Solar System

Links page

While I have tried to make the Virtual Solar System as comprehensive as possible, there is a world of information available on the world wide web about our Solar System and astronomy in general. This page contains links to some other resources which you may find useful.

Other Solar System sites

Views of the Solar System The best and most complete Solar System site on the web.
Nine Planets A multimedia tour of the Solar System.
Moon-watch Fantastic site full of useful information about our only satellite.
NSSDC Photo Gallery
The Virtual Sun
World's Largest Solar System Model

Solar System events

Planetary Conjunction Learn about the recent alignment of the planets.
Cassini Mission Latest news from the mission to Saturn.

Teaching material & projects

Views of the Solar System projects page Loads of ideas for astronomy projects for kids.
IAU Star magnitudes project A more advanced project for determining the brightness of stars.
Build a solar system

Astronomy Organisations

International Astronomical Union (IAU)
Sky & Telescope

The Night Sky

The Skywatching Centre
Dome of the sky
Constellations page

Astronomy beyond the Solar System

Hubble Heritage The latest beautiful pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope.
Black holes
Extra-solar planets Find out about planets around other stars.

Dreaming of the future

Nasa's Spaceflight workbook
The Darian Defrost Calendar What would a Martian colony be like a few centuries from now?

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