Astronomy Bookmarks:

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THE Master Astronomy Web Site Lists

Starpages: Astronomical Internet Resources
AstroWeb: Astronomical Internet Resources
The difference between these two lists is described here.

Astronomy News

Astronomy Now Online
Spaceflight Now

Where to find almost everything (professional)

ADS: The NASA Astrophysics Data System
SIMBAD: Bibliographic data
NED: the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

Pretty Pictures

Astronomy Picture of the Day
Goddard Space Sciences Pictures
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NSSDC Photo Gallery
Latest HST Pictures and Press Releases


The Sun

A Tour of the Sun
Solar images at SDAC
SXT Home page
SOHO - The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
Ulysses/NASA Home Page

Solar System Astronomy Resources

The Planetary Society
The Nine Planets
Welcome to the Planets
Planetary Astronomy - list of sites
Clementine
Lunar Prospector (NASA)
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
Comet Shoemaker-Levy Home Page (JPL)
Galileo Home Page (JPL)
Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Pathfinder Mission
Cassini: Voyage to Saturn
Voyager Project Home Page
Magellan Mission to Venus (JPL)
Welcome to STARDUST

Search For Life in the Universe

The Astrobiology Web
SETI Institute
The Planetary Society
Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia


Observatories and Missions

National Optical Astronomy Observatories
The Gemini 8m Telescopes Project
KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY
Cerro Tololo InterAmerican Observatory
W.M. Keck Observatory
European Southern Observatory
VLT (Very Large Telescope)
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
HEASARC/GSFC Home Page
Space Telescope Science Institute Home Page
Chandra Science Center User Support Homepage
The Official XMM Home Page
Spitzer Space telescope (formerly SIRTF)
Infrared Space Observatory Home Page
US Super-Kamiokande Home Page
AMANDA neutrino detector

Future Observatories and Missions

Solar_probe
The James Webb Space Telescope Home Page
SOFIA Homepage - The latest in Airborne Astronomy
Space Interferometry Mission
Darwin Home Page - space infrared interferometer - planet finding mission


Astronomy Topics

Gamma Ray Bursts: tutorial
Gamma Ray Bursters - the debate


NASA Astronomy Education

Welcome to NASA's Origins Program
NASA Outreach
NASA Spacelink - An Aeronautics & Space Resource for Educators
Welcome to NASA's Education Program
NASA Classroom of the Future
Amazing Space Web-Based Activities
NASA: Imagine the Universe

Astronomy Publications

SKY Online - Sky Publishing Corporation
Bad Astronomy

Astronomy Courses on-line

ASTR 103, Phys/Astr Dept., George Mason Univ., Fall 1997
Welcome to Tycho

Other links

CSICOP / Internet Resources
The NASA Homepage
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Yahoo! - Science:Astronomy
Kennedy Space Center Video Feeds
American Astronomical Society Home Page
NSF MPS/ASTronomy Home Page
IAU WWW home page