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__**Astronomy and Space**__

Astronomy in the News
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[|Discover Magazine: Space] rss url="http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Space.xml" link="true" description="true" number="10" enclosure="true" //**Space related interactive sites**// [|Stellarium] //- free 3D planetarium software for your computer// [|Night Sky]: //Learn to identify constellations, stars, planets and how to navigate at night// //[|Heavens-Above]: Satellite Passes Over North American Cities// //[|Skymaps.com]- Publication Quality Sky Maps & Star Charts// //[|Sighting Opportunities for Spacecraft] - Realtime Data// [|Web-based Planetariums] [|Planisphere Plans] //[|Earth & Sky Browse Science Links] - categorized links for astronomy with descriptions (great starting place!)// //NASA -// [|JPL Solar System Simulator] //[|The Nine Planets] - A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System// [|Interactive night sky map - AstroViewer] //**Missions:**// [] : NASA Cassini-Huygens Operations-Present Position [] : NASA Cassini-Huygens Home [] : ESA - Cassini-Huygens - The descent of Huygens [] : ESA - Cassini-Huygens homepage //**Misc:**// [] : HubbleSite -- Out of the ordinary...out of this world. [] : Astronomy Picture of the Day [] : Earth & Sky - Skywatching Homepage [|The Observatory A Guide to Astronomy Resources on the Exploratorium Website] [] : NOVA Origins PBS [] : NSIP - NASA Student Involvement Program [] : SPACE.com -- Something Amazing Every Day [] : Free Spacecraft Model Kits [] : Best of the Hubble Space Telescope [|http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/~spider/mars/mars.html] : Planet Mars [] : Space Images Archive [] : Physics 2000 [] : Space science@nasa - Science Education  //**Astronomy Course Refs:**//  [|http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/astronomy/astronomy_page.html] : GeoMan's Astronomy Page