Knowledge: astrophysics
See Also:
- science → astronomy
- science → physics → nuclear
- science → physics → particle → astro particle
- science → physics → plasma → space plasmas
- science → technology → space
Links
- The Astrophysical Journal
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ApJ/ - Devoted to recent developments, discoveries, and theories in astronomy and astrophysics.
- Cause of the Characteristics of Quasars
http://www.geocities.com/isoptera.geo/index.html - Hypothesis which attempts to explain the characteristics of QSOs (Quasi-Steller Objects), a.k.a. quasars, as optical illusions created by gravitational lensing and other phenomena.
- Network Generator
http://www-astro.ulb.ac.be/Netgen/form.html - Generates astrophysical reaction rates online using an extended database.
- NASA Astrophysics Data System
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/ - Search system for abstracts in astrophysics, planetary sciences and solar physics.
- Astronomy and Astrophysics for all...
http://www.geocities.com/astrosci4u/ - you can find every thing you want on this topic in this site...
- The Structure, Stability, and Dynamics of Self-Gravitating Systems
http://www.phys.lsu.edu/astro/H_Book.current/H_Book.shtml - An interactive Astrophysics textbook from Louisiana State University.
- Astrophysics and Astronomy
http://www.hpwt.de/Astroe.htm - Introductory essays on astrophysics and astronomy.
- Space Physics Textbook
http://www.oulu.fi/~spaceweb/textbook/ - A free online textbook on space physics.
- Temporal Annex
http://temporal_science.tripod.com/ - Information mostly on the fourth dimension and theoretical physics.
- Physics 208 - Introduction to Astrophysics
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~imamura/astro.208.html - Course offered via The Electronic University, an educational outreach server at the University of Oregon.
- University of Surrey - Department of Physics (Research)
http://www.ph.surrey.ac.uk/astrophysics/index.html - University of Surrey abridged version of the book "Astrophysics" , with many links to relevant material on astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology.
- Solar System - Celestial Mechanics
http://www.surf2000.de/user/f-heeke/index.html - Presents ideas about the rotation of the sun and planets.
- Astrophysics
http://www.arxiv.org/archive/astro-ph - E-Print archive since April of 1992.
- Nuclear Astrophysics Data
http://t2.lanl.gov/data/astro/astro.html - An area for providing nuclear data for astrophysics calculations, such as nucleosynthesis, stellar evolution, the Big Bang, and super-nova dynamics.
- Above the Skies, An Exploration into Our Universe Through Animated Spectroscopy
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~efortin/thesis/html/index.shtml - A description at the layman level about the applications of spectroscopy in the investigation of the Solar System, with interactive diagrams
- Interdisciplinary Astrophysics Group
http://altamira.asu.cas.cz/ - Dyson Sphere
http://www.nada.kth.se/~asa/dysonFAQ.html - A list of frequently asked questions with answers.
- You Be the Astrophysicist
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/YBA/yba-intro.html - Interactive site for learning about astronomy and astrophysics.
- Hyperspace
http://artling.tripod.com - Site devoted to hyperspatial theories.
- Living Reviews in Solar Physics
http://solarphysics.livingreviews.org - A peer-refereed, solely online journal publishing invited reviews covering all areas of solar and heliospheric physics research. Published by the Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany.
- Olber's Paradox Solved
http://home.wanadoo.nl/ronald.koster/olber.html - A well know problem from astrophysics, Olber's paradox (Why is the night sky dark?), solved. As well as Newton's related Gravity paradox.
- Red Shift by Photon Decay
http://members.chello.nl/~n.benschop - Author explains how Hubble's red shift of starlight spectra results from photon decay, proportional to traveled distance.
- Hands-On Astrophysics
http://hoa.aavso.org - Offers educational products that help students understand basic astronomy concepts.
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
http://www.cita.utoronto.ca - Nationally supported research centre. Find out about current research, upcoming seminars and job opportunities.
- Fermilab Theoretical Astrophysics Group
http://www-astro-theory.fnal.gov - Partially funded by a NASA Astrophysics Theory grant, find information about the group's past and future meetings.
- Famous Astrophysicists
http://www.famous-astrophysicists.com - Profiles several prominent astrophysicists.
- Physics Topics - Teaching Notes
http://orca.phys.uvic.ca/~tatum/ - Teaching notes on celestial mechanics, classical mechanics, and stellar atmospheres.
- Grand Challenge Problems in Computational Astrophysics
http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/pca2005/ - Research session at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), Los Angeles, CA, USA; 7 March - 10 June 2005.
- The Titius-Bode Number Sequence Deciphered
http://users.telenet.be/TaoWeb/TitiusBode.htm - An explanation of the Titius-Bode Law of planetary spacing.
- Titius-Bode Law
http://milan.milanovic.org/math/english/titius/titius.html - Overview of the Titius-Bode Law.
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad - The SIMBAD astronomical database provides basic data, cross-identifications and bibliography for astronomical objects outside the solar system. SIMBAD can be queried by object name, coordinates, other criteria (filters), and lists of objects.
- AMASE - Astrophysics Multi-spectral Archive Search Engine
http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/amase/ - An online astrophysics catalog developed using object-oriented database technology to help researchers locate multi-mission data in the NASA archives.
- ADAF Theory
http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/us-rus/adaf.htm - Accretion disk theory, mixing-length theory of convection, advection-dominated accretion flows.
- The NASA Astrophysics Data System
http://adswww.harvard.edu/ - The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project which maintains four bibliographic databases containing more than 4.0 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Physics and Geophysics, and preprints in Astronomy.
- Contents
http://astron.berkeley.edu/~jrg/ay202/node1.html - Accretion in astrophysics - active galactic nuclei, processes and dynamics.
- Gravity is Cool, or, Why our Universe is Hospitable to Life
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/20/035.html - Text of the 1999 Oppenheimer lecture at UC Berkeley given by professor Freeman Dyson on the origin of life and other subjects.
- Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
http://eaa.iop.org/ - Comprehensive archive of explantory articles on all key Astrophysics topics, categorised and fully searchable; actively updated by the Institute of Physics.
- Cambridge Relativity
http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/ - Beginner's guide to all the basic concepts of Astrophysics written by active scientists at Cambridge University, UK.
- THIS-Tuneable Heterodyne Infrared Spectrometer
http://www.ph1.uni-koeln.de/workgroups/astro_instrumentation/this/ - THIS - instrument pages for the Tuneable Heterodyne Infrared Spectrometer developed by the University of Cologne. THIS is a transportable receiver designed for atmospheric and astrophysical observations in the mid infrared spectral region (7-28 µm).
- The Astrophysics Spectator
http://www.astrophysicsspectator.com/ - Articles published on this site cover current research in astronomy and astrophysics, describe our current understanding of astronomical phenomena, and comment on issues related to astronomical research.
- The Electric Universe
http://www.the-electric-universe.info/ - Physics knows four forces; 20th-century scientists were convinced that one of those, the electric force, played no macroscopic role in the Universe; site explains why that is incorrect.
- Modified Newtonian Dynamics
http://ca.geocities.com/mercy@rogers.com/ - Overview of a controversial theory which is not generally accepted by the astrophysical community.
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