Astronomy

Mars One is a not-for-profit organization that will take humanity to Mars in 2023, to establish the foundation of a permanent settlement from which we will prosper, learn, and grow. Before the first crew lands, Mars One will have established a habitable, sustainable settlement designed to receive astronauts every two years. To accomplish this, Mars One has developed a precise, realistic plan based entirely upon existing technologies. 

THE MARS PANORAMAS - Updated July 11 2012 Interactive panoramas from the Mars 1997 Pathfinder Mission, MER 2004 Missions Spirit and Opportunity Click on the Thumbnails below to view the interactive QuickTime Virtual Reality Panoramas in fullscreen."

"NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Gallery"

NASA's "Blue Marble" pictures of Earth show each month of the year 2004 to illustrate changes in snow cover and vegetation. Here, you can browse their maximum resolution of four pixels per km², as well as a slightly coarser night-lights map, enhanced by town names and national borders.

Exoplanets are planets outside of the solar system. They are also referred to as extrasolar planets. Starting in 1992 with the first discovery, astronomers have located about ..

Halo and Galaxy Formation Histories from the Millennium Simulation Public release of a VO-oriented and SQL-queryable database for studying the evolution of galaxies in the ΛCDM cosmogony

Universe Visualized A compilation from numerous sources of science visualizations, animations and videos related to astronomy, physics, meteorology and climate change. All sources are cited at the bottom of each video's text description.

This web page is designed to give everyone an idea of what our universe actually looks like. There are nine main maps on this web page, each one approximately ten times the scale of the previous one. The first map shows the nearest stars and then the other maps slowly expand out until we have reached the scale of the entire visible universe.

The Zooniverse is home to the internet's largest, most popular and most successful citizen science projects. Our current projects are here but plenty more are on the way. If you're new to the Zooniverse, we suggest picking a project and diving in - the same account will get you into all of our projects,