GeoEye-1 Will Be A High-Res Eye In The Sky Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:29:00 -0400 The GeoEye-1 satellite will be capable of making out details on Earth just 16 inches across. It will be the highest resolution satellite run by a private company; it's images will be marketed to a range of governments and private customers. Europe Considers Joining Space-Faring Nations Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:35:00 -0400 Europe's space agency reached two milestones earlier this year. A European-built lab was installed at the International Space Station, and Europe launched a robotic cargo vehicle that successfully docked with the station. The European Space Agency is thinking about converting the vehicle so it could take astronauts into orbit. Tensions With Russia May Hurt NASA Program Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:18:00 -0400 The conflict with Russia over Georgia might affect NASA's ability to get astronauts to the international space station after the space shuttle gets retired in 2010. Congress must pass a special waiver by Sept. 30 so NASA can buy Soyuz capsule flights. What Makes Our Solar System Special? Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:02:00 -0400 Researchers say that if the conditions had been slightly different for our solar system, planets could have careened into the sun or been expelled into deep space. Also: A volunteer astronomer spots a strange gaseous object some are calling a "cosmic ghost." Phoenix Finds A Salt Compound On Mars Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:07:00 -0400 NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has detected a salt found on Earth on the surface of Mars. The salt, called perchlorate, is used in fireworks and rocket fuel. The news follows the recent confirmation of the presence of water on the Red Planet. Space Company Hopes To Cut Cost Of Launches Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:44:00 -0400 A private company called SpaceX has failed three times to reach orbit with one of its rockets. But the company says it's learning from its failures and still hopes to radically decrease the cost of putting objects in space.
Andromeda Galaxy - Information about the Andromeda Galaxy with descriptions and pictures.
Arp's Catalog of Peculiar Galaxies - Summarizes the catalog of 338 peculiar galaxy views gathered by Dr. Halton C. Arp.
Meta Description: [ Comprehensive exploration of the galaxies involved in Halton C. Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, to support the astronomical observer. ]
Classifying Galaxies - Includes pictures and a lesson for learning Hubble's system of classification.
Complete Spiral Galaxy Pictures Gallery - Contains over 600 pictures of all spiral galaxies larger than 3 minutes of arc for all constellations in the Northern and Southern celestial hemispheres.
500Extragalactic bookmarks - List of resources dedicaced to extragalactic astronomy: Databases, projects, education ...
Meta Description: [ Collection of links to other sites of
interest for extragalactic astronomy. Includes: Extragalactic databases,
Catalogues and Data, Groups and teams active in extragalactic,
Educational astronomy, Abstract/preprint services..
Gathered by CRAL-galaxies at observatoire de Lyon ]
Galaxies - NASA Windows to the Universe. Includes illustrations and introductory information about a variety of galaxies.
Galaxies - Some useful information about kinds of galaxies, content of galaxies, clusters of galaxies, galaxies and cosmology.
Galaxies - Astronomy Photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble, NASA, ESO, Chandra, Gemini and Apollo mission archives. Images of space, earth, planets, stars, galaxies, nebula.
Meta Description: [ Astronomy Photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble, NASA, ESO, Chandra, Gemini and Apollo mission archives. Images of space, earth, planets, stars, galaxies, nebula. High resolution digital lab for astro imagers and astro photographers. ]
Galaxies - Contains a set of notes by Nick Strobel. Topics include the structure of the Milky Way, the characteristics of other galaxies, and finding distances to other galaxies.
Galaxies - Many selected links to websites dedicated to galaxies.
Meta Description: [ Portal to selected sites about galaxies and their evolution ]
Galaxy Evolution Explorer - Contains information about the growth of various galaxies. Also includes images, news, and a glossary.
Meta Description: [ Caltech's Galaxy Evolution Explorer public homepage. GALEX will measure the history of star formation in the Universe, 80% of the way back to the Big Bang. ]
Galaxy Photography - Contains various images of a selection of galaxies.
Meta Description: [ Galaxy, Photography, Images by Jason Ware ]
404Globular Clusters in the Andromeda Galaxy - Data, observation notes, and more about globular clusters within the galaxy.
Meta Description: [ Angelfire on Lycos, established in 1995, is one of the leading personal publishing communities on the Web. Angelfire makes it easy for members to create their own blogs, web sites, get a web address (domain) and start publishing online. ]
High Redshift Supernova Search - Project at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to search for supernovas in very remote galaxies. This provides an accurate means of measuring the distances to remote galaxies and thereby determining the age of the universe.
500Lecture 28: Types of Galaxies - This site is about Spiral, Elliptical, Irregular Galaxies with their important characteristiŃs.
The Small Magellanic Cloud, SMC - Gives mathematical measurements relating this galaxy that orbits the Milky Way. Includes history about first known discoveries and links to photo galleries.
UMass High Energy Astrophysics Group - Research group primarily interested in high energy activities in galaxies, particularly the interplay between massive stars and the interstellar medium.
Meta Description: [ Homepage of the UMass High Energy Astrophysics Group ]
