Links

Astronomy

• IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (588)
  The IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. If you think you've discovered something in the sky, these are the folks to tell.
• International Astronomical Union (720)
  The International Astronomical Union. The international governing body for Astronomy/astrophysics. They make all the official designations of name, etc. of objects in the sky amongst other things.
• International Living With a Star Program (703)
  Organization coordinating research on Solar-Terrestrial interaction and space weather.
• Lunar and Planetary Institute (1,477)
  Lunar and Planetary Institute of the Universities Space-Research Association.
• NASA (602)
  Main NASA web site
• NASA Astrophysics Data System (625)
  Very powerful search engine for astronomy research. Provides access to thousands of astronomical journal article abstracts and many journal articles.
• NASA Extra-Galactic Database (2,044)
  NED database - database of galaxies, contains data on those galaxies such as spectra, distance, magnitude, etc.
• NASA Planetary Science (28,208)
  NASA planetary science homepage. Has a lot of information on the major planetary bodies of our solar system. Handy fact sheets on each planet.
• NOAA Space Environment Center (663)
  Current space weather information and forecasts.
• Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy (1,073)
  Astronomer Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy blog.