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last updated 9\/1\/16<\/i><\/sub><\/p>\n

Astronomy 111 Links<\/span><\/h2>\n

Links from Astronomy 111<\/a>; these will be useful for physical concepts and animations<\/p>\n

Orbits: Kepler’s Laws <\/span><\/h2>\n

Kepler’s Second Law interactive applet<\/a>
\nKepler’s Third Law interactive applet<\/a>
\nBinary Star Orbits and Kepler’s Laws<\/a><\/p>\n

Cosmic History and Life on Earth<\/span><\/h2>\n

Eric Chaisson’s comprehensive site<\/a><\/p>\n

Virtual Field Trips<\/a> around the world to explore the development of Earth and life<\/p>\n

Relevant pages from U. of Arizona NatSci 102 website:<\/b>
\nFormation of Life on Earth<\/a>
\nThe Road to Advanced Life<\/a>
\nEmergence of Intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n

Teachastronomy.com<\/span><\/h2>\n

New! General astronomy resource for college astronomy students<\/a><\/p>\n

Astrobiology<\/span><\/h2>\n

Astrobiology Primer<\/a><\/p>\n

Astrobiology: The Study of the Living Universe<\/a> (Chyba & Hand)<\/p>\n

Astrobiology at NASA<\/a><\/p>\n

NASA Astrobiology Graphic Novels<\/a><\/p>\n

Recorded talks from NASA Astrobiology Science Conference 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

Astrobiology<\/i> journal<\/a><\/p>\n

Earth and Planetary Habitable Zones<\/span><\/h2>\n

Habitability of Our Earth and Other Earths<\/a><\/p>\n

Stanford course on planetary habitability (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n

The Habitable Zone Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n

Mars<\/span><\/h2>\n

Mars Rover Status<\/a><\/p>\n

NASA’s Mars Program<\/a><\/p>\n

NASA’s Martian Meteorites Page<\/a><\/p>\n

The Mars Society<\/a><\/p>\n

Water on Mars<\/a><\/p>\n

Astrogeology<\/span><\/h2>\n

The USGS’s Astrogeology Program<\/a><\/p>\n

Extrasolar Planets<\/span><\/h2>\n

5 Ways to Find a Planet<\/a><\/p>\n

The Search for Planets Beyond Our Solar System<\/a><\/p>\n

Extrasolar Planet Interactive Intro<\/a><\/p>\n

New York Times article<\/a>: Kepler’s Tally of Planets<\/p>\n

The Kepler K2 Mission<\/a><\/p>\n

California & Carnegie Planet Search<\/a><\/p>\n

The Habitable Zone Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n

Planet Quest: New Worlds Atlas<\/a><\/p>\n

NASA Exoplanet Archive<\/a><\/p>\n

Kepler Spacecraft’s search for Earth-Size Planets<\/a><\/p>\n

SETI<\/span><\/h2>\n

SETI page<\/a> from US NatSci 102<\/p>\n

The SETI Institute<\/a><\/p>\n

Seth Shostak’s page<\/a>, full of great popular and technical articles, like this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SETI at Harvard<\/a><\/p>\n

Columbus Optical SETI Program<\/a><\/p>\n

SETI at Berkeley<\/a><\/p>\n

Big Ear Radio Observatory<\/a><\/p>\n

Delano TEDx talk: “Is Anyone Out There?”<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sagan-Mayr Debate (1995)<\/a><\/p>\n

NEOs and Impacts<\/span><\/h2>\n

Mass Extinctions<\/a> (UA NatSci102 page)<\/p>\n

Here’s an Asteroid Impact Calculator<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s the JPL NEO site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Beware of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Purdue’s Impact Earth! calculator<\/a> site.<\/p>\n

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Back to Back to Syllabus<\/a>
\nBack to Astronomy 207T home page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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