Recommended Web Sites: Astronomy

SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service provides a gateway to the online Astronomy and Physics literature maintained by Harvard, Smithsonian, and NASA

American Physical Society website including pages on latest news, publications, careers, meetings and events.

This collection of over 1,000 educational videos concentrates on Math and Science. “Presents sound educational theory hand-in-hand with research and case studies, illustrative classroom footage, scientific demonstrations, and interviews with students, teachers, and experts. Searchable by variety of state and national math and science standards.

searchable High Energy Physics (HEP) information retrieval system (formerly SPIRES database)

Lots of pics.

A comprehensive listing of selected internet resources about physics maintained by the Library of Congress

National Aeronautics and Space Administration website

An overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each planet and the major moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images. Some have sounds and movies. Most provide references to additional related information

The Particle Data Group is an international collaboration of scientists responsible for summarizing Particle Physics as well as Cosmology and Astrophysics.