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| - | W.M. Keck Observatory - home of the world's largest optical and and infrared telescopes; located on the summit of Hawaii's dormant Mauna Kea volcano. Includes news, photo gallery, and information on the interferometer. |
| - | Structure and Evolution of the Universe - NASA's quest to understand the Universe: its evolution, structure and ultimate fate. |
| - | Five Year Guide to Space Exploration - Popular Science offers a look at the missions planned between 2000-2005. |
| - | Windows to the Universe - user-friendly learning system on the earth and space sciences for use by the general public. |
| - | NASA/Marshall Space Sciences |
| - | Arecibo Observatory - world's largest single-dish radio telescope, located in Puerto Rico. |
| - | AstronomyLinks.com - Astronomy and space related links from around the world including astrophotography, telescope making, software, space flight and astronauts. |
| - | Astronomy Picture of the Day |
| - | An Atlas of the Universe - 3D maps of the universe zooming out from the nearest stars to the entire visible universe. |
| - | SpaceProjects.com - A bilingual, international space-related directory, including constructive reform proposals [by ex-NASA personnel] focused on making space access affordable. |
| - | Observe the Sun with a spectroheliograph - Realization of a spectroheliograph with CCD linear camera by an amateur. Archives of monochromatic images of the Sun (H-alpha, CaK, Helium...) |
| - | International Astronomical Union (IAU) - promotes and safeguards the science of astronomy in all its aspects through international cooperation. The sole internationally recognised authority for assigning designations to celestial bodies and surface features on such bodies. |
| - | Brian's Space Hotlist - intelligently organized collection of quality links to space information. |
| - | Absolute Beginners Astronomy Page - dedicated to the humble neophyte. |
| - | Views Of The Solar System - solar system learning guide for people of all ages. |
| - | Everything Space - Everything Space has astronomy news, chat forums, videos, games, and more. |
| - | NJ Night Sky - Amateur astronomy and telescope building for beginners and up. |
| - | Aerospaceguide.net - Space projects and solar system information resource. |
| - | Frequently Asked Questions About Quasars - answers from the Virginia Tech Department of Physics. |
| - | Meteorites and Their Properties - information to help determine if suspected samples are really meteorites. Includes hunting for and reporting meteorites, and a glossary. |
| - | Buckyball Animations - brief animations of 3-D rotation. |
| - | What are Fullerenes? - basic description. |
| - | BOOMERanG Home Page - project to map the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) using a balloon-borne telescope which circumnavigates Antarctica. |
| - | NASA's Scientific Balloons Program - basic information on NASA's balloon projects which are managed by the Wallops Flight Facility. |
| - | European Southern Observatory |
| - | The Spacewatch Project - group at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory exploring the various populations of small objects in the solar system. Features summaries of interesting asteroids, discoveries, and news. |
| - | Minor Planet Center - collects, computes, checks, and disseminates astrometric observations and orbits for minor planets and comets; operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Massachusetts. |
| - | Two Micron All Sky Survey at IPAC (2MASS) - Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) for the large-area near-infrared survey of the sky. Features facts about the survey, and a number of image galleries. |
| - | Kitt Peak National Observatory - Arizona observatory known for its large collection of optical telescopes. |
| - | Two Micron All Sky Survey at UMass (2MASS) - project manager and technology developer for the large-area near-infrared survey of the sky. Includes information on the cameras and telescopes used in the survey, images, and status report. |
| - | Sloan Digital Sky Survey - project to survey a 10000 square degree area on the Northern sky over a 5 year period. |
| - | Exploring the Solar System - profiles of the planets in our solar system. From the New York Times. Free registration required. |
| - | Failure Is Not an Option - Gene Kranz, former NASA Flight Director, looks back on Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond. |
| - | Pluto-Kuiper Express - JPL/NASA mission information and objectives. |
