| Discovery_Online__Space From aliens to asteroids, satellites to shuttle missions, explore the universe with the latest news, launches and astronomical sightings. |
| European_Space_Agency\'s_news Daily news, including images, movies and live launch webcasts on ESA's science missions. |
| ExoScience_News Astronomy and space news daily. |
| IAU_Astronomical_Headlines Lists new comets, minor planets, natural satellites, novae, and supernovae, with ephemerides. |
| Jonathan\'s_Space_Report It describes all space launches, including both piloted missions and automated satellites. |
| NASA_Space_Science_and_Astronomy_News What's new in NASA's space science programs. |
| ScientificAmerican_com News and feature articles (some free, some archived), space calendar, astronomy interactives, and book reviews. |
| Sky_and_Telescope_-_News Weekly news report. |
| SkyWatch_Astronomical_Wake_Up_Service Sends its subscribers a daily email on astronomical events such as satellite passes and meteor showers that can be observed from their location. |
| The_Space_Guy_-_Astronomy_Briefs News, views, reviews and commentary about amateur and professional astronomy. |
| space_com_News Includes launches, landings, sightings, new projects, scientific discoveries, commercial applications and major announcements. |
| SpaceHub An Astronomy reference with space news. |
| ST_ScI_Press_Releases Hubble Space Telescope News |
| Starryskies Features the latest news in the field of science, concentrating on Earth and Space science news. Readers can also post stories and add comments. |
| Topix_net__Astronomy News about astronomy, collected from various sources on the web. |
| European_Space_Agency_Science_&_Technology News on the science missions of the ESA, including Mars Express, Cassini-Huygens, SMART-1 and Rosetta. [RSS] |
| NASA_Breaking_News News feed containing the space agency's news articles and press releases. [RSS] |
| Astrometry_Department,_U_S_Naval_Observatory The primary purpose of this website is to distribute information related to the positions and motions of the stars and planets, mainly to the Defense community. |
| Astronomy_162__Stars,_Galaxies,_and_Cosmology Entire Astrophysics course online. Very extensive introduction course to stars. |
| BBC_Space_-_Stars Five concise articles covering the birth and death of stars, star types, and all the things we "know" from just looking at them |
| Bright_Star_Catalogue Find data (cross references, positions, proper motions, spectral classes, magnitudes ...) on all stars visible to the naked eye from the BSC, SKY2000, SAO, WDS and GCVS. Stars can be searched by their |
| Buy_a_Star,_But_It\'s_Not_Yours Article discussing (non)validity of star naming companies. |
| The_Classification_of_Stellar_Spectra NASA page explaining the colors and classifications (O, B, A, F, G, K, and M) of stars. |
| The_Constellations_since_1996 Binocular and naked eye guide to the constellations, a data table, and mythology. |
| Cosmobrain Lists the 50 brightest stars visible from Earth, and the 50 closest stars to Earth. Proper names, distances, magnitudes, spectral classification and other data are provided for each star. |
| Dark_Stars,_Black_Holes,_Bright_Galaxies One huge page packed with illustrations, diagrams and photographs portraying some interesting aspects of stars, black holes and galaxies. |
| ESO_Photo_Gallery_-_Astronomical_Images Pictures of all kinds of Stars provided by the European Southern Observatory. |
| The_Fifty_Brightest_Stars The most visible stars that can be seen by the naked eye from earth. Lists names, positions, distances, magnitudes and spectral classifications. |
| The_Formation_of_Binary_Stars Highly-detailed but brief paper concerning the Classical Fission Hypothesis. |
| Hawaiian_Astronomical_Society_-_Deepsky_Atlas A listing of the Hawaiian Astronomical Society Deepsky Atlas by constellation. |
| How_Stuff_Works__Stars Illustrated tutorial about stars, their properties, formation, and death. Includes related links. |
| Laser_Star_Astrophysics Plasma recombination lasers in rapidly cooled stellar atmospheres. |
| Magnetohydrodynamics_of_Stellar_Interiors Discussion will focus on the nonlinear interactions between turbulent convection, rotation and magnetic fields in the interiors of stars. From 6 September - 17 December, 2004 at the Isaac Newton Ins |
| Measuring_the_Stars In-depth lecture notes that provide information on how to derive properties of stars, based on observation. |
| A_Mystery_of_Space__Stars Learn about the fascinating universe, especially stars at this ThinkQuest site. There are two versions of the site to choose from, one for younger kids (under 12), and one for older kids (13 and over |
| Scientific_American_Explorations__A_Parade_of_New_Planets Sightings of extrasolar planets are increasing. |
| Solar_and_Stellar_Seismology Explains the study of a star's oscillations to determine the interior chemical composition. |
| Space_Telescope_Science_Institute A small Hubble telescope image gallery of Quasars. |
| SpaceWander_Virtual_Space_Trip! Multimedia experience of flying by spaceship through the solar system. Visit each planet. Real space pictures from NASA. In English, French, Italian, Spanish and Russian. Recommended for kids. |
| Spectra_and_Spectra_Analysis__Stars Includes a section on spectral classification of stars. |
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Sky Online Sky and Telescope Page
Astroweb
Astronomy resources on the WWW
NASA Home Page
NASA Imaging Radar Home Page
National Institute of Standards Page
Royal Greenwich Observatory Information Leaflets
The Directorate of Time
Mathematical
Resources (Caltech)
Non-Euclidean Geometry
Other Physics Resources
Glenbrook Physics Class Bulletin Board
Glenbrook Physics Multimedia
LASER SAFETY
A collection of resources
SETI Stuff Search for ET
Donald Simanek's Home Page A resource about both physics and education, and much else. Includes link to
How to Study Physics
by Seville Chapman.
PIRA
Physics Instructional Resource Association
Richard Feynman page with links
The movie INFINITY with Matthew Broderick as Richard Feynman
NASA Observatory
Particle Physics
and Other Physics Resources
Domain of Philips Electron Microscopy
Superconductivity
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab Home Page
Brookhaven National Laboratory
National Science Teachers Association Home Page
New Jersey Science Teachers Association Home Page
American Physical Society Home Page
American Association of Physics Teachers
Home Page
American Institute of Physics Home Page
C3P Project
Physics Newsletters
Physics News from the American Institute of Physics
published when there is news, about once every week or two.
Archives
are also available.
What's New (in physics) from the American Physical Society is
a rather opinionated summary of political and scientific aspects
of physics in the United States.
Back Issues and HTML format
Physics Educators' News from the American Institute of Physics is
an experiment in keeping physics teachers informed and telling them
(us) about freebies, grants, publications, etc.
Archives
are also available.
Newsletters from the American
Institute of Physics
ARRL Newsletter (Ham Radio)
Note that there is a great deal of physics in Ham Radio, for more check
out our Radio Club
page
More Physics Links
Fullerton Physics Links
Science Links
for students at Dwight-Englewood School. Excellent window on the Internet.
LISTSERV mail discussion groups
Graphics
Pictures of Albert Einstein
Einstein by Karsh the stuff of postage stamps....
Blackboard used by Albert
Einstein May 16, 1931, at Rhodes House, Oxford, in the second of
three lectures on "The Theory of Relativity"
Einstein at
April Fools' Day, sticking his tongue out at us.
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Cartoon ...when physicsdealt mostly with falling bodies
Disk and ring John Spadafino and Kristin Zisa experimentConway Interview
Yes, he's a mathematician!
www.fetchbook.info - find expensivebooks at a discount.
The BBS at Hackensack High School's physics laboratory was called THE LABORATORY.
The telephone number was (201) 342-5659. Rates: 300 to 33000 bps. 8-N-1 is best.
The BBS was decommissioned in July, 2004; it began in March 1991.
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