121. APOD: 2000 February 26 - Impact: 65 Million Years Ago Computer rendering of Chicxulub crater, from gravity and magnetic field data. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000226.html

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2000 February 26 Impact: 65 Million Years Ago Credit: courtesy V.L. Sharpton, LPI Explanation: What killed the dinosaurs? Their sudden disappearance 65 million years ago, along with about 70 percent of all species then living on Earth, is known as the K-T event (Cretaceous-Tertiary Mass Extinction event). Geologists and paleontologists often entertain the idea that a large asteroid or comet impacting the Earth was the culprit. In such a cosmic catastrophe, the good(!) news would be that the impact would generate firestorms, tidal waves, earthquakes, and hurricane winds. As for the bad news ... debris thrown into the atmosphere would have a serious global environmental consequences, creating extended periods of darkness, low temperatures, and acid rains - resulting in a planet-wide extinction event. In 1990, dramatic support for this theory came from cosmochemist Alan Hildebrand's revelation of a 65 million year old, 112 mile wide ring structure

122. UVic - Physics And Astronomy Includes information about the department, research areas, people, and seminars. Also features information about the coop program. http://www.phys.uvic.ca/

Department Positions Available NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards Mailing Address: University of Victoria, PO Box 3055 STN CSC, Victoria, BC, V8W 3P6 Canada Courier Address: University of Victoria, Elliott Building, 3800 Finnerty Rd, Victoria, BC, V8P 5C2 Canada Phone: Fax: E-Mail: office@phys.uvic.ca Last update: 04-Mar-2004 Legal notices OFFICIAL UVIC WEBSITE

123. Astronomy Pages Pagine di Fabio Canova e Gabriele Vajente su Marte, il sistema solare e l'universo. Galleria di immagini. http://www.atnet.it/lstron/astro/

124. The Hypatia Institute Dedicated to gender equity in physics, astronomy, and the sciences in general; with resources for students, teachers, and scientists. http://www.hypatiamaze.org/

A website with biographies of Marie Curie, Hypatia and other women scientists; a gateway for women in science sites and gender equity in physics and astronomy. You are Visitor # since January, 1998 The Feminist Physicist's GATEWAY to the Internet RESOURCES for Students and Scientists Shop HYPATIA'S STORE BIOGRAPHIES and Science Herstory ... SCIENCE PUZZLES Take the Women in Medicine Trivia Quiz

125. Physics And Astronomy Journals Directory of physics and astronomy publications. http://www.physlink.com/Directories/Journals.cfm

Not a member yet? Get Free Membership Username: Password: Remember me Forgot your login? Ask the Experts Physics ... Become a Sponsor Physics and Astronomy Journals Magazines Scientific Journals Preprint Archives Newsletters Magazines Computers in Physics Discover Magazine The Industrial Physicist Laser Focus World ... Sky on line Journals American Journal of Physics By the American Association of Physics Teachers Annalen der Physik One of the oldest physics journals in the world Applied Physics Letters Online Biophysical Journal Condensed Matter Physics Journal Annales de Physique ... Health Physics by Health Physics Society Hyperfine Interactions Icarus The International Journal of Solar System Studies International Journal of Nanoscience (IJN) Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research ... Physical Review C Nuclear Physics Physics and Astronomy Journals (Multiple) from Springer Verlag Technology Review Magazine Tribology Letters The American Journal of Physics Preprint Archives Sissa preprint server all major fields LANL preprint server all major fields LANL non-linear science preprints APS: E-Print Archive Forum of The APS ... SLAC preprint server Newsletters AIP's Electronic Newsletters 'The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in athematics as surely as in poetry.'

126. Boy Scout Astronomy Merit Badge Program Program, fees, and badge requirements for offering by the Ritter PlanetariumBrooks Observatory of Toledo, Ohio. http://www.rpbo.utoledo.edu/bscouts.html

The Ritter Planetarium-Brooks Observatory Astronomy Merit Badge Program is based on the requirements to earn an Astronomy Merit Badge. The program includes a tour and use of the hands-on displays in our lobby, a specialized planetarium program, and either a tour of the Ritter 1-Meter Telescope , or observing at the Brooks Observatory , weather permitting. Scouts are also given a helpful workbook ( view a 4 page sample - requires Acrobat) based on the badge requirements, and each group is given a useful star and planet locator to keep and use during future stargazing. Astronomy Merit Badge Programs will be offered*: Thursday, September 18, 2003 Saturday, October 25, 2003 Wednesday, November 12, 2003 Saturday, December 13, 2003 All programs begin at 6:30pm and last 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Seating is limited! If your troop would like to attend one of our Astronomy Merit Badge Programs please RSVP in advance. Please contact the Planetarium Office at (419) 530-2650, Mondays through Fridays, 9:00am - 5:00pm to schedule your troop. Admission is $9.00 per person including all attending adults. Note: Please keep in mind that while this program covers most of the Astronomy Merit Badge requirements, it does not complete them all. Scouts will still need to complete several activities. Those activities that are not completed by the program will be covered by planetarium staff. Additionally, no planetarium staff are Merit Badge Counselors, and therefore are not qualified to sign off on a scout's requirements. If you have any further questions about this program, please contact the Associate Director

127. Universe Today - Current News Space exploration and astronomy news brought to you from around the Internet, updated daily. http://www.universetoday.com

NEWS ARCHIVE TOPICS FORUM ... LINKS Search Current News Image credit: NASA/JPL Opportunity Will Enter the Crater Jun 4, 2004 - NASA has given Opportunity the "thumbs up" to drive into Endurance crater; even though it might not be able to get back out again. There's just so much science in there that it's worth the risk. Opportunity has been investigating the rim of the crater since late May to find the best possible place to go in to avoid rolling over. The earliest chance to enter the crater will be next week, when it will drive to the southern edge of the crater and make a final check of the steepness of the slope. (Full Story) Related Stories Discuss this story Book Review: The Fabric of the Cosmos Jun 4, 2004 - So you're at this cocktail party and your eye is totally captured by this vivacious and charming individual circling the room. You get your chance and approach. You start talking and when asked what you do, before your brain kicks in, your mouth says, "theoretical physicist". You're doomed. You're a charlatan and you will be exposed in no time. But wait, there is hope. Before your next party, read Brian Greene's book on The Fabric of the Cosmos and though you won't be able to impress graduate students, you will certainly add life to a party's conversation.

128. Eric Weisstein's Treasure Troves Of Science Online encyclopedias of astronomy, math, physics, scientific biographies, and scientific books, with many equations and formulas. http://www.treasure-troves.com/

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129. Astronomy Picture Of The Day Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2004 June 6 Mercury Spotting Credit: SOHO EIT Consortium ESA NASA Explanation: Can you spot the planet? The diminutive disk of Mercury, the solar system's innermost planet, spent about five hours crossing in front of the enormous solar disk on 2003 May 7, as viewed from the general vicinity of planet Earth. The Sun was above the horizon during the entire transit for observers in Europe, Africa, Asia, or Australia, and the horizon was certainly no problem for the sun-staring SOHO spacecraft. Seen as a dark spot , Mercury progresses from left to right (top panel to bottom) in these four images from SOHO's extreme ultraviolet camera. The panels' false-colors correspond to different wavelengths in the extreme ultraviolet which highlight regions above the Sun's visible surface. This was the first of 14 transits of Mercury which will occur during the 21st century , but the next similar event will be a much more rare transit of Venus this coming Tuesday. Need help spotting Mercury? Just click on the picture.

130. HighBridge Hills Northern Lights Educational Center's Astronomy Camp Offers handson astronomy instruction in separate programs for kids 7-14, families, and adults. Located in Highbridge, Wisconsin. Brochure, astronomy resources, FAQ, dates, and rates. http://highbridgehills.tripod.com/

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131. Islamic Astronomy By Owen Gingerich About ancient astronomy preserved and improved by the Islamic empire. http://users.kfupm.edu.sa/phys/alshukri/PHYS215/Islamic astronomy.htm

Islamic astronomy by Owen Gingerich Scientific American , April 1986 v254 p74(10) Historians who track the development of astronomy from antiquity to the Renaissance sometimes refer to the time from the eighth through the 14th centuries as the Islamic period. During that interval most astronomical activity took place in the Middle East North Africa and Moorish Spain. While Europe languished in the Dark Ages, the torch of ancient scholarship had passed into Muslim hands. Islamic scholars kept it alight, and from them it passed to Renaissance Europe. Two circumstances fostered the growth of astronomy in Islamic lands. One was geographic proximity to the world of ancient learning, coupled with a tolerance for scholars of other creeds. In the ninth century most of the Greek scientific texts were translated into Arabic, including Ptolemy's Syntaxis , the apex of ancient astronomy. It was through these translations that the Greek works later became known in medieval Europe . (Indeed, the Syntaxis is still known primarily by its Arabic name, Almagest, meaning "the greatest.")

132. AbsoluteAstronomy.com Facts and statistical information about planets, moons, constellations, stars, galaxies, and Messier objects. http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/

We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.... Carl Sagan Planets Select a Planet Earth Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Pluto Saturn Uranus Venus Moons Select a Satellite Adrastea Amalthea Ananke Ariel Atlas Belinda Bianca Callisto Calypso Carme Charon Cordelia Cressida Deimos Desdemona Despina Dione Elara Enceladus Epimetheus Europa Galatea Ganymede Helene Himalia Hyperion Iapetus Io Janus Juliet Larissa Leda Lysithea Metis Mimas Miranda The Moon Naiad Nereid Oberon Ophelia Pan Pandora Pasiphae Phobos Phoebe Portia Prometheus Proteus Puck Rhea Rosalind Sinope Telesto Tethys Thalassa Thebe Titan Titania Triton Umbriel Constellations Select a Constellation Andromeda Antlia Apus Aquarius Aquila Ara Aries Auriga Bootes Caelum Camelopardalis Cancer Canes Venatici Canis Major Canis Minor Capricornus Carina Cassiopeia Centaurus Cepheus Cetus Chamaeleon Circinus Columba Coma Berenices Corona Australis Corona Borealis Corvus Crater Crux Cygnus Delphinus Dorado Draco Equuleus Eridanus Fornax Gemini Grus Hercules Horologium Hydra Hydrus Indus Lacerta Leo Leo Minor Lepus Libra Lupus Lynx Lyra Mensa Microscopium Monoceros Musca Norma Octans Ophiuchus Orion Pavo Pegasus Perseus Phoenix Pictor Pisces Piscis Austrinus Puppis Pyxis Reticulum Sagitta Sagittarius Scorpius Sculptor Scutum Serpens Sextans Taurus Telescopium Triangulum Triangulum Australe Tucana Ursa Major Ursa Minor

133. Welcome To The Central Washington University Astronomy Club's Homepage Information about membership, meetings and observing. http://www.cwu.edu/~astroclb/

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134. Astronomy For Kids Information on the planets, stars and other spacerelated topics, plus puzzles, maps and links to more astronomy sites. http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/

You are seeing this message because you are using an out-of-date browser. Please click here for more information. Welcome to Astronomy for Kids! We're glad you're here, and we hope you enjoy your visit to the site. The Universe is a place that is vast beyond imagining, and what we will try to do is help you understand a little more about it. There are several sections to the site, but none of them takes a terribly long time to read, and all of them should be easily understood by kids of all ages. Grownups are welcome, too, as long as they promise to behave. Enjoy Your Visit! document.write(splashText); We are always interested in your opinions and questions, so feel free to send us a note anytime. If this is your first time here, you may want to visit the Site Information section first. If you are looking for something in particular, you will probably be able to find it either in our Site Index or the Site Map At the same time, some of life's most fascinating journeys are the ones we don't plan. In the Sky Maps section, you can find out what's going on in the sky this month. We provide maps and charts for June's sky highlights, including which planets are visible and how to see them. This month, Venus transits the Sun for the first time in one hundred and twenty-two years.

135. University Of Hawaii At Manoa - Department Of Physics And Astronomy Announcements and degree program descriptions, course overviews, and research specialties. http://www.phys.hawaii.edu/

136. HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY IN ANCIENT INDIA Eclipse calculation, heliocentric theory, size of the world. http://india.coolatlanta.com/GreatPages/sudheer/astro.html

You are watching India.CoolAtlanta.com -> Culture -> Sudheer Ancient India's Contribution to ASTRONOMY "In India I found a race of mortals living upon the Earth. but not adhering to it. Inhabiting cities, but not being fixed to them, possessing everything but possessed by nothing". - Apollonius Tyanaeus - Greek Thinker and Traveller 1st Century AD This temple was dedicated to Surya - the sun god Surya was referred to, in Vedic literature as the creator who himself revolves causing existence. Astronomy is one area which has fascinated all mankind from the beginnings of history. In India the first references to astronomy are to be found in the Rig Veda which is dated around 2000 B.C. Vedic Aryans in fact deified the Sun, Stars and Comets. Astronomy was then interwoven with astrology and since ancient times Indians have involved the planets (called Grahas) with the determination of human fortunes. The planets Shani, i.e. Saturn and Mangal i.e. Mars were considered inauspicious. Table of Contents Home Introduction Chapter 1: Production Technology and Mechanical Engineering Chapter 2 Shipbuilding and Navigation Chapter 3 Architecture and Civil Engineering Chapter 4 Mathematics You are currently viewing the Chapter 5 on Astronomy Chapter 6 Physics and Chemistry Chapter 7 Medical Science Chapter 8 Fine Arts Chapter 9 Sports and Games Chapter 10 Philosophy Chapter 11 Summing Up Glossary Sanskrit-English Glossary Next Book A Search for Our Present in History In the working out of horoscopes (called Janmakundali), the position of the Navagrahas, nine planets plus Rahu and Ketu (mythical demons, evil forces) was considered. The Janmakundali was a complex mixture of science and dogma. But the concept was born out of astronomical observations and perception based on astronomical phenomenon. In ancient times personalities like Aryabhatta and Varahamihira were associated with

137. SpaceWatch.UK Homepage Resource providing a comprehensive collection on multimedia, directories, science, space weather and other material on space and astronomy. http://website.lineone.net/~tony.eckerman/homepage.html

SpaceWatch.UK Homepage Cassini Spacecraft Saturn Orbit Insertion (SOI) Countdown: NEOs Information Center National Schools Observatory Sun Geomagnetics Click On Above Plot For Dynamic Solar Observation Page SpaceDaily News Weather Sat Data Complete Image Sheet Latest images transmitted by the Meteosat satellite. Nottingham university Astronomy Dept Times in UT. D2 Thermal ir spectrum. X2 Colourised composite. XTOT Colourised composite. E2 Water vapuor ir spectrum. Meteotsat-7 weather sat. 6 hourly Hi-Res image of N.Europe (Dundee university) Current visibility over the U.K. Current Atmospherics Over Spacewatch.uk Observatory Current air quality Data Graphs. Tempreture Data Plots. UK Weather Data Plots. Astronomy Links The Web Nebula. By Bill Arnett. Bad Astronomy. Who is this guy who calls himself "The Bad Astronomer?" Is he really bad? Is he really an astronomer? Rolal Astronomical Society. (RAS) Index of Messier objects. Image icon sheet, text notes and images of all the Messier objects. Constellations Munich Astro Archive Constellation Pages. The Night Sky this month.

138. Ancient Astronomy An interactive atlas of the world links to the archaeoastronomy and multicultural cosmology of ancient times. http://www.astronomy.pomona.edu/archeo/index.html

Introduction to the Ancient Astronomical Cosmology Web Pages Archive of Course Materials and Assignments Archeoastronomy Student Web Sites Online tour and image archive of the Maya Dresden Codex ... Go to the Timeline This is an Interactive Atlas of World Astronomy Click on a Continent to Begin! Last updated on 4/11/01

139. UCL P&A Homepage Information grouped under admissions, people, teaching and research. http://www.phys.ucl.ac.uk/

UCL, Gower Street London WC1E 6BT UK Telephone: International: QUICK SEARCH DEPARTMENT Visiting Schools Liaison Science Centre ... Society Intradepartment (password required): Students Staff

140. Astronomy And Astrophysics Introductory essays on astrophysics and astronomy. http://www.hpwt.de/Astroe.htm

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