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Kepler and K2 Mission 
  
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Publisher: NASA Ames Research Center
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This NASA page provides a description of the Kepler and K2 NASA missions, which included searches for extrasolar planets. Text describes how these planets are detected, the mission…
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/overview/index.html
APOD: Companion of a Young, Sun-like Star Confirmed 
  
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This APOD page features the first confirmed image of an extrasolar planet orbiting a sun-like star. Text and numerous links provide additional information; one link goes to the press…
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100704.html
A One Credit Hour Eclipse Course for 2024: Description and Offer to the Community 
  
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G. Williger
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This github repository provides materials for a turn-key, general-education level, interdisciplinary eclipse course. It is designed to help prepare for the Apr 8, 2024 total…
https://github.com/gwilliger/Eclipsecourse_2024
HubbleSite: Hubble's exciting universe 
  
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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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
Nova: Origins 
  
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Visit this NOVA web site for information about many interesting inquiries into the origins of life, of Earth, and of the universe. Topics include the big bang, the importance of…
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/series/origins-series-overview/
Stressed Plastics by Polarization 
  
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Publisher: Rochester Institute of Technology
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This site, by Andrew Davidhazy at the Rochester Institute of Technology, describes polarization and how it can be used to investigate transparent materials. Color photographs show…
https://people.rit.edu/andpph/text-polarization.html
Life on Earth and Elsewhere 
  
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Publisher: Sol Company
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This site from SolStation contains a chronology of life on Earth beginning with the origin of our Solar System about 4.6 billion years ago. You'll find descriptions of the important…
http://www.solstation.com/life.htm
Does Mars Have Life? 
  
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This NOVA article presents an interview with NASA planetary scientist Christopher McKay concerning the possibility that life has existed on Mars. The interview covers all the…
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/does-mars-have-life/
Physics in Action: Old as the M4 Planet 
  
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Physics Central; Publisher: American Physical Society
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Find out about an "extra-solar" planet that orbits an exotic double star system composed of a pulser and a white dwarf. See an image of the white dwarf made by the Hubble Space…
https://www.physicscentral.com/explore/action/planet.cfm
Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project: Extrasolar Planets Lab 
  
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K. Lee; Publisher: Astronomy Education at the University of Nebraska
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This simulation introduces the search for planets outside of our solar system using the Doppler and transit methods. It includes simulations of the observed radial velocities of…
http://astro.unl.edu/naap/esp/esp.html