Useful, Fun, & Interesting Astronomy Resources

Kids and Astronomy

• The Space Place
• Star Child
• The Eight Planets
• NASA Kids
• Astro-Venture
• New NASA Links for Kids
• Cool Cosmos
• NASA Nerds
• GSFC Outreach
• Earth & Sky
• WorldWide Telescope
• Google Sky
• Google Earth
• HubbleSite
• Chandra X-ray Observatory
• Chandra Outreach
• NASA Space Science
• Windows to the Universe
• NASA’s Mars Exploration
• NASA Phoenix Mars Lander
• Star Trak by: Hal Kibbey

Observatories and Institutions

• Indiana Astronomical Society
• Stonebelt Stargazers
• Indiana University Astronomy Department
• IU Astronomy Educational Tools
• International Astronomical Union
• SETI@Home
• Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
• WIYN Telescope

Pretty Pictures

• Astronomy Pic of the Day
• NASA’s Planetary Photojournal
• SEDS Messier Catalog
• NASA Image of the Day
• SPACE.com Image of the Day
• Lunar Photo of the Day
• Mars: Malin Space Science Systems
• Earth Science Picture of the Day
• Mars Rovers images
• Cassini images of Saturn
• Sky Factory
• NOAO Image Gallery

Podcasts

• Astronomy Cast
• Blueshift
• Earth & Sky Radio Podcasts
• Spitzer Space Telescope Podcasts
• Sky and Telescope
• Astronomy Magazine
• Skywatch
• Chandra X-ray Observatory

YouTube

• JPL Videos
• Spitzer Space Telescope
• Bad Astronomy
• NASA TV
• NASA Goddard TV
• NOVA online

iTunes

• The Beautiful Universe

Blogs

• EarthSky Blogs
• Bad Astronomy
• Mike Brown’s Planets
• The Planetary Society Weblog
• Phoenix Mars Mission Blogs
• Chandra Blog

Star Charts

• Skymaps
• Cranbrook Institute of Science
• Sky and Telescope
• Stardome