ESSP Astronomy Workshop

A link to a Univ. Nebraska - Lincoln online simulator for studying Sun's angle and motion through time. Ability to change observers position on Earth included. http://astro.unl.edu/naap/motion3/a...

astronomy simulator sun solar_motion

started by Brian Patterson on 04 Sep 12 no follow-up yet

Realtime links for a current mission or 3D tour of the solar system. http://eyes.nasa.gov/index.html As I post this the Mars Science Lab is 33 hours away from entry

Solar_System PAESTA images astronomy

started by Brian Patterson on 04 Aug 12 no follow-up yet

We come upon the 100 year anniversary of human discovery of Cosmic Rays and according to this article still ponder their origin http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/07/25/157286520/cosmic-rays-100-ye...

cosmic rays Victor Hess gamma ray bursts nutrinos Black_holes astronomy

started by Brian Patterson on 25 Jul 12 no follow-up yet

astronomy ESSP PAESTA

started by Brian Patterson on 19 Jul 12 no follow-up yet

NASA's nice Hubble site on Black hole overview http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/ * With some external links for further reading, like on quantum mechanics

astronomy astronomy_workshop ESSP K12 Black_holes

started by Brian Patterson on 19 Jul 12 no follow-up yet

For those of you who have access to Discovery Education / United Streaming, there is a short, 2 minute snippet called "Gravity & Inertia" that is part of "Spin Around the Solar System: How the Sol...

astronomy astronomy_workshop ESSP K12 video

started by Christopher Palma on 18 Jul 12 no follow-up yet