Learn more about Hypatia when you check out this resource. This site features a picture and a brief synopsis of this famous scientist.

Image of a group of red giant stars are seen in an image from the edge of the plane of the Milky Way. The evolution of these stars is explained. Many embedded links contained in the text to related topics.

This site from Georgia State Department Astronomy & Physics provides information on the Supernovae. "A supernova is an explosion of a massive supergiant star." Find out much more at this site.

Site honoring the winners of the Catherine Wolf Bruce medal for lifetime contributions to astronomy. Edwin Hubble, the award winner in 1938, is highlighted in a biography.

Official homepage for the Royal Astronomical Society, dedicated to "the encouragement and promotion of astronomy and geophysics."

This is a site on astronomy in general. If you are into astrophotography, you can find out what is happening in the heavens! Jack Horkheimer is also seen on PBS. You can access the 5 or 1 minute shows on this site.

Wisconsin Educational Communications Board provides numerous links to educational web sites for students and teachers. Its subjects include art, animals, astronomy, Black history, careers, children's books, dinosaurs, environmental...

Wisconsin Educational Communications Board provides numerous links to educational web sites for students and teachers. Its subjects include art, animals, astronomy, Black history, careers, children's books, dinosaurs, environmental...

[Free Registration/Login Required] The paired passages "Partial Eclipse" and "Field Trip" share the theme of astronomy. Question sets are provided for each passage separately and combined.

Chandra X-Ray Observatory is an space observatory designed to detect x-rays. The public web site gives information about Chandra and X-ray astronomy in general (in field guide). It also gives educational materials for teachers.

Contains an introduction to x-ray astronomy, describing how x-rays are being used by scientists to learn about the universe. Also contains links to sites describing black holes, dark matter, neutron stars, and how they are investigated...

A description of the ways in which infra-red is used in astronomy, including an extended example describing how infra-red was used to learn about Pluto's moon, Charon. There are also links to other sites of astronomical interest.

Learn about the Two Micron All Sky Survey project, in which telescopes and observatories scan the sky for infrared radiation in order to learn more about the Milky Way galaxy. The infrared spectrum is described and its importance to...

Young children can find facts about the Solar System, the Sun, meteorites, stars, galaxies, planets, our moon, comets, asteroids, and space exploration. Pages offer clear photos and bullet-point information, which is easy to read and...

This site from the Astronomy Department of Cornell University provides brief introduction to both solar and lunar eclipses. Links are provided for pictures and charts of the eclipses, and this is a good site to check out on the subject.

This Astronomy Picture of the Day is of Crater Copernicus, taken by the Apollo 17 crew in 1972.