Astronomy Index

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Objects close to us




Comet Home Page
An overview of comets, including information about the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud.

Galileo Solid State Imaging Team
From NASA - a website about Galileo's imaging camera. Images, overviews, references and resources.

NASA Polar, Wind, and Geotail Projects
Studying the details of how energy flows from the Sun to the Earth, and the various processes that are involved.

The Spaceguard Foundation Home Page
The Spaceguard Foundation works to protect the Earth from the dangers of collision with comets and asteroids.

Astrogeology Research Program
The Astrogeology Research Program at the U.S. Geological Survey. Information about our solar system, various space missions, research projects, access images, maps, databases.

Planetary Sciences Archive
The Planetary Science at the National Space Science Data Center. A large archive of information about the planets. Fact sheets, photographs, online books, and other data are made available. An excellent resource.

The Nine Planets
An amazing tour of our solar system. Includes numerous photographs, the origins of the names of the planets, surface features, moons, and more. An excellent resource.

Astromaterials Curation at NASA JSC
From the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas - the home page for the collections of samples from the moon, meteorites from Antarctica, dust from the stratosphere, and more.

Solar Physics from NASA MSFC
An overview of the Sun, its structure, features, past, present, and future research projects.

Welcome to the Planets
A collection of various images of the planets from NASA's space programs.

The NEO Page
Near-Earth Objects and programs for the observation of Near-Earth Objects.

California and Carnegie Planet Search
Searching for planets outside our solar system

Mars Exploration
NASA's Mars Exploration Program's Home Page.

The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia
Various data about extrasolar planets: research papers, catalogs, charts, research projects, reports.