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Astronomy Links

Apollo Missions

NASA's Apollo Site
Another Apollo Site
More Apollo
Another good one on Apollo (see links in left window)
Kennedy Space Center Apollo Site
SpaceLink for Apollo Missions
Wikipedia Entry
Apollo Images
More Apollo Images
NASA's Web Directory of Apollo Websites
Smithsonian's Exhibit, "Apollo to the Moon"
Another Smithsonian Website on Apollo
JPL Past Missions

Cosmology

Beyond Einstein (NASA): structure and evolution of the universe
Sites on Black Holes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Virtual Trip to a Black Hole
Falling into a Black Hole

Educational Websites

Journey Through the Galaxy
Information on Ice Ages
Scientific American: Why is the Sky Blue?
More information on why the sky is blue

Online Magazines

Space.com
Sky and Telescope
Astronomy Now
Astronomy Magazine

Multimedia

JAVA Applets for Astronomy
Parallax JAVA Applet
Views of the Solar System (lots o' images!)
Powers of 10 animation

Also see the individual telescope websites. These often have plenty of cool images produced with those telescopes.

Miscellaneous

Answers to Common Astronomy Questions
Constellations and Mythology
Bad Astronomy
Moon Landing Hoax

Museums

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Kennedy Space Center
Chabot Space and Science Center

NASA and ESA

NASA
NASA's Spaceflight Website
Kennedy Space Center
NASA Mars Website (good for information on probes)
NASA Planet Quest
NASA Solar System Exploration page

European Space Agency (ESA): Main Portal
ESA Space Science

News

Current Articles:
Blue Moons

General News Sites:
Universe Today
Astronomy News and Links
Space.com News
Sky and Telescope News
Yahoo Science News

Research Programs

SLOAN Digital Sky Survey
NASA Solar Physics Group
FAME (astrometry)
GAIA (astrometry)
SIM (astrometry)
Hipparcos (astrometry)
NASA's PlanetQuest

Stargazing

Sky and Telescope
Galaxies

Sun

NASA Solar Physics Group
SpaceWeather.com
Space.com Space Weather FAQ
Mr. Eclipse! (good site for info on eclipses)

Telescopes

Hubble (NASA)
Hubble Heritage Society
Another Hubble Site
Mauna Kea
Keck
Keck Interferometer
Subaru
Gemini
NASA IRTF
Hale 5-m
CELT/TMT
VLBA
MMT
Large Binocular Telescope
Anglo-Australian Obs
AAO's Images
Malin's Top 50 Images
Magellan
European Southern Obs.
VLT
OWL
Gran Telescopio Canarias
Chandra X-ray
Hobby-Eberly
SALT
Euro50

TV-related Websites

PBS NOVA Website (for their great documentaries)
PBS NOVA "To the Moon" site
PBS NOVA "Mars Rovers" site
PBS NOVA "Magnetic Storms" site

PBS NOVA "Runaway Universe" site
PBS NOVA "Einstein Revealed" site
PBS NOVA "Elegant Universe" site
PBS NOVA "Hunt for Alien Worlds" site
PBS NOVA "Death Stars" (gamma ray bursts) site
PBS NOVA "Time Travel" site
PBS NOVA "Origins of Life" site