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.
°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!!".
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.
°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,
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.
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.
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.
°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.