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This site is an extensive astronomy resource.  It uses the Hubble Space Telescope's discoveries to inspire and educate about the wonders of the universe.  The Teaching tools index is a convenient doorway to all the teaching materials at Amazing Space. Educators get a special "overview" with every resource that suggests ways to use it in the classroom and provides links to related materials.  Recommended astronomy resource

"The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that will publish one podcast per day, for all 365 days of 2009, 2010, 2011 -- and now 2012. The podcast episodes are written, recorded and produced by people around the world."

Top Trumps for astronomical objects maybe?

"The SPA is for everyone. Whether you're young or old, a beginner or an experienced skywatcher, there's something for you. We aim to make stargazing fun! "

Superb video simulation pulling out from Earth to the limits of the universe - uses real data

(via @rmbyrne)

ChronoZoom is an open source community project dedicated to visualizing the history of everything to bridge the gap between the humanities and sciences using the story of Big History to easily understand all this information. This project has been funded and supported by Microsoft Research Connections in collaboration with University California at Berkeley and Moscow State University. You can browse through history on ChronoZoom to find data in the form of articles, images, video, sound, and other multimedia. ChronoZoom links a wealth of information from five major regimes that unifies all historical knowledge collectively known as Big History.

"A tediously accurate map of the solar system" Not tedious at all!

"Science Friday is a weekly science talk show, broadcast live over public radio stations nationwide from 2-4pm Eastern time as part of NPR's 'Talk of the Nation' programming. Each week, we focus on science topics that are in the news and try to bring an educated, balanced discussion to bear on the scientific issues at hand. Panels of expert guests join Science Friday's host, Ira Flatow, a veteran science journalist, to discuss science - and to take questions from listeners during the call-in portion of the program."

Wide range of resources including pod- and vodcasts (on iTunes & for download & available for mobile devices). The 'Talking Science' section has a section especially for Teachers which includes lesson plans & resources linked with video/audio material.

"A podcast, hosted by two science teachers, that discusses science news and science education by interviewing leading scientists, researchers, science writers and other important figures in the field. "

Sounds a bit like another coupla guys, but on a different theme? ;-)

Great visualisation from xkcd showing how many exoplanets we know of ... currently!

"This website aims to illustrate the scale and the grandeur of our solar system, as well as illustrate through the use of infographics our work in the exploration of our solar system with various spacecraft. "

A long, annotated list of science websites that one teacher has used in classroom situations." Especially useful for the younger year levels.

"If extra-terrestrials are monitoring our TV transmissions, this is what they're watching." Amusing graphic to illustrate the speed of light and astronomical distances.

"Sit back and take a ride from the Sun to Jupiter, at the speed of light. Animator Alphonse Swinehart made this video to illustrate the sheer mind-boggling scale of the solar system."

Welcome to StarChild A Learning Center for Young Astronomers