Astronomy & Space
396 sites
https://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/nph120/astro/astlinks.html
Assembled by John S. Reid at the University of Aberdeen, this curated astronomy links page was built to support a Level 1 Astronomy class, covering general astronomy, the solar system, space missions, and observatories. With over 200 links organized into clear sections, it points students to tools like Stellarium, NASA catalogues, online textbooks, and the European Space Agency.
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_1973_GoogleMapFull.html
Xavier Jubier's interactive Google Map documents the path and details of the June 30, 1973 total solar eclipse over Mauritania, offering a precise geographic visualization of this historical celestial event. The map-based format makes it easy to explore the eclipse's path of totality across the region with geographic context.
https://solarviews.com/cap/index
Created by Calvin J. Hamilton, Views of the Solar System is an expansive photo gallery cataloging images of every planet, moon, asteroid, comet, and deep-space phenomenon in our solar system and beyond. With hundreds of categorized photos organized by target and feature type, including spacecraft missions like Cassini, Voyager, and Curiosity, it serves as a rich visual reference for space enthusiasts and students alike.
https://deepimpact.astro.umd.edu/
The official University of Maryland archive for NASA's Deep Impact mission, which sent a spacecraft to collide with comet Tempel 1 in 2005 and later extended its mission as EPOXI to observe comet Hartley 2 and distant exoplanets. The site preserves science results, image and video galleries, team member profiles, and mission history through the spacecraft's final loss of contact in 2013.
https://astronomyinyourhands.com/
Created by Chris Hilder, Astronomy In Your Hands offers free hands-on astronomy activities for classrooms and home learners, including a well-known downloadable Star Wheel planisphere for identifying stars with minimal equipment. The site earned the prestigious Griffith Observatory Star Award and provides low-tech, DIY-friendly resources suited for kids, students, and teachers alike.
http://spaceshipone.airshowjournal.com/2004
Fred Bruenjes documents his firsthand experience photographing the historic June 21, 2004 launch of SpaceShipOne, the first privately funded spacecraft to reach space, at Mojave Airport. The site is part of a larger airshow journal covering dozens of air shows across California and beyond, featuring hundreds of original photos from events ranging from Miramar to Oshkosh.
https://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html
Created by Josh Worth, this site presents a scale model of the solar system where the Moon is reduced to a single pixel, requiring visitors to scroll endlessly through vast empty space to appreciate the true distances between planets. The experience is both humbling and educational, with witty commentary along the way and the ability to toggle between kilometers, miles, AU, and other quirky units of measurement.
https://daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/40_Eridani.html
David Darling's encyclopedia entry on 40 Eridani covers the nearby trinary star system in Eridanus, including its white dwarf, red dwarf, and orange main-sequence components, with detailed discussion of habitability and its famous role as Vulcan's star in Star Trek. Part of a broader astronomy encyclopedia, this page blends rigorous stellar data with engaging science fiction connections, complete with NASA imagery and comparisons to our own solar system's habitable zone.
https://moonconnection.com/
MoonConnection.com is a comprehensive lunar reference covering moon phases, eclipses, Apollo missions, tides, and the moon's gravitational effects, complete with interactive tools and a monthly phases calendar. It also offers practical guides on fishing, hunting, and night photography by moon phase, plus companion mobile apps for tracking lunar cycles on the go.
https://3towers.com/
The Grasslands Observatory, owned by Tim Hunter and directed by James McGaha, is a working astronomical observatory in operation since 1985 that offers an extensive image gallery covering Messier objects, Arp galaxies, Barnard objects, Caldwell objects, comets, asteroids, and more. With decades of astrophotography, essays on getting started in amateur astronomy, and remote telescope operations, this site is a rich resource for serious backyard astronomers.