Astronomy & Space
390 sites
http://www1.phys.vt.edu/~jhs/astroclb/index2.html
The Astronomy Club of Virginia Tech hosts this homepage for students and enthusiasts interested in stargazing, telescope use, and observing events at the Prices Fork Observatory. Visitors will find meeting schedules, officer contacts, club photos, and a curated set of observing tools including Messier maps and monthly sky charts.
https://astronomy-links.net/twocomets.html
Clark M. Thomas offers a detailed analysis of comet imaging techniques, comparing amateur astrophotographer Damian Peach's stunning wide-field ISON image against the professional Subaru telescope's shot of Comet Lovejoy. The article makes a compelling case for tracking background stars rather than the comet itself, arguing that the resulting sharp stellar fields and visible deep-sky objects produce the most visually rewarding comet photographs.
https://enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/glossary/index.shtml
Zoom Astronomy from EnchantedLearning.com is a comprehensive astronomy glossary and educational reference covering terms from A to Z, with illustrated definitions of concepts like aberration of light, aphelion, asteroids, and more. Aimed at K-12 students and teachers, the site includes printables, worksheets, and detailed pages on the solar system, stars, comets, and notable astronomers.
https://panspermia.org/
Cosmic Ancestry is a deep-dive scientific resource exploring the theory of panspermia, arguing that life on Earth originated from space and that all evolutionary innovation depends on genetic material of cosmic origin. The site covers astrobiology, comets as delivery systems, interstellar dust, the work of Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe, and presents extensive evidence comparing Darwinism with the Cosmic Ancestry hypothesis.
https://ancient-skies.org/
Ancient-Skies is a collaborative scientific knowledgebase dedicated to documenting how human cultures across history have understood and represented the night sky. The project, launched around the International Year of Astronomy 2009, aims to gather and verify information from primary sources, making cultural astronomy accessible to both the general public and researchers worldwide.
http://capitalastronomers.org/
The National Capital Astronomers is a Washington D.C. metro area nonprofit astronomy club founded in 1937 at the US Naval Observatory, offering monthly star talks, public telescope events at Rock Creek National Park, and science fair outreach programs. Members and visitors can find meeting lecture videos, telescope-making workshop info, stargazing tips, and membership details for this long-running amateur astronomy society.
http://astro.vaporia.com/start/transientastronomy.html
A detailed reference page from the astro.vaporia.com astrophysics index, covering transient astronomy and the study of short-lived astronomical phenomena such as supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, fast radio bursts, and gravitational wave events. It catalogs major sky surveys like ZTF, Pan-STARRS, and the Rubin Observatory, making it a useful entry point for anyone exploring time-domain astronomy.
https://up-ship.com/Book/spaceshipdesign.htm
A work-in-progress book project aimed at giving science fiction authors and scriptwriters the real engineering and physics knowledge needed to design plausible spacecraft. The site outlines chapter topics ranging from propulsion systems and structures to weapons and re-entry, covering everything from chemical rockets to theoretical Alcubierre warp drives.
https://sas-sky.org/
The Sangamon Astronomical Society is an astronomy club based in Springfield, Illinois, hosting monthly member meetings and an annual Illinois Dark Skies Star Party at Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area. The site offers membership information, a photo gallery, sky charts, maps, and links to resources like the Astronomical League and Night Sky Network.
http://faqs.org/faqs/space
The faqs.org Space Index is a comprehensive archive of Usenet FAQs dedicated to astronomy and space topics, covering everything from acronyms and data sources to how to become an astronaut and controversial space questions. Maintained across dozens of indexed documents, it serves as a structured reference hub for space enthusiasts and researchers seeking archived FAQ documents from the early internet era.