusiast:
http://suzymchale.com/kosmonavtka
NASA WATCH - keeping a critical insider's eye on developments within NASA: www.nasawatch.com
RATING THE NATIONS IN THE SECOND SPACE RACE (UN / HUDSON INSTITUTE): www.hudsonfla.com/spacerace.htm
RUSSIAN SPACE WEB - a fascinating and authoritative site devoted to the great Russian space achievements of the past and also to
news of present developments and future plans: www.russianspaceweb.com
SOLAR SYSTEM SIMULATOR (NASA) - a virtual tour of the solar system: http://space.jpl.nasa.gov
SPACE CALENDAR (NASA) - online guide to forthcoming US space missions, lunar and solar eclipses, comet, asteroid and planet
viewings, and many other cosmic events: www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar
THE ANIMATED VIRTUAL PLANETARIUM: http://jove.geol.niu.edu/faculty/stoddard/planetarium.html
THE ASTRONOMY CAFÉ - "the website for the astronomically disadvantaged": www.astronomycafe.net
THE ASTRONOMY CENTRE - "dedicated to the furtherance of amateur astronomy". A volunteer astro community situated in the wilds
of the Pennine hills of northern England: www.astronomycentre.org.uk
THE ASTRONOMY HUB - the international astronomy and space forum community: http://astro.jconserv.net
UNMANNED SPACEFLIGHT.COM - discussion forum for all interested in unmanned spaceflight: www.unmannedspaceflight.com
VIDEOCOSMOS - an archive of film, video and still images documenting Soviet and Russian space history: www.videocosmos.com
ASTRONOMY AND SPACE NEWS:
BBC (SCIENCE AND NATURE: SPACE) - check-out veteran Sir Patrick Moore’s long-running monthly TV programme
"The Sky at Night" - it has now been broadcast regularly for over 50 years!: www.bbc.com/science/space
CNN (SCIENCE AND SPACE) - good site for latest news: www.cnn.com/TECH/space
ESA TOP NEWS (RSS NEWS FEED): www.esa.int/rss/TopNews.xml
NASA BREAKING NEWS (RSS NEWS FEED): www.nasa.gov/rss/breaking_news.rss
SPACE.COM: www.space.com
SPACE DAILY: www.spacedaily.com
SPACEFLIGHT NOW: www.spaceflightnow.com
SPACEREF.COM: www.spaceref.com
SPACE TODAY: www.spacetoday.net
SPACE TODAY ONLINE: www.spacetoday.org/STO.html
THE SPACE SITE: www.thespacesite.com
UNIVERSE TODAY: www.universetoday.com
BBC (SCIENCE AND NATURE: SPACE) - check-out veteran Sir Patrick Moore’s long-running monthly TV programme
"The Sky at Night" - it has now been broadcast regularly for over 50 years!: www.bbc.com/science/space
CNN (SCIENCE AND SPACE) - good site for latest news: www.cnn.com/TECH/space
ESA TOP NEWS (RSS NEWS FEED): www.esa.int/rss/TopNews.xml
NASA BREAKING NEWS (RSS NEWS FEED): www.nasa.gov/rss/breaking_news.rss
SPACE.COM: www.space.com
SPACE DAILY: www.spacedaily.com
SPACEFLIGHT NOW: www.spaceflightnow.com
SPACEREF.COM: www.spaceref.com
SPACE TODAY: www.spacetoday.net
SPACE TODAY ONLINE: www.spacetoday.org/STO.html
THE SPACE SITE: www.thespacesite.com
UNIVERSE TODAY: www.universetoday.com
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ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETIES (UK):
BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION (BAA): www.britastro.org
BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY (BIS): www.bis-spaceflight.com
FEDERATION OF ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETIES (FAS): www.fedastro.org.uk
FLAMSTEED AS (Greenwich, London): www.flamsteed.info
ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (RAS): www.ras.org.uk
SOCIETY FOR POPULAR ASTRONOMY (SPA): www.popastro.com
SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY (SHA): www.shastro.org.uk
UK ASTRO SOCIETIES (online search list): www.r-clarke.org.uk/astrolinks_amateur.htm
UK SEDS (UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space): www.uk.seds.org
ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANISATIONS (WORLD):
AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY: www.aas.org
ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETIES (online search list): www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_society.html
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL FEDERATION: www.iafastro.org
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION (IAU) - world governing body of astronomy: www.iau.org
INTERNATIONAL DARK-SKY ASSOCIATION - leading campaign against light pollution: www.darksky.org
INTERNATIONAL PLANETARIUM SOCIETY (IPS): www.ips-planetarium.org
SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space): www.seds.org
THE MARS SOCIETY (US - based): www.marssociety.org
THE PLANETARY SOCIETY (US - based): http://planetary.org
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR OUTER SPACE AFFAIRS: www.unoosa.org
ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETIES (UK):
BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION (BAA): www.britastro.org
BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY (BIS): www.bis-spaceflight.com
FEDERATION OF ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETIES (FAS): www.fedastro.org.uk
FLAMSTEED AS (Greenwich, London): www.flamsteed.info
ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (RAS): www.ras.org.uk
SOCIETY FOR POPULAR ASTRONOMY (SPA): www.popastro.com
SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY (SHA): www.shastro.org.uk
UK ASTRO SOCIETIES (online search list): www.r-clarke.org.uk/astrolinks_amateur.htm
UK SEDS (UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space): www.uk.seds.org
ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANISATIONS (WORLD):
AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY: www.aas.org
ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETIES (online search list): www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_society.html
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL FEDERATION: www.iafastro.org
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION (IAU) - world governing body of astronomy: www.iau.org
INTERNATIONAL DARK-SKY ASSOCIATION - leading campaign against light pollution: www.darksky.org
INTERNATIONAL PLANETARIUM SOCIETY (IPS): www.ips-planetarium.org
SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space): www.seds.org
THE MARS SOCIETY (US - based): www.marssociety.org
THE PLANETARY SOCIETY (US - based): http://planetary.org
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR OUTER SPACE AFFAIRS: www.unoosa.org
ASTRONOMY MAGAZINES ON THE NET:
ASTRONOMY NOW (UK) - the magazine for both amateurs and pros: www.astronomynow.com
ASTRONOMY (US): www.astronomy.com
COSMOS (AUS) - Australia's equivalent of British 'Focus' magazine: www.cosmosmagazine.com
FOCUS (UK) - popular (in the best sense) science and technology magazine: www.focusmag.co.uk
NEW SCIENTIST (UK) - space section of science journal on the net: http://space.newscientist.com/home.ns
SKY AND TELESCOPE (US): www.skypub.com
THE SKY AT NIGHT (UK) - The BBC TV programme magazine: www.skyatnightmagazine.co.uk
ASTRONOMY NOW (UK) - the magazine for both amateurs and pros: www.astronomynow.com
ASTRONOMY (US): www.astronomy.com
COSMOS (AUS) - Australia's equivalent of British 'Focus' magazine: www.cosmosmagazine.com
FOCUS (UK) - popular (in the best sense) science and technology magazine: www.focusmag.co.uk
NEW SCIENTIST (UK) - space section of science journal on the net: http://space.newscientist.com/home.ns
SKY AND TELESCOPE (US): www.skypub.com
THE SKY AT NIGHT (UK) - The BBC TV programme magazine: www.skyatnightmagazine.co.uk
astrolinks
GENERAL LINKS
The following are major ‘gateway sites’ linking you to hundreds of websites covering every aspect of astronomy, space sciences
and space exploration - a useful first port of call on the internet if you want to explore more widely and deeply into any of
the subject categories or topics listed on this site
ASTROLINKS: www.cosmobrain.com
ASTROWEB (IoA, Cambridge): www.ast.cam.ac.uk/astroweb/yp_astronomy.html
ASTROWEB (database of AstroWeb Consortium): www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/astronomy.html
BUBL ASTRONOMY LINKS: http://bubl.ac.uk/link/a/astronomylinks.htm
OPEN DIRECTORY (ASTRONOMY): http://dmoz.org/Science/Astronomy
SUSSEX SPACE SCIENCE CENTRE: www.sussex.ac.uk/space-science/links
THE SALOPIAN WEB: www.r-clarke.org.uk
The following are major ‘gateway sites’ linking you to hundreds of websites covering every aspect of astronomy, space sciences
and space exploration - a useful first port of call on the internet if you want to explore more widely and deeply into any of
the subject categories or topics listed on this site
ASTROLINKS: www.cosmobrain.com
ASTROWEB (IoA, Cambridge): www.ast.cam.ac.uk/astroweb/yp_astronomy.html
ASTROWEB (database of AstroWeb Consortium): www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/astronomy.html
BUBL ASTRONOMY LINKS: http://bubl.ac.uk/link/a/astronomylinks.htm
OPEN DIRECTORY (ASTRONOMY): http://dmoz.org/Science/Astronomy
SUSSEX SPACE SCIENCE CENTRE: www.sussex.ac.uk/space-science/links
THE SALOPIAN WEB: www.r-clarke.org.uk
MAJOR OBSERVATORIES (UK):
ARMAGH OBSERVATORY (Northern Ireland): www.arm.ac.uk
JODRELL BANK RADIOTELESCOPE (Lancashire, England): www.jb.man.ac.uk
MERLIN GROUP OF TELESCOPES (CENTRED ON JODRELL BANK): www.merlin.ac.uk
R.G.O. HERSTMONCEUX (Sussex, England): www.the-observatory.org
ROYAL OBSERVATORY EDINBURGH (Scotland)): www.roe.ac.uk
ROE/UKATC (AT ABOVE) - THE UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE: www.roe.ac.uk/ukatc
ROYAL OBSERVATORY GREENWICH (London, England) - Now purely of historical significance.
The new Peter Harrison Planetarium and Weller Astronomy Galleries are now open to the public:
www.rog.nmm.ac.uk
ARMAGH OBSERVATORY (Northern Ireland): www.arm.ac.uk
JODRELL BANK RADIOTELESCOPE (Lancashire, England): www.jb.man.ac.uk
MERLIN GROUP OF TELESCOPES (CENTRED ON JODRELL BANK): www.merlin.ac.uk
R.G.O. HERSTMONCEUX (Sussex, England): www.the-observatory.org
ROYAL OBSERVATORY EDINBURGH (Scotland)): www.roe.ac.uk
ROE/UKATC (AT ABOVE) - THE UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE: www.roe.ac.uk/ukatc
ROYAL OBSERVATORY GREENWICH (London, England) - Now purely of historical significance.
The new Peter Harrison Planetarium and Weller Astronomy Galleries are now open to the public:
www.rog.nmm.ac.uk
MAJOR OBSERVATORIES (WORLD):
ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY (New South Wales, Australia): www.aao.gov.au
EUROPEAN NORTHERN OBSERVATORY (Canary Islands, Spain): www.iac.es/eno/eno.htm
EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY (Chile): www.eso.org
KECK OBSERVATORIES (Hawaii, USA): www.keckobservatory.org
MOUNT PALOMAR OBSERVATORY (California, USA): www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar
MOUNT WILSON OBSERVATORY (California, USA): www.mtwilson.edu
NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY (US): www.nrao.edu
PARIS OBSERVATORY (Paris, France): http://www.obspm.fr
ROME OBSERVATORY (Rome, Italy): www.mporzio.astro.it
SOUTH AFRICAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY (Cape Province, RSA): www.saao.ac.za
VERY LARGE ARRAY RADIOTELESCOPES (New Mexico, USA) www.vla.nrao.edu
MAJOR OBSERVATORIES (IN SPACE):
CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY (NASA): http://chandra.harvard.edu
COROT extrasolar planetary finder (CNES/ESA): http://smsc.cnes.fr/COROT
HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE (a joint NASA/ESA project): http://hubblesite.org
INTEGRAL gamma ray observatory (ESA/NASA/RKA): http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Integral
KEPLER extrasolar 'earth-type planet' seeker (NASA): http://kepler.nasa.gov
SOHO Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (a joint ESA/NASA project): http://soho.esac.esa.int
SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE infrared space observatory (NASA): www.spitzer.caltech.edu
STEREO Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (NASA): http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov
XMM-NEWTON X-Ray Space Observatory (ESA): http://xmm.esa.int
ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY (New South Wales, Australia): www.aao.gov.au
EUROPEAN NORTHERN OBSERVATORY (Canary Islands, Spain): www.iac.es/eno/eno.htm
EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY (Chile): www.eso.org
KECK OBSERVATORIES (Hawaii, USA): www.keckobservatory.org
MOUNT PALOMAR OBSERVATORY (California, USA): www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar
MOUNT WILSON OBSERVATORY (California, USA): www.mtwilson.edu
NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY (US): www.nrao.edu
PARIS OBSERVATORY (Paris, France): http://www.obspm.fr
ROME OBSERVATORY (Rome, Italy): www.mporzio.astro.it
SOUTH AFRICAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY (Cape Province, RSA): www.saao.ac.za
VERY LARGE ARRAY RADIOTELESCOPES (New Mexico, USA) www.vla.nrao.edu
MAJOR OBSERVATORIES (IN SPACE):
CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY (NASA): http://chandra.harvard.edu
COROT extrasolar planetary finder (CNES/ESA): http://smsc.cnes.fr/COROT
HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE (a joint NASA/ESA project): http://hubblesite.org
INTEGRAL gamma ray observatory (ESA/NASA/RKA): http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Integral
KEPLER extrasolar 'earth-type planet' seeker (NASA): http://kepler.nasa.gov
SOHO Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (a joint ESA/NASA project): http://soho.esac.esa.int
SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE infrared space observatory (NASA): www.spitzer.caltech.edu
STEREO Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (NASA): http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov
XMM-NEWTON X-Ray Space Observatory (ESA): http://xmm.esa.int
SPACE SCIENCES:
See also Major Research Organisations and Institutions above
AURORAS: www.haarp.alaska.edu Also at: www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap
COMETS AND ASTEROIDS (CAIN SpaceGuard UK group): www.spaceguarduk.com
COMETS AND METEORS - news and predictions of: http://comets.amsmeteors.org
EARTH VIEWER - views the Earth in space and time: www.fourmilab.ch/earthview
EXOPLANETS.ORG (Univ. of California/Carnegie Institution): http://exoplanets.org
EXTRASOLAR PLANETS ENCYCLOPEDIA (Paris Observatory): www.exoplanet.eu
EXTRASOLAR PLANET SEARCH PROGRAMMES (Geneva Observatory):
http://obswww.unige.ch/~udry/planet/planet.html
MARS LINKS - the ultimate gateway site for all Martian studies: www.marsgeo.com
MAST (Multimission Archive) - access to a wide variety of astro data archives,
including a link to the digitized sky survey: http://archive.stsci.edu
NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE DATA CENTER (NASA): http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
SCIENCE ARCHIVE FACILITY (ESO/ST-ECF): http://arch-http.hq.eso.org
SOLAR DATA ANALYSIS CENTER (NASA): http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/sdac.html
SPACE WEATHER - The astro equivalent of the Met Office!: www.spaceweather.com
See also Major Research Organisations and Institutions above
AURORAS: www.haarp.alaska.edu Also at: www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap
COMETS AND ASTEROIDS (CAIN SpaceGuard UK group): www.spaceguarduk.com
COMETS AND METEORS - news and predictions of: http://comets.amsmeteors.org
EARTH VIEWER - views the Earth in space and time: www.fourmilab.ch/earthview
EXOPLANETS.ORG (Univ. of California/Carnegie Institution): http://exoplanets.org
EXTRASOLAR PLANETS ENCYCLOPEDIA (Paris Observatory): www.exoplanet.eu
EXTRASOLAR PLANET SEARCH PROGRAMMES (Geneva Observatory):
http://obswww.unige.ch/~udry/planet/planet.html
MARS LINKS - the ultimate gateway site for all Martian studies: www.marsgeo.com
MAST (Multimission Archive) - access to a wide variety of astro data archives,
including a link to the digitized sky survey: http://archive.stsci.edu
NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE DATA CENTER (NASA): http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
SCIENCE ARCHIVE FACILITY (ESO/ST-ECF): http://arch-http.hq.eso.org
SOLAR DATA ANALYSIS CENTER (NASA): http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/sdac.html
SPACE WEATHER - The astro equivalent of the Met Office!: www.spaceweather.com
SPACE MUSEUMS AND VISITOR CENTRES:
Many of the astronomical observatories listed in the preceding sections also have visitor centres - check their websites for details
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (Orlando, Florida, USA) - visitor complex situated near NASA's world famous number one launch centre
of Cape Canaveral: www.kennedyspacecenter.com
MEMORIAL MUSEUM OF COSMONAUTICS (Moscow, Russian Federation) - a memorial (including a spectacular landmark monument)
to the pioneering achievements of the Soviet space programme (official web page in English): www.russianmuseums.info/M329
MUSÉE DE L'AIR ET DE L'ESPACE (Paris, France) - largest and oldest aeronautics and space museum in western Europe: www.mae.org
NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE (Leicester, UK) - Britain's new public visitor attraction: www.nssc.co.uk
POWERHOUSE MUSEUM (Sydney, Australia) - has impressive space gallery: www.powerhousemuseum.com
R.S.C. ENERGIA MUSEUM (Korolev, Russian Federation) - probably the most important museum in the world covering the pioneering
years of space exploration, now newly-renovated (official site): www.energia.ru/english/energia/history/museum/museum.html
(unofficial Japanese site): www.npointercos.jp/Energiamuseum.html
SCIENCE MUSEUM (London, UK) - has new impressive space gallery: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/galleries/space.aspx
SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM (Washington D.C., USA) - largest and most impressive museum in the world today
covering history of space exploration up to the present day: www.nasm.si.edu
SPACE CENTER HOUSTON (Houston, Texas, USA) - visitor centre near Johnson Space Center (NASA's main mission control): www.spacecenter.org
TSIOLKOVSKY STATE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF COSMONAUTICS (Kaluga, Russian Federation) - museum of the 'founding father of
space exploration': www.informatics.org/museum
WORLD PLANETARIUM WEB SITE INDEX - fully-comprehensive downloadable pdf file from IPS site, with links to planetarium sites
around the world: www.ips-planetarium.org/atw
Many of the astronomical observatories listed in the preceding sections also have visitor centres - check their websites for details
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (Orlando, Florida, USA) - visitor complex situated near NASA's world famous number one launch centre
of Cape Canaveral: www.kennedyspacecenter.com
MEMORIAL MUSEUM OF COSMONAUTICS (Moscow, Russian Federation) - a memorial (including a spectacular landmark monument)
to the pioneering achievements of the Soviet space programme (official web page in English): www.russianmuseums.info/M329
MUSÉE DE L'AIR ET DE L'ESPACE (Paris, France) - largest and oldest aeronautics and space museum in western Europe: www.mae.org
NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE (Leicester, UK) - Britain's new public visitor attraction: www.nssc.co.uk
POWERHOUSE MUSEUM (Sydney, Australia) - has impressive space gallery: www.powerhousemuseum.com
R.S.C. ENERGIA MUSEUM (Korolev, Russian Federation) - probably the most important museum in the world covering the pioneering
years of space exploration, now newly-renovated (official site): www.energia.ru/english/energia/history/museum/museum.html
(unofficial Japanese site): www.npointercos.jp/Energiamuseum.html
SCIENCE MUSEUM (London, UK) - has new impressive space gallery: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/galleries/space.aspx
SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM (Washington D.C., USA) - largest and most impressive museum in the world today
covering history of space exploration up to the present day: www.nasm.si.edu
SPACE CENTER HOUSTON (Houston, Texas, USA) - visitor centre near Johnson Space Center (NASA's main mission control): www.spacecenter.org
TSIOLKOVSKY STATE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF COSMONAUTICS (Kaluga, Russian Federation) - museum of the 'founding father of
space exploration': www.informatics.org/museum
WORLD PLANETARIUM WEB SITE INDEX - fully-comprehensive downloadable pdf file from IPS site, with links to planetarium sites
around the world: www.ips-planetarium.org/atw
COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPHYSICS:
CAMBRIDGE COSMOLOGY - an excellent introduction to cosmology from Cambridge University: www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/cos_home.html
CERN (Geneva, Switz.) - the world's largest particle physics lab.: http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/Welcome.html
COSMOS IN A COMPUTER: http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/Cosmos/CosmosCompHome.html
FERMILAB (Illinois, USA) - U.S. equivalent of CERN: www.fnal.gov
JOHN GRIBBIN: www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/John_Gribbin/welcome.htm
MARTIN REES - home page of the U.K. Astronomer Royal, President of the Royal Society and notable Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics: www.ast.cam.ac.uk/IoA/staff/mjr/
MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ASTROPHYSICS (Munich, Germany): www.mpa-garching.mpg.de
MICHIO KAKU: www.mkaku.org
STEPHEN HAWKING: www.hawking.org.uk/info/iindex.html
THE EINSTEIN ARCHIVES: www.albert-einstein.org
THE OFFICIAL STRING THEORY WEBSITE - makes cosmology fun and easily accessible to laypeople!: http://superstringtheory.com
THE VIRGO CONSORTIUM - international group of research scientists carrying out cosmological supercomputer simulations: www.virgo.dur.ac.uk/new/index.php
CAMBRIDGE COSMOLOGY - an excellent introduction to cosmology from Cambridge University: www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/cos_home.html
CERN (Geneva, Switz.) - the world's largest particle physics lab.: http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/Welcome.html
COSMOS IN A COMPUTER: http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/Cosmos/CosmosCompHome.html
FERMILAB (Illinois, USA) - U.S. equivalent of CERN: www.fnal.gov
JOHN GRIBBIN: www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/John_Gribbin/welcome.htm
MARTIN REES - home page of the U.K. Astronomer Royal, President of the Royal Society and notable Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics: www.ast.cam.ac.uk/IoA/staff/mjr/
MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ASTROPHYSICS (Munich, Germany): www.mpa-garching.mpg.de
MICHIO KAKU: www.mkaku.org
STEPHEN HAWKING: www.hawking.org.uk/info/iindex.html
THE EINSTEIN ARCHIVES: www.albert-einstein.org
THE OFFICIAL STRING THEORY WEBSITE - makes cosmology fun and easily accessible to laypeople!: http://superstringtheory.com
THE VIRGO CONSORTIUM - international group of research scientists carrying out cosmological supercomputer simulations: www.virgo.dur.ac.uk/new/index.php
HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE EXPLORATION:
FROM STARGAZERS TO STARSHIPS: www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sintro.htm
GREAT DEBATES IN ASTRONOMY: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/diamond_jubilee/debate.html
HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY - website of the working group of historians of astronomy at Bonn University (commissioned by the IAU), includes comprehensive links to other historical sites: www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/astoria.html
HISTORY OF SPACE EXPLORATION - includes an excellent chronology viewable either by date or by planetary body: www.solarviews.com/eng/history.htm
SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY (SHA): www.shastro.org.uk
THE GALILEO PROJECT - the history of a struggle between science and religion: http://galileo.rice.edu
THE GREAT ASTRONOMERS - potted biographies of from A - Z: www.wspace.danask.com
TIMELINE OF ASTRONOMY (Wikipedia) - a good basic chronology, with secondary links (editable): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_astronomy
FROM STARGAZERS TO STARSHIPS: www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sintro.htm
GREAT DEBATES IN ASTRONOMY: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/diamond_jubilee/debate.html
HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY - website of the working group of historians of astronomy at Bonn University (commissioned by the IAU), includes comprehensive links to other historical sites: www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/astoria.html
HISTORY OF SPACE EXPLORATION - includes an excellent chronology viewable either by date or by planetary body: www.solarviews.com/eng/history.htm
SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY (SHA): www.shastro.org.uk
THE GALILEO PROJECT - the history of a struggle between science and religion: http://galileo.rice.edu
THE GREAT ASTRONOMERS - potted biographies of from A - Z: www.wspace.danask.com
TIMELINE OF ASTRONOMY (Wikipedia) - a good basic chronology, with secondary links (editable): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_astronomy
ASTRONOMY COURSES (UK ONLY):
The following qualification courses are ideal for amateur astronomers and are by part-time study only
BIRKBECK COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (School of Earth Sciences)
Certificate in Planetary Geology (two-year course by class attendance): www.bbk.ac.uk/es
LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY (Astrophysics Research Institute)
Programme of courses in astronomy by distance learning: www.astro.livjm.ac.uk/distance
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY (Department of Physics and Astronomy)
Certificate in Astronomy and Planetary Science (by distance learning): http://physics.open.ac.uk
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON (Department of Physics and Astronomy)
Diploma in Astronomy (two-year course by class attendance): www.phys.ucl.ac.uk/diploma
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE
Bsc (Hons.) degree in Astronomy (by distance learning): www.StudyAstronomy.com
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER - JODRELL BANK OBSERVATORY
Programme of courses in astronomy by distance learning: www.manchester.ac.uk/jodrellbank/distance
The following qualification courses are ideal for amateur astronomers and are by part-time study only
BIRKBECK COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (School of Earth Sciences)
Certificate in Planetary Geology (two-year course by class attendance): www.bbk.ac.uk/es
LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY (Astrophysics Research Institute)
Programme of courses in astronomy by distance learning: www.astro.livjm.ac.uk/distance
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY (Department of Physics and Astronomy)
Certificate in Astronomy and Planetary Science (by distance learning): http://physics.open.ac.uk
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON (Department of Physics and Astronomy)
Diploma in Astronomy (two-year course by class attendance): www.phys.ucl.ac.uk/diploma
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE
Bsc (Hons.) degree in Astronomy (by distance learning): www.StudyAstronomy.com
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER - JODRELL BANK OBSERVATORY
Programme of courses in astronomy by distance learning: www.manchester.ac.uk/jodrellbank/distance
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AMATEUR OBSERVATION:
Useful information and advice can also, of course, be found in the astro societies and astro magazines listings above
ASSOCIATION OF LUNAR AND PLANETARY OBSERVERS (ALPO): www.lpl.arizona.edu/alpo
ASTRONOMY FOR BEGINNERS - excellent site for the practical side of amateur observational astronomy. Includes a lot of useful help
and advice on all the basics, including astrophotography: www.astronomyforbeginners.com
CAMPAIGN FOR DARK SKIES (BAA): www.britastro.org/dark-skies
DAMIAN PEACH - site of eminent British planetary photographer Damian Peach. Inspirational for budding astrophotographers,
includes many interesting links to others' work: www.damianpeach.com/index2.htm
DSRS - up-to-date archive of met. satellite images from around the world: www.sat.dundee.ac.uk
EUMETSAT - European meteosat service: http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/SDDI/cgi/listImages.pl?m=bnw
HEAVENS ABOVE - identifies and locates satellites, the ISS and near-Earth objects: www.heavens-above.com
MARTIN MOBBERLEY - brilliant British amateur astronomer and astrophotographer: http://uk.geocities.com/martinmobberley
REGISTAX - free downloadable image processing software: www.astronomie.be/registax/index.html
UKARANET (UK Amateur Radio Astronomy Network): www.ukaranet.org.uk
Useful information and advice can also, of course, be found in the astro societies and astro magazines listings above
ASSOCIATION OF LUNAR AND PLANETARY OBSERVERS (ALPO): www.lpl.arizona.edu/alpo
ASTRONOMY FOR BEGINNERS - excellent site for the practical side of amateur observational astronomy. Includes a lot of useful help
and advice on all the basics, including astrophotography: www.astronomyforbeginners.com
CAMPAIGN FOR DARK SKIES (BAA): www.britastro.org/dark-skies
DAMIAN PEACH - site of eminent British planetary photographer Damian Peach. Inspirational for budding astrophotographers,
includes many interesting links to others' work: www.damianpeach.com/index2.htm
DSRS - up-to-date archive of met. satellite images from around the world: www.sat.dundee.ac.uk
EUMETSAT - European meteosat service: http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/SDDI/cgi/listImages.pl?m=bnw
HEAVENS ABOVE - identifies and locates satellites, the ISS and near-Earth objects: www.heavens-above.com
MARTIN MOBBERLEY - brilliant British amateur astronomer and astrophotographer: http://uk.geocities.com/martinmobberley
REGISTAX - free downloadable image processing software: www.astronomie.be/registax/index.html
UKARANET (UK Amateur Radio Astronomy Network): www.ukaranet.org.uk
MAJOR RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS:
CAMBRIDGE INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY (Cambridge, UK): www.ast.cam.ac.uk
IKI SPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Moscow, Russian Federation): www.iki.rssi.ru/eng/index.htm
LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE (Texas, USA): www.lpi.usra.edu
LUNAR AND PLANETARY LABORATORY (Arizona, USA): www.lpl.arizona.edu
NASA/AMES (Astrobiology research): www.arc.nasa.gov
NASA/JPL (Caltech Jet Propulson Laboratory, California, USA): www.jpl.nasa.gov
PPARC (Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, UK): www.pparc.ac.uk
SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence): www.seti.org
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE (Colorado, USA): www.spacescience.org
SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE: www.stsci.edu
US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (Astrogeology research): http://astrogeology.usgs.gov
CAMBRIDGE INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY (Cambridge, UK): www.ast.cam.ac.uk
IKI SPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Moscow, Russian Federation): www.iki.rssi.ru/eng/index.htm
LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE (Texas, USA): www.lpi.usra.edu
LUNAR AND PLANETARY LABORATORY (Arizona, USA): www.lpl.arizona.edu
NASA/AMES (Astrobiology research): www.arc.nasa.gov
NASA/JPL (Caltech Jet Propulson Laboratory, California, USA): www.jpl.nasa.gov
PPARC (Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, UK): www.pparc.ac.uk
SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence): www.seti.org
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE (Colorado, USA): www.spacescience.org
SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE: www.stsci.edu
US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (Astrogeology research): http://astrogeology.usgs.gov
