The Best ASTRONOMY resources online

Views of the Solar System

The site tells you EVERYTHING you could ever want to know about most of the astronomical objects in our solar system, gives information about the history of astronomy and space travel, and offers stunning pictures and movies from around the Solar System.

www.solarviews.com

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day

Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy

The Bad Astronomy web pages are devoted to airing out myths and misconceptions in astronomy and related topics. Chosen as one of the five best astronomy websites for 2004 by Scientific American
www.badastronomy.com

Usenet discussion group - sci.astro.amateur

Amateur astronomers from all over the world, some with a wealth of expertise, hang out, ask questions and discuss diverse astronomy topics. Quite a few of the posts deal with purchasing the right telescope or the equipment to go along with it. This newsgroup is also another source of late breaking news, on comets, meteor showers, and aurorae.
groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=sci.astro.amateur

Astronomy in the News

Milky Way Spinning Faster Than Thought - Redorbit.com - 5 Jan 2009 at 11:47am
Fasten your seat belts -- we're faster, heavier, and more likely to collide than we thought. Astronomers making high-precision measurements of the Milky Way say our Galaxy is rotating about 100,000 miles per hour faster than previously understood ...

Cosmic Log: Astronomy?s big year (MSNBC) - 5 Jan 2009 at 11:57am
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The organizers of the International Year of Astronomy are using the Web to get you to step away from the computer and actually see the sky.

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