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Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
 "The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project whose main resource is an Abstract Service, which includes four sets of abstracts: 1) astronomy and astrophysics, containing abstracts; 2) instrumentation, containing 577,783 abstracts; 3) physics and geophysics, containing 877,721 abstracts; and 4) Los Alamos preprint server, containing 3,851 abstracts. Each dataset can be searched by author, object name (astronomy only), title, or abstract text words...In addition, we have extended the abstract service to include links to the full text of articles appearing in most of the major astronomical journals.
Largest collection of online articles and abstracts on the Internet.
- NASA

Astronomy & Astrophysics
National Space Science Data Center

Beyond Einstein
Structure and Evolution of the Universe: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
"The discoveries of Albert Einstein sparked the scientific revolution of the 20th century and rank among the greatest achievements of humanity. Recent developments show that we can now complete Einstein's legacy and, in the first decades of the 21st century, unravel the mysteries of the Universe that await us. ."
Sections include: The Science ; The Program ; What's New ; Press Room ; The Technology ; Education ; Life Cycles ; Resources ; People.
- Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

European Space Agency

  • XMM-Newton Mission
    "ESA's X-ray space observatory is unique. It is the biggest scientific satellite ever built in Europe, its telescope mirrors were amongst the most powerful ever developed in the world, and with its sensitive cameras it will see much more than any previous X-ray satellite"...Achievements: "X-rays from accretion onto black holes, properties of exploding stars, nature of exotic matter, observations of GRB."

European Space Agency Astrophysics Home Page - (dead link)
Topics include Research, Astronews, Vacancies, Conferences & Symposia, Recent Publications, and Other Resources

The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia - (dead link)
Includes Bibliography, Reports, Catalog, Overview of Detection Methods and Tutorials
By Jean Schneider

Forum on Extrasolar Planets Archives - (dead link)
Maintained by Fabien Malbet

Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
"...a joint collaboration between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory under a single Director. The CfA's research mission is the study of the origin, evolution, and ultimate fate of the universe."

High Redshift Supernova Search
Home page of the Supernova Cosmology Project
"By observing distant, ancient exploding stars, physicists and astronomers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and elsewhere have determined that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate -- an observation that implies the existence of a mysterious, self-repelling property of space first proposed by Albert Einstein, which he called the cosmological constant. This extraordinary finding has been named Science magazine's "'Breakthrough of the Year for 1998.'"
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Extra-solar Planets Catalog
"As there is no clear consensus about the definition criteria of planets, `super-planets' and brown dwarfs (mass, formation, ...), this Catalog includes only (with a few exceptions) objects lighter than 13 MJup (no deuterium burning)."
Maintained by Jean Schneider

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

HEASARC - (dead link) High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
"...a multi-mission astronomy archive for the EUV, X-ray, and Gamma ray wave bands...The HEASARC on-line service is an archive and database system accessible through the networks that provides rapid access to the entire HEASARC data..."

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

National Academy Press (free online versions)


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National Space Science & Technology Center

  • The Gamma-Ray Astronomy Team
    "The primary objectives of our research are to study gamma-ray phenomena such as pulsars, black holes, other galaxies, gamma-ray bursts, and other exotic astrophysical objects."

Nuclear Astrophysics Data Home Page - (dead link)
"makes available...data sets such as nuclear reaction rates, nuclear structure and decay data, etc. that are of importance in nucleosysthesis and other area of nuclear astrophysics; bibliography of references; items of interest to the nuclear astrophysics community..."
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California at Santa Cruz

The Official String Theory Web Site
Sections include: Basics ; Mathematics ; Experiment ; Cosmology ; Black Holes ; People ; History ; Theatre ; Links ; Forum.
By Patricia Schwarz, Ph.D.

Particle Data Group (PDG)
"The PDG is an international collaboration that reviews Particle Physics and related areas of Astrophysics, and compiles/analyzes data on particle properties. PDG products are distributed to 30,000 physicists, teachers, and other interested people. The Review of Particle Physics is the most cited publication in particle physics during the last decade."

  • Particle Physics Education Sites
    Sections include: Education & Information ; National Laboratory Education Programs ; Women and Minorities in Physics ; Other Physics Sites ; Physics Alliance ; Accelerators at National Laboratories.

PBS - NOVA - The Elegant Universe (October - November 2003)
"Eleven dimensions, parallel universes, and a world made out of strings. It's not science fiction, it's string theory...Brian Greene explains why string theory might hold the key to unifying the four forces of nature."
Sections include: Articles & Interviews ; Slide Shows & Interactives ; Resources ; Links ; Teacher's Guide ; Watch the Program (all three hours are available for viewing online).

Perspectives on Plasmas - the fourth state of matter
Plasma Science and Technology
"This web site representing all aspects of plasma science and technology has been prepared as a service for the general public as well as for the educational and research communities.  Our purpose is to communicate the fascination of plasma science, the vast range to ts [sic] applications, and its profound implications for 21st century science and technology as well as for daily life."
Sections include: Basics ; Applications ; Resources ; Exhibition ; Photo Gallery.

Tokamak Plasma Spectroscopy at LLNL
V Division (High-Energ-Density Physics and Astrophysics), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

University College London - Centre for Cosmic Chemistry and Physics

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics Group (AFD)

  • Computational Astrophysics: The Digital Demo Room
    "This site is dedicated to the advancement of astrophysical knowledge through the use of computer simulations. Several simulators are available here covering various research areas in modern astronomy."
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