NASA
Nasa: Our Solar System Lithograph Set
View a lithograph set that includes pictures and brief descriptions of planets, sun, asteroids, comets, meteors, and meteorites. While viewing the lithograph learn important dates and interesting facts about our solar system.
NASA
Nasa: Solar System Exploration
Enter our solar system to interact with the planets, moons, asteroids, meteors, and more. Investigate with NASA scientists and explore missions related to space exploration. Read facts, compare statistics, look through resources, and...
Cornell University
Cornell University: Astronomy: Impact of Comet Shoemaker Levy 9 With Jupiter
Images and data from the Hale Telescope of the collision of Jupiter and Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. Some of the most excellent ground-based observations of the impact.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System Details: Oort Cloud
Explore the huge spherical region surrounding our solar system. Find out what the Oort Cloud contains and how comets originate there.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System Details: Kuiper Belt
Explore space beyond Pluto in the Kuiper Belt region of our solar system. Find out about the space bodies that exist there and what our space missions have taught us about this far away region.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: The Fruitful & Inventive Mind of Scientist Luis Alvarez
This article, reprinted from the fall 1979 LBL News Magazine, was written about Dr. Luis Alvarez and his part in the study of geological sediments and the great extinctions.
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Doomsday Asteroid: Comets 101
An introduction to comets, including information on their composition, origin, and importance.
Other
Cometography.com
This site provides links to a wealth of information regarding currently visible comets, memorable comets of the past, biographies of comet discoverers and observers.
Other
Cometography.com: 29 P/schwassmann Wachmann 1
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1. Content includes discovery information, images, and historical highlights.
Other
Cometography.com: 109 P/swift Tuttle
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Content includes discovery information, images, and historical highlights.
Other
Spacetech's Orrery: Comets Visitors From Afar
This site provides a report on comets, with many links to more detailed information. Content includes a focus on Halley's Comet, Hale Bopp, and Shoemaker-Levy 9.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Our Solar System: The Universe
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the Universe and what it is made up of.
Other
Cometography.com: C/1811 F1 (Great Comet)
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet C/1811 F1 (the great comet of 1811). Content includes discovery and observational information.
Other
Cometography.com: C/1861 J1 (Great Comet of 1861)
This site provides a detailed discussion of the comet C/1861 J1 (the great comet of 1861). Content includes discovery and observational information, as well as images.
Other
Cometography.com: C/2001 A2 (Linear)
This site provides a wealth of information regarding the C/2002 A2 (Linear) comet, including historical and discovery information.
Other
Cometography.com: C/1969 Y1 (Bennett)
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet C/1969 Y1 (Bennett). Content includes discovery information, images, and historical highlights.
Other
Cometography.com: C/1975 V1 (West)
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet C/1975 V1 (West). Content includes discovery information, images, and historical highlights.
Other
Cometography.com: C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake). Content includes discovery, observational, and orbit information, as well as several images.
Other
Cometography.com: C/1998 J1 (Soho)
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet C/1998 J1 (SOHO). Content includes discovery information, images, and historical highlights.
Other
Cometography.com: C/2000 Wmi (Linear)
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet C/2000 WMI (Linear). Content includes discovery information, images, and historical highlights.
Other
Space Information Center: Nasa's Comet Probe Stardust
This resource contains a small amount of information on NASA's comet probe, Stardust.
NASA
Nasa: Space Place: Tails of Wonder!
Learn about comets as you try to bring some comet dust back to Earth in this game.
NASA
Nasa: Landing on Mystery Stuff
At this online lesson plan read about the exciting Comet Nucleus Sample Return Mission. Understand comets and then go and do the word search.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Edmund Halley
Read a short biography about Edmund Halley, and find out why the comet bears his name.