2009 - the Year of Science  Tags: sicence physics environment evolution energy technology scientific_method sustainability natural_resources  

Agencies
National Aeronautics and Space
   Administration
Center for Astronomy Education
Astronomical Information Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

House Committees
Science and Technology

Senate Committees
Commerce, Science,
and Transportation

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astronomy astrophysics solar system universe stars galaxies nebulae planetology

constellations Hubble Space Telescope astronautics supernovae black holes space sciences cosmology dark matter

Space-based astronomy : an educator guide with activities for science, mathematics, and technology education.

Taking the measure of the universe : Space Interferometry Mission.

The Multiwavelength Universe

This page from NASA's Imagine the Universe! web site describes the types of wavelengths emitted from different objects in space.

Archaeoastronomy: Science Tracer Bullet 08-7

This Bullet is a bibliography on the study of astronomy by ancient civilizations.

Deep Space Network: Radio Astronomy

This web site from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory features the use of radio waves in the study of astronomy.

Night Sky Network : Astronomy clubs bringing the wonders of the Universe to the public

International Year of Astronomy 2009

The UN designated 2009 to be the International Year of Astronomy in order to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first use of an astronomical telescope (by Galileo Galilei).

International Year of Astronomy - NASA

Archives of the universe : a treasury of astronomy’s historic works of discovery / edited and with introductions by Marcia Bartusiak.

PHYS SC. QB15 .A75 2004

Ancient Earth, ancient skies : the age of Earth and its cosmic surroundings / G. Brent Dalrymple.

PHYS SC. QB631 .D34 2004

After the beginning : a cosmic journey through space and time / Norman K. Glendenning.

PHYS SC. QB982 .G58 2004

Uncentering the Earth : Copernicus and The revolutions of the heavenly spheres / William T. Vollmann.

QB41.C763 V66 2006

Origins : fourteen billion years of cosmic evolution / Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith.

PHYS SC. QB981 .T98 2005

1001 things everyone should know about the universe / William A. Gutsch, Jr. ; produced by The Philip Lief Group, Inc. ; sketches by Brian Sullivan.

QB52 .G98 1998

40 nights to knowing the sky : a night-by-night skywatching primer / Fred Schaaf.

QB64 .S423 1998

Advanced skywatching : the backyard astronomer's guide to starhopping and exploring the universe / Robert Burnham ... [et al.] ; consultant editor, John O'Byrne ; [introduction by David H. Levy].

QB64 .A38 1997

The almagest, by Ptolemy. [Translated by R. Catesby Taliaferro] On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres, by Nicolaus Copernicus. [Translated by Charles Glenn Wallis] Epitome of Copernican astronomy: IV and V [and] The harmonies of the world: V. By Johannes Kepler. [Translated by Charles Glenn Wallis]

AC1 .G7 V.16

Babylon to Voyager and beyond : a history of planetary astronomy / David Leverington.

PHYS SC. QB601 .L59 2003

The Neptune file : a story of astronomical rivalry and the pioneers of planet hunting / Tom Standage.

QB36.A2 S73 2000

Physics and chemistry of the solar system / John S. Lewis

PHYS SC. QB501 .L497 2004