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Chandra Observes Cosmic Traffic Pile-Up In Energetic Quasar Jet 
  
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Publisher: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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This Chandra press release discusses the Chandra X-ray image of quasar 3C 273. A powerful jet of energy is seen coming from the quasar, very fast at first and slowing down rapidly,…
https://chandra.harvard.edu/press/00_releases/press_110600_3c273.html
The Round Earth and Christopher Columbus 
  
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D. Stern
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This interesting site describes the early evidence for a round Earth and also Eratosthenes remarkable measurement of Earth's circumference. You'll see that Columbus was not the first…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Scolumb.htm
From Stargazers to Starships: Spaceflight 
  
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D. Stern
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Visit this site to learn about rockets and spaceflight. If you're willing to do some reading, you can find out about the history of rocketry and the space race, uses of unmanned…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Spaceflt1.htm
Moments of Discovery: A Pulsar Discovery 
  
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This online exhibit from the American Institute of Physics contains the history of the discovery of the first optical pulsar in the Crab Nebula. It includes both a transcription of…
https://history.aip.org/history/exhibits/mod/pulsar/pulsar1/01.html
NASA: Living in Space 
  
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Try this site to learn about daily life in apparent weightlessness on a space station. It provides answers to all sorts of questions--about space food, space clothing, eathing and…
https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/living/index.html
History and Philosophy of Western Astronomy 
  
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N. Strobel
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This site provides an illustrated history history of modern astronomy, including the ancient Greeks, Ptomely, Copernicus, Galileo, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and others. You'll…
http://www.astronomynotes.com/history/s1.htm
Cosmic Quest 
  
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Here are three online activities, with background information: Field Guide to the Universe, Living in Space: Design a Space Station, and Expedition to the Magnetic North Pole.
https://www.childrensmuseum.org/legacy-games/cosmicquest/
The Electromagnetic Spectrum: X-Rays 
  
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Visit this NASA site for an introduction to x-rays and their uses in medicine and astronomy. You'll find descriptions of the first x-ray observations, how they are used to visualize…
https://science.nasa.gov/ems/11_xrays
X Rays: Another Form of Light 
  
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Visit this site, from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, for information on how X-rays were discovered, how they are produced, and how they interact with matter.
https://chandra.harvard.edu/xray_astro/xrays.html
About Foucault Pendulums 
  
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Z. Beynon and California Academy of Sciences
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This introductory website provides a step-by-step explanation of how a pendulum works and how the rotation of Earth causes the effects observed in a Foucault pendulum. A history of…
http://www.academypendulums.com/pendulum/
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