Astronomy Web Sites

Astronomy Web Sites

Some sites you can go to for information on astronomy:

General Astronomy

NASA

How telescopes work

Amazing Space

Middle School Astronomy Page

Sky and Telescope Magazine

Astronomy Magazine

NASA Science website

Astronomy online

Space.com

US Naval Observatory Website

(the one above is hardcore science stuff)

Planets, Meteoroids, Asteroids, Comets

Planetary Fact Sheet

Jet Propulsion Lab website

Jet Propulsion Lab Planetary data -- good planet data chart

NASA Solar System Exploration

Data on Saturn and it's Rings

Amazing Space website

NASA Hubble Site

Nine Planets - Solar System Tour

Enchanted learning astronomy page

NASA Mars exploration site

Planetary orbital velocities

Cornell University - Ask an Astronomer

NASA Mars missions page

NASA solar system simulator

Solar system online model

Pluto - New Horizons

New Horizons official mission website

Pluto's colors

Galaxies

NASA galaxies page

NASA simple galaxy information

NASA Galaxy articles

Sun

SOHO mission main page

Solar Dynamics Observatory mission main page

Amazing Space

Nine Planets Site - Has Sun info

Enchanted Learning Astronomy

Black Holes

Black Holes overview

Chandra X-ray observatory mission page

Article on Interstellar

Mass necessary to make a black hole

Structure of black holes

Quasars

Frequently Asked Questions About Quasars

Quick info on Quasars

WHAT IS A QUASAR?

Britannica article on quasars

Bl Lac objects versus Quasars

Exoplanets

Catalogs of Exoplanets

The Drake equation - where are all the civilizations

NASA discovers Earth sized planet

Exoplanets - good overview

CNN article on new exoplanets

Nat Geo article on Drake equation

Exoplanet detection

Measuring-the-mass-of-a-mars-size-exoplanet

CNN article on NASA-kepler exoplanet discoveries

CNN video on newly discovered exoplanet

NASA Exoplanets page

TESS mission discovers earth sized exoplanet