- Olber's Paradox Solved
A well know problem from astrophysics, Olber's paradox (Why is the night sky dark?), solved. As well as Newton's related Gravity paradox.
http://home.wanadoo.nl/ronald.koster/olber.html
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- On the Formation of Planetary Rings
Paper presented in 1996 by L. A. Molnar and D. E. Dunn.
http://www-astro.physics.uiowa.edu/~lam/research/rings/
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- Physics 208 - Introduction to Astrophysics
Course offered via The Electronic University, an educational outreach server at the University of Oregon.
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~imamura/astro.208.html
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- Physics Topics - Teaching Notes
Teaching notes on celestial mechanics, classical mechanics, and stellar atmospheres.
http://orca.phys.uvic.ca/~tatum/
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- Red Shift by Photon Decay
Author explains how Hubble's red shift of starlight spectra results from photon decay, proportional to traveled distance.
http://members.chello.nl/~n.benschop
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- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
The SIMBAD astronomical database provides basic data, cross-identifications and bibliography for astronomical objects outside the solar system. SIMBAD can be queried by object name, coordinates, other criteria (filters), and lists of objects.
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad
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- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
A research institute of the Smithsonian Institution headquartered in Cambridge, MA, where it is joined with the Harvard College Observatory (HCO) to form the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA).
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/newtop/saohome.html
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- Solar System - Celestial Mechanics
Presents ideas about the rotation of the sun and planets.
http://www.surf2000.de/user/f-heeke/index.html
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- Space Physics Textbook
A free online textbook on space physics.
http://www.oulu.fi/~spaceweb/textbook/
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- Temporal Annex
Information mostly on the fourth dimension and theoretical physics.
http://temporal_science.tripod.com/
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- The Astrophysical Journal
Founded in 1895 and published by the American Astronomical Society. It is devoted to recent developments, discoveries, and theories in astronomy and astrophysics. Quasars, pulsars, neutron stars, black holes, solar and stellar magnetic fields, X-rays, and interstellar matter. In addition, videos that complement specific issues are periodically available.
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ApJ/
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- The Astrophysics Spectator
Articles published on this site cover current research in astronomy and astrophysics, describe our current understanding of astronomical phenomena, and comment on issues related to astronomical research.
http://www.AstrophysicsSpectator.com/
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- The Electric Universe
Physics knows four forces; 20th-century scientists were convinced that one of those, the electric force, played no macroscopic role in the Universe; site explains why that is incorrect.
http://www.the-electric-universe.info/
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- The NASA Astrophysics Data System
The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project which maintains four bibliographic databases containing more than 4.0 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Physics and Geophysics, and preprints in Astronomy.
http://adswww.harvard.edu/
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- The Structure, Stability, and Dynamics of Self-Gravitating Systems
An interactive Astrophysics textbook from Louisiana State University.
http://www.phys.lsu.edu/astro/H_Book.current/H_Book.shtml
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- The Titius-Bode Number Sequence Deciphered
An explanation of the Titius-Bode Law of planetary spacing.
http://users.telenet.be/TaoWeb/TitiusBode.htm
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- THIS-Tuneable Heterodyne Infrared Spectrometer
THIS - instrument pages for the Tuneable Heterodyne Infrared Spectrometer developed by the University of Cologne. THIS is a transportable receiver designed for atmospheric and astrophysical observations in the mid infrared spectral region (7-28 µm).
http://www.ph1.uni-koeln.de/workgroups/astro_instrumentation/this/
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- Titius-Bode Law
Overview of the Titius-Bode Law.
http://milan.milanovic.org/math/english/titius/titius.html
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- University of Surrey - Department of Physics (Research)
University of Surrey abridged version of the book "Astrophysics" , with many links to relevant material on astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology.
http://www.ph.surrey.ac.uk/astrophysics/index.html
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- WCRI WalkerScience
Examines several aspects of astrophysics including the big bang, origin of heavy elements and satellites, dark matter and dark energy.
http://users.rcn.com/wcri/wcri
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- You Be the Astrophysicist
Interactive site for learning about astronomy and astrophysics.
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/YBA/yba-intro.html
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