Science and Scientific Stuff
"There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free to ask any question, to doubt any assertion, to seek any evidence, to correct any error." ~ J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Every single day, a new and amazing picture of your universe, courtesy of NASA.
- Space Weather Now
- Get the latest space weather report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- Space.com
- The only source for all your space geek needs.
- NASA History Office
- A most valuable research and information mecca.
- The Planetary Society
- Founded by Carl Sagan and former Jet Propulsion Laboratory director Bruce Murray, it's still the largest and most influential space advocacy group.
- NASA Watch
- Find out the real deal behind the NASA press releases. Opinionated but fair. After all...it's your space agency -- shouldn't you know what it's up to?
- Novaspace Galleries
- THE place to go for space art, astronaut autographs, posters, DVDs, and lots of other cool stuff.
- Pioneer Home Page
- We may finally have heard the last of Pioneer 10, now over 7.5 billion miles away...but maybe not. Find out here.
- Cosmographica
- More great space art from master artist Don Dixon.
- Boggs Space Books
- An excellent source of new, used and collectible space books.
- SETI@Home
- After reading Rare Earthas well as other recent research on the subject, I'm far less sanguine about the prospects for extraterrestrial intelligence than I used to be. But what the heck -- if we don't look, we'll never know. The SETI@Home screensaver lets your computer join in the search.
- The Carl Sagan website
- He made us think, he made us dream, he made us wonder.
- New Horizons
- From the ashes of the Pluto-Kuiper Express, the now-dead mission to Pluto, New Horizons may yet make the long journey to the outer reaches of our solar system. See what we might be able to do if we try.
- Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly
- The premier scholarly journal on the history of spaceflight, published by the University of North Dakota.
- StarDate Online
- The astronomy site of the prestigious McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas, publisher of StarDate magazine.
- Bad Astronomy
- Dedicated to correcting common misconceptions about astronomy and space science promulgated by the media and poor education. Especially vital these days, considering the nutballs running around raving about "faked moon landings" and other idiocy.
- The National Association of Science Writers
- The august organization of professional science writers in the United States. I'm a member; if you're a science writer, you should be too.
- The Basics of Space Flight
- From the folks at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, here's everything you need to know about how to get from one planet to another.
- What's New
- Weekly commentary from Robert Park of the American Physical Society on current events from a scientist's perspective. Scathing, funny, and dead on target.
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