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- NOAA: Space Environment Center - provides space weather alerts and warnings to the nation and the world for disturbances that can affect people and equipment working in space and on Earth.
- SOHO: The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory - NASA/ESA spacecraft designed to study the internal structure of the Sun, its extensive outer atmosphere, and the origin of the solar wind.
- Solar Max 2000.com - offers a look at the solar maximum of the current solar cycle. With video clips, educational resources, and more. From the Exploratorium.
- Space Weather Bureau - provides daily reports on solar activity.
- Sunspots and the Solar Cycle - up-to-date monitoring of the sunspot cycle and Earth's aurora.
- SMEX: TRACE - overview of the TRACE mission as part of NASA's Small Explorer (SMEX) program.
- Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) - information on the NASA spacecraft which observes the Sun's photosphere, transition region, and corona.
- Solar Data Analysis Center (SDAC) - features news, resources, and current images from the Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center.
- Yohkoh Observatory - satellite observatory which studies x-rays and gamma rays from the Sun. Images and movies can be found at the Yokoh Public Outreach Project.
- Solar-Terrestrial Physics Division of the National Geophysical Data Center - focal point for data pertaining to solar activity, the ionosphere, and geomagnetic variations. Includes a glossary of Solar-Terrestrial terms.
- Sunspot Cycle Predictions - Marshall Space Flight Center predictions. Also provides basic information on solar structure, features, and activity.
- Tour of the Sun - basic information on the Sun; from the Yohkoh Public Outreach Project.
- The Virtual Sun - introduction to the Sun.