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The Astronomy Corner 
  
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B. Tung
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This site is a collection of astronomy articles and notes written by Brian Tung currently at ISI, U. SOuthern California. The Astronomy Corner includes astronomical games, reference…
http://www.astronomycorner.net/
Physlets 
  
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W. Christian
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Physlets are small scriptable java applets meant to be used for educational illustrations and simulations. There are applets covering physics topics from mechanics and E&M through…
https://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/Applets.html
Astronomy Today 
  
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E. Chaisson and S. McMillan; Publisher: Prentice Hall
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This website provides online resources for Astronomy Today, an introductory astronomy textbook.
https://www.pearson.com/en-us/subject-catalog/p/astronomy-today/P2000000...
NASA: Radioisotope Power Systems 
  
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This is a multimedia overview of RPS (radioisotope power systems), a type of nuclear energy technology that uses heat to produce electricity for powering spacecraft. The heat is…
https://rps.nasa.gov/
Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures 
  
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Editor: A. Fraknoi; Publishers: Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, NASA Ames Research Center, and Foothill College
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This series of video lectures covers a wide range of current topics in astronomy and astrophysics given by leading scientists in their fields. These are recorded from regular…
https://www.youtube.com/user/SVAstronomyLectures
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) 
  
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The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Team
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The WMAP mission reveals the conditions of the early universe by measuring the comic microwave background radiation in the sky. Using the temperature difference that is measured in a…
https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
UNL ClassAction: Interactive Classroom Materials for Introductory Astronomy 
  
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This web site contains a series of in-class question modules. Each Flash module consists of a set of questions and resources designed to encourage student engagement in the…
https://astro.unl.edu/nativeapps/
ASPIRE: Star Life Cycle 
  
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High Resolution Fly's Eye: Physics at the University of Utah
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This website provides a tutorial on the evolution of stars. It begins with proto-stars, then provides information about main-sequence stars, hydrostatic equilibrium, helium burning,…
http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/Labs/StarLife/
Animated Tutorials: Astronomy 
  
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Publisher: Sumanas, Inc
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This web site contains two animated tutorials that demonstrate different astronomy concepts. These are: Moon's Phases shows how the motion of the moon relative to the Earth and Sun…
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/astronomy.html
HubbleSite: Hubble's exciting universe 
  
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This web site presents Hubble's fascinating discoveries from 1990-2020 through pictures, videos, and stories that describe the universe's past, present, and future. Articles describe…
https://hubblesite.org/hubble-30th-anniversary/hubbles-exciting-universe
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