| | Daily Astronomy Radio Scripts
http://www.earthsky.org/skywatching/
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| | NASA
The famous hammer and feather experiment performed on the moon in 1973. It
proves that Galileo was correct in guessing that all things fall at the same
rate, whether on earth or on the moon.
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15v_1672206.mpg
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| | The Apollo Moonwalk Controversy
Have the astronauts really been to the moon? Some people don't think so.
This site discusses the controversy.
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/apollohoax.html
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| | StarDate Online Magazine
(It's worth adding to your favorites)
http://stardate.org/
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| | Some Famous Astronomers (short biographies)
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/4515/HISTORY.html
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| | Tycho Brahe. Read about one of the famous names in astronomy.
http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/People/tycho_brahe.html
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| | Sky and Telescope
The latest astronomy news
Check out the story about water on Mars
http://skytonight.com/news
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| | Earth Sunlight Map
Watch the sun rise and set in real time. This is also a perfect place to
learn about map projections.
http://www.die.net/earth/?zoom=1
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| | Project Gemini
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini.html
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| | Old Farmers Almanac
A useful source for astronomy, moon phases, seasonal information, and
practical everyday information.
http://www.almanac.com/index.php
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| | Sky and Telescope Magazine
This is the magazine of choice for the more experienced stargazer. It has
information for the professional astronomer, too.
http://skyandtelescope.com/
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| | Earth and Sky Online
A commentary about the most interesting sky sights of the day and week. If
something is happening in the sky, you can learn about it here.
http://www.earthsky.com/
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| | Austin Astronomical Society
Website for Austin's official stargazers. New members are welcome.
http://www.austinastro.org/
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| | The Islamic Calendar Year Page
Years on the Islamic calendar are much different than the calendsr we use in
the Western world. Use this date converter to compare dates.
http://www.ori.unizh.ch/hegira.html
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| | The New Man On the Moon
Read about the first person to be buried on the moon.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/295483.asp
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| | The Galileo Project: A Biography
A detailed summary of Galileo's life created exclusively for internet
research. Thanks to Rice University and the supporters who funded the
project.
http://galileo.rice.edu/
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| | Galileo; A Biography
Dr. Fred L. Wilson; Rochester Institute of Technology
A detailed, authoritative summary of Galileo's life complete with footnotes
and references. I recommend it for the better readers.
Want to learn how to write a research paper? This is a perfect example.
http://www.rit.edu/~flwstv/galileo.html
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| | Ed Weisstein's Treasure Troves of Science
This is the best place I've found to gather short sketches of important
scientists. Yes, it includes mathematicians and philosophers as well. If you
can't find the name you are searching for, select another category.
http://www.treasure-troves.com/
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| | Ptolemy, the Man
A site dedicated to the life and works of one of the three foremost names in
astronomy- Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Mr. Peters. Check it out.
http://obs.nineplanets.org/psc/theman.html
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| | Solar System Pictures from Nasa.
Take your time browsing through these beautiful pictures of our neighborhood.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/
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| | Cassini- Huygens Project
The press release shows the possibility of liquid water near the surface of
one of Saturn's moons. May there be life on Enceladus?
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=639
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| | How Big is the Solar System?
If you remember the walk we took through the solar system, this is the site
I used to lay out the whole event. I just made a few changes to make it fit
Hopewell Middle School.
http://www.noao.edu/education/peppercorn/pcmain.html
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| | NASA Multimedia Gallery
Photos, video, and other media can be found here.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/index.html
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| | Great Solar System Pictures
Need a good astronomy picture for a project?
Try this.
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
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| | Phases of the Moon Activity
This interactive site is perfect for showing how the earth rotates as the
moon revolves around it.
It is worth trying.
http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/moon/lunar_phases_main.html?ASPIRE_Session=29f7d224125a5b63ffef3bcfc915cbb2#part3
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| | Our Walk Through the Solar System
The directions for our model is taken from this page.
a more useful format may be found on the Atsronomy Stuff page.
http://www.noao.edu/education/peppercorn/pcmain.html
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| | Cool Cosmic Website.
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/multiwavelength_astronomy/multiwavelength_astronomy/
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| | A History of Astronomy timeline.
Well done.
http://www.rundetaarn.dk/engelsk/observatorium/timeline.htm
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| | Pioneer 10 and 11
These two old friends passed Pluto on their journey into space long ago.
Information on this useful web page can help us calculate important dates in
the future.
http://www.bpccs.com/lcas/Articles/pioneer.htm
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| | The Pleaides.
The oldest known picture showing an astronomical subject.
http://www.mazzaroth.com/ChapterOne/LascauxCave.htm
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| | Working for Your Mummy
How did the ancient Egyptians lay out and measure the base of the pyramids?
They used the thirteen knotted rope technique. They were only interested in
simple arithmetic to solve everyday problems. Lift the heavy stone blocks?
No problem!
This interactive site lets you work like an Egyptian. Do it.
http://www.mathsnet.net/courses/dome/egypt.html
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| | Galileo said it first.
He said that everything falls at the same rate. It doesn't make any
difference how heavy it is.
This video from Apollo 15 demonstrates this by dropping a hammer and a
feather on the moon. This is worth seeing.
http://ftp.uniovi.es/solar/cap/apo/apo15g.htm
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