<p style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://research.amnh.org/ AMNH] '''Astrophysics & Astronomy</p>

<p style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://universe-review.ca/ universe-review.ca] '''Background information about Space</p>

<p style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://compadre.org/student compadre.org/student] '''Physics/Astronomy Resource</p>

<p style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/ Project Rho] '''The Making of a (good) Sci-Fi Rocket</p>

<p style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://www.khanacademy.org/#cosmology-and-astronomy Khan Academy] '''[v] Introduction to Astronomy & Cosmology</p>

<p style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">[http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/ast.2006.6.735 '''Basics of Astrobiology''']''' '''A reputable introduction to the fundamentals of astrobiology (was featured on NASA website, so not too hokey)</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://www.youtube.com/user/SpaceRip YouTube/SpaceRip] '''Astronomy and cosmology videos</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://www.heavens-above.com/ Heavens above] '''Deals with every facet of the study of the sky, from tracking satellites, the ISS, meteors (and showers) and meteorites, to identifying the constellations and phenomena visible from your global location, and a much more 
[http://sky-map.org/ Sky Map] '''A highly detailed interactive map of the sky. Kind of amazing.'''</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://mysite.du.edu/%7Ejcalvert/astro/astrohom.htm Dr. James Calvert] '''Astronomy concepts, Meteorological Optics, Observation</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://www.youtube.com/user/philhellenes YouTube/PhilHellenes] '''The wonder of the natural universe, and the promotion of logic and the scientific method. Not an independent resource, but his material is too good not to be promoted.</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://www.n2yo.com/ N2Yo] '''Space shuttle tracking</p>

'''[http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ Astronomy Picture of the Day] '''from NASA

<p style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://www.markthompsonastronomy.com/practical-astronomy/ Mark Thompson Astronomy]''' Nice guide for amateur astronomers that are just starting out. Will have a forecasting page soon?</p>

<p style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">[http://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/ NASA's Radio Jove Project] An educational/amateur radio astronomy program sponsored by NASA.</p>


===''''''Tools / Reference / Exercises''''''===
<p style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://shatters.net/celestia Celestia] '''3D model of many stars in the Milky Way, complete with exo-planets, asteroids, comets, spacecraft, etc.</p>

<p style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">[http://www.stellarium.org/ '''Stellarium'''] Free program that allows you to explore the night sky. You can zoom in, out, turn the atmosphere off, remove ground, switch planets, toggle light pollution, etc.</p>

<p style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://exoplanet.eu/catalog.php exoplanet.eu/catalog.php] '''The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia</p>

<p style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://solarsystemscope.com/ solarsystemscope.com] '''3D View of Solar System</p>

'''[http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/Home.aspx WorldWide Telescope] '''Allows you to view the night sky and gives information on galaxies, stars, and nebulae, As well as showing images from telescopes and guided tours.

<p style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/earth/index.html Google Earth] '''Galaxy to Street Viewer</p>

<p style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://wolframalpha.com/ wolframalpha.com] '''Knowledge Database</p>

<p style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://applesforgeeks.com/space-engine-free-universe-simulator/ Space Engine – Free Universe Simulator]'''</p>

<p style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://universesandbox.com/ Universe Sandbox] '''(If willing to buy, cheaper on Steam | At your own risk:[http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2624006/45761250/%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%28for%20sandbox%20universe,%20cracked%29][http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2624006/45761250/%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%28for%20sandbox%20universe,%20cracked%29 Sandbox Universe demonoid])</p>

<p style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">'''[http://www.adsabs.harvard.edu/ Astrophysics Data System] '''A digital library portal for researchers in Astronomy and Physics</p>
