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GALACTIC WEB SITES

The Dr. Carl Sagan Honorary Site
A collection of web pages dedicated to the late Dr. Sagan.

Life in the Universe
This site accompanies Stephen Hawking’s LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE CD-ROM.

Four articles by Dr. Michio Kaku, Prof. of Theoretical Physics at the City College of New York: “A Theory of Everything?,” “Black Holes, Wormholes, and the 10th Dimension,” “What Happened Before the Big Bang?,” and “Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through the 10th Dimension.”

CMB Astrophysics Research Program
Images and information related to COBE.

NCSA/University of Illinois - Cosmos in a Computer
Info on powerful computer models that  “evolve” the universe from the Big Bang to the present. Also, an extremely thorough primer on cosmology and everything related to it.

NASA - StarChild
A Learning Center for Young Astronomers.

NASA Homepage
The official Web site of NASA.

Russian Space Science Internet (RSSI)
Probably the No. 1 Russian space site.

• SUPERSTRINGS

Superstring Theory
An essay by Brian Greene at Cornell University.

 
• BLACK HOLES

Black Hole Simulations
An interesting way to “experience” a black hole.

Colliding Black Holes
A three-dimensional view of a simulation of the head-on collision of two black holes formed from the collapse of collisionless matter.


• NEUTRINOS

Why Files - Fishing for Neutrinos
The largest telescope on ice goes hunting for the most elusive particle in the universe.

• NEBULAE

The Web Nebulae
Nebulae images compiled by Bill Arnett.

• COSMOLOGICAL STARS

Stephen Hawking Homepage
The personal Web page of Stephen Hawking, including his E-Mail address.

NOVA Online - Einstein Revealed
“Relativity and the Cosmos,” an essay by Alan Lightman.

The Stephen Hawking Page
A great selection of Stephen Hawking material.

• IMAGES

The Ten Best of The Nine Planets
A 60-page “express” tour of the solar system.

NASA Photo Gallery
A great collection of space images.

Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures
Another great Web site for space pictures.

Mount Wilson Observatory
A nice Web page with telescope pictures and a virtual tour.

The Art of COSMOS
Pictures from The Planetary Society's Space Art Gallery.

Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars
Scientifically accurate computer animations lead virtual journeys through the universe.

• ONLINE MAGAZINES

Astronomy
The world’s largest English-language magazine for astronomy hobbyists.

Scientific American
The online version of one of the leading science magazines in the U.S.

The Nature of Space and Time
In this SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN article, Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose present their distinctive views of the universe.

Beyond the Soapsuds Universe
An interesting article about space science today from DISCOVER Magazine.

• OTHER STUFF

The Astronomy Café
A professional astronomer’s answers to questions about space. Also, an Astronomy Career Guide.

Bad Astronomy
Astronomer Phil Plait’s compilation of public misinformation about astronomy.

Ireland’s Historic Science Centre
This informative site includes details about “The Leviathan of Parsonstown,” which was the world’s largest telescope until the 20th century.

John Baez’s Papers
The UC Riverside professor presents This Week’s Finds in Mathematical Physics, as well as papers he has written.

The Problem of Time in Quantum Cosmology
Cosmologists Stuart Kauffman and Lee Smolin tackle this challenging topic.

Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry
The Web site for the highly regarded department at Penn State.