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The Orbit of Planet Nine
The astronomers who proposed Planet Nine explain how they narrowed down its likely orbit and where in the sky it could b…
The Shallow Sky
Akkana Peck's eclectic home on the web, centred on observing the moon, planets and comets, with astronomy software, natu…
The Space Writer
A daily astronomy and space exploration blog by science writer Carolyn Collins Petersen, covering new discoveries, missi…
The Star Maps
A custom star map creator that shows the stars, planets, Sun, and Moon as seen from any location, date, and time, with y…
The Sun Seen Through the Earth in Neutrino Light
An image of the Sun captured from deep underground at Super-Kamiokande by detecting neutrinos that passed straight throu…
The tiniest yet real telescope I've built
A maker's account of building a pocket-sized Dobsonian telescope that truly works, with the design choices and tricks ne…
The Universe Within 12.5 Light Years
A map of the nearest stars within 12.5 light years of the Sun, from the Atlas of the Universe, with a zoom-out view that…
The Virtual Telescope Project
A robotic observatory in Italy that streams live views of comets, eclipses, and asteroid flybys, narrated by an astrophy…
TheSkyLive
Live positions, 3D orbit views, and finder charts for planets, comets, and asteroids, updated in real time for your loca…
Three Body Orbits
An atlas of 3,942 periodic three-body orbits precomputed to machine precision and animated one period at a time, with a…
timeanddate Astronomy
Location-specific calculators for eclipses, moon phases, meteor showers, and sunrise times, useful for planning any star…
Top 10 Ways to Know the Earth is Not Flat
Ten simple observations you can make yourself, from ships vanishing hull-first over the horizon to lunar eclipses and ti…
TRAPPIST-1
The official site for the TRAPPIST-1 system, a nearby red dwarf with seven Earth-sized planets, with artist impressions,…
Two ISS Passes in One Morning
A photographer's write-up of capturing the International Space Station twice in one morning, flying between the Moon and…
Universe Today
An independent space and astronomy news site running since 1999, covering discoveries, launches, and cosmology with dept…
ViewSpace
A free collection of self-updating astronomy and Earth science videos and interactives produced by the Space Telescope S…
vos: the Vastness of Space
An interactive map-based walk planner built around one question: how big is the universe? Plan journeys across the cosmo…
Webb Compare
Drag a slider across famous nebulae and galaxies to compare the James Webb Space Telescope's first images with Hubble's…
Webb Space Telescope
The official home of the James Webb Space Telescope with its latest deep-space images, discoveries, and explainers from…
What is a Day?
An interactive astronomy lesson on why a day is not simply 24 hours, letting you spin planets and watch how sidereal and…
Where Is the ISS Right Now?
A live International Space Station tracker with real-time position, visible pass predictions, current crew listings and…
Where the Shadow Fell
An atlas of 11,898 solar eclipses from 2000 BCE to 3000 CE on one globe, where you name a city and see when the shadow l…
Wonders of Physics
A blog about physics, astronomy, and the history of science, written to promote physics and encourage a scientific tempe…
WorldWide Telescope
A browser-based virtual telescope from a Microsoft Research-born project that lets you pan and zoom across real astronom…
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