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Magnetism before Gilbert - Discovery of the Magnetic Compass 
  
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First of several linked files, telling the early history of the compass (discovered in China) and how Robert Norman in 1581 showed the magnetic force was not horizontal but slanted…
http://www.phy6.org/earthmag/upto1600.htm
Substorms - Magnetic Storms and Space Weather 
  
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This web page describes magnetic substorms and storms, their properties, and their relations to charged particle flow and auroras. It includes descriptions of the magnetic field…
http://www.phy6.org/Education/wsubstrm.html
Astronomy Lecture Notes From the University of Hong Kong 
  
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This is a traditional course website for teaching the universe in two semesters to college students who are non-science majors. It contains lectures which have imbedded…
https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/archive/EducationResource/Univer...
Distant Galaxies and Cosmological Models 
  
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This website provides a paper that intends to help the non-cosmologist understand modern cosmological models. The paper contains a brief tutorial on relativity and describes…
http://www.cyberstars.com/cosmologymodels/
Encyclopedia of Suns 
  
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This website contains information about stars that are similar to the sun. It provides information about the star's brightness compared to the Sun's, any planets or companion stars,…
https://endeavour.astronexus.com/eos
Geology of Mars 
  
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This website provides information about the six geological processes that are either currently operating on Mars or have operated during Martian history. These include the aeolian,…
https://www.lukew.com/marsgeo/index.html
Chasing Venus 
  
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This website tells the story of astronomers in pursuit of understanding and observing transits of Venus from 1631 to present day. Much of the content comes from rare books and…
https://www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/chasing-venus/
Did an Impact Trigger the Permian-Triassic Extinction? 
  
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NASA Astrobiology Institute news story on new evidence of a 251-million year-old impact crater off the western coast of Australia that may have caused the "Great Dying", the…
https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/did-an-impact-trigger-the-permian-tri...
Astronomy of the Earth's Motion in Space 
  
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An algebra-based overview of elementary and pre-telescope astronomy. Topics covered include sundials, seasons, calendars, precession, shape and rotation of Earth, Greek astronomy,…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Sastron.htm
The Sun 
  
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This material uses the Sun as an example of diverse parts of physics. Topics include weather and climate, magnetism and the interplanetary field, color, spectra and the…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Sunopen.htm
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