Interactive
astronomy resources available on the Internet
are listed below for research and fun.
Astronomy
and Cosmology
Amateur
astronomy is a great way to explore our universe
from your own backyard.
Cosmology
explores the nature of the universe - its substance,
beginning and end.
Sunset,
Sunrise and Moon phase data
by the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO).
Kuiper
belt object
2003UB313 is larger and farther away than Pluto, about
97 times further from the Sun than Earth. Scientists
are debating designation of it as the 10th planet.
Milky
Way structure
is significantly refined through comprehensive analysis
using the Spitzer Space
Telescope.
Gamma
ray burst
detected by NASA Swift
is most distant ever recorded by about 500 million light-years.
Hubble
captured historic gravitational lensing,
where the gravitational field of a galaxy
cluster bent light
and
magnified images from
a
quasar, supernova, and other
galaxies.
Corot
is a new space telescope capable of detecting planets
just twice the size of Earth.
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