Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Aristarchus
Find out about the ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician who presented the first known model that placed the Sun at the center of the known universe with the Earth revolving around it.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Thabit Ibn Qurra
Learn about the life and work of Thabit ibn Qurra, a mathematician, physician, astronomer, and translator of the Islamic Golden Age.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Thales
Read a short biography about Thales, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Zu Chongzhi
The University of St. Andrews offers a biography of Zu Chongzhi, a Chinese astronomer and mathematician.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Brahmagupta
Brahmagupta was a mathematician and an astronomer. He is responsible for the addition and multiplication properties of zero.
Space Telescope Science Institute
Hubble Site: Hubble Monitors Weather
This site is from Hubblesite which is provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. "What's the weather for Mars and Venus? The Hubble telescope has given astronomers a peak." Site provides images, video as well as...
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Al Battani
Find out about Al-Battani, Arab astronomer, astrologer, and mathematician who introduced a number of trigonometric relations.
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Ellinogermaniki Agogi: Eratosthenes Experiment
A profile of the ancient Greek mathematician, geographer, and astronomer, Eratosthenes. Looks at his many accomplishments, including measuring the circumference of the Earth and the distance to the Moon and the Sun. Includes links to...
NASA
Nasa: Imagine the Universe: Gamma Rays From Supernovae and Supernova Remnants
Astronomers use gamma decay to study the lives of the stars.
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Stephen F. Austin State University: Jupiter Events
An excellent site for amateur astronomers, with or without a telescope. Includes some links to information about Jupiter and its satellites and the collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
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U of Cambridge: Tycho Brahe and the Separation of Astronomy From Astrology
The subject of the paper is the shift from an astrology-oriented astronomy towards an allegedly more objective, mathematically grounded approach to astronomy. This shift is illustrated through a close reading of Tycho Brahe's scientific...
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University of Cambridge: Tycho Brahe's Books
This site contains information about the books that astronomer, Tycho Brahe wrote and produced in his own printing press. Read on about Brahe and his books. Includes links to biographical information and more of Brahe's endeavors.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The First Asteroid Ever Discovered
Over the course of history, we've discovered hundreds of thousands of asteroids. But how do astronomers discover these bits of rock and metal? How many have they found? And how do they tell asteroids apart? Carrie Nugent shares the story...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Universe O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about the Universe and the astronomers that studied the Universe. See if you can answer a few questions when you're done reading.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Cosmic Measurements
For this lesson, students will use hands on inquiry in cooperative learning groups to understand, develop and analyze common measurements used by astronomers. Students will use common objects such as straws, twizzlers, or toothpicks to...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Angular Measure 2
Looking for an easier way to do angular measurements? This page introduces you to a trick by using skinny triangles with small angles. The skinny triangles lets the astronomer assume right triangles and then they can use trigonometry to...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Angular Measure 1
Do you know the size of the sun? Using angular measurement can help astronomers measure objects in the sky.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stella
Students act as astronomers, studying stars in a patch of sky in our own galaxy. Using simulated data from spectroscopy and other real-world instrumentation, students learn to determine star positions, radial velocity, proper motion, and...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Tycho Brahe
A biography of Tycho Brahe can be found on this website. Learn about this naked-eye astronomer work and life on this page.
NASA
Nasa Space Place: What Is an Exoplanet?
Defines exoplanets and explains how astronomers go about looking for them.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: History & People
Biographies of people throughout history who looked at the sky and wondered what was there. Links to a detailed description of the planets and interactive activities.
NASA
Nasa: History of Flight
How did we learn to fly? Resource takes users back through time to discover where the history of flight all started. Offers links to games, art and stories as well as activities.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Carl Sagan
A look at Carl Sagan, the man who brought the wonders of astronomy to the average person. Carl Sagan helped millions of people understand earth, the solar system, the universe and beyond. (In Spanish)
Florida State University
Florida State University: Science, Optics & You: Nicolaus Copernicus
Biography of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the scientist who first put forward the theory that the Sun was the center of the universe.
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