Astronomy Websites

[bystander]

Spacecraft Mission Timelines

[Céline Richard]

Hello,

Thank you for all those very interesting website in Astronomy! Here are some other websites.

1/ The website of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris:

Among the conferences, many are in French and not only in Astronomy.
http://www.diffusion.ens.fr/index.php?r ... idtheme=34

But, I have found a lot about astronomical topics, in English. Among them, there are:
-Black holes in string theory
Ashoke Sen (Harish-Chandra Institute, India)
http://www.diffusion.ens.fr/index.php?r ... dconf=2605

-Brane Worlds : a new paradigm in cosmology ?
Gary Gibbons (Damtp, University of Cambridge)
http://www.diffusion.ens.fr/index.php?r ... dconf=1660

-Dark Matter and Dark Energy in th Universe
Avishai Dekel (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
http://www.diffusion.ens.fr/index.php?r ... idconf=784

-From the double pulsar to magnetars: Observational constraints for neutron-star magnetospheres
Michael Kramer (Manchester Univ.)
http://www.diffusion.ens.fr/index.php?r ... dconf=2152

-Magnetic fields, randomness, and the Universe as we know it
Steve Balbus (Observatoire de Paris et ENS)
http://www.diffusion.ens.fr/index.php?r ... dconf=1132

-Open questions in stellar MHD
Allan Sacha Brun (CEA)
http://www.diffusion.ens.fr/index.php?r ... dconf=1781

-Periodic problems, dynamic thought and inductive reasoning: Saturn’s magnetism
David Southwood (ESA)
http://www.diffusion.ens.fr/index.php?r ... dconf=1629

-Seismic Probing of the Dynamics of the Solar Interior
Michael Thompson (univ. Sheffield)
http://www.diffusion.ens.fr/index.php?r ... dconf=1626

-The evolution of supermassive black-hole mass and spin in galactic nuclei
Andrew King (Leicester Univ.)
http://www.diffusion.ens.fr/index.php?r ... dconf=2156

-The formation of the first stars
Christopher McKee (univ. Berkeley)
http://www.diffusion.ens.fr/index.php?r ... dconf=1103

-The Physics of Sunspots
Nigel Weiss (Cambridge, UK)
http://www.diffusion.ens.fr/index.php?r ... dconf=2375

-The Universe is a Strange Place
Frank Wilczek (MIT)
http://www.diffusion.ens.fr/index.php?r ... dconf=2011

-Theory of pulsar magnetosphere: From radio to high-energy pulsed emission
Jérôme Pétri (Strasbourg I)
http://www.diffusion.ens.fr/index.php?r ... dconf=2153

-US plans for coronography and interferometry
Stephen Ridgway (National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson Arizona)
http://www.diffusion.ens.fr/index.php?r ... idconf=676

2/ An educative website, from the Observatory of Paris Meudon, "Windows over the Universe" (i'm sorry, i didn't found it in English),
-in French: http://media4.obspm.fr/public/FSU/
-in Spanish: http://media4.obspm.fr/public/VAU/

3/ An educative website in Astronomy, made by teachers, in Spanish: http://www.ite.educacion.es/w3/eos/Mate ... 0guia.html

I hope you will find some interesting things in it, have a very good day!

Céline

[vichug]

Hello,

i'm a student composer and very interested in astronomy, and i am currently looking for sounds of planet... not actual recording for sure, but maybe radiations waves turned into sounds ? i was told once of such a website but cant remember where. And the sounds of landing spacecrafts too... are there things like that "open source", wich i could reuse in electroaccoustic compositions ? anyway i think sounds like that are really inspiring

[Céline Richard]

Hello Vichug

I wish you to be successful as a student composer. It looks so original and interesting

I just have two places i would like to suggest you, in Youtube.
Listening to Northern Lights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHvdZdsIZxg
Intergactic wandering and sounds of the Universe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glb2aBs8g6s

I know there was a concert about Astronomy, especially sounds in the Universe, last year, for the International Year of Astronomy (2009), in Madrid. But i don't know if musicians were showing real sounds of the Universe

Have a very good day!

Céline

[vichug]

Thank you Celine! the 2d youtube video seems related to what i'm looking for maybe. And for the first one, i've listened once to a radio cast about a canadian recording similar sounds... was very interesting indeed !
i shall dig into this.

[jaksichj]

Hello,

i'm a student composer and very interested in astronomy, and i am currently looking for sounds of planet... not actual recording for sure, but maybe radiations waves turned into sounds ? i was told once of such a website but cant remember where. And the sounds of landing spacecrafts too... are there things like that "open source", wich i could reuse in electroaccoustic compositions ? anyway i think sounds like that are really inspiring

You might try the following:



http://www.spacesounds.com/home/index.html


As well as:


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B00000IXT7/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=5174&s=music


Available from Amazon.com

Product Description
What you are about to hear is a unique piece of American - and Martian - history. Created from data returned to Earth in July 1997 be Mars Pathfinder and its weather station, Winds of Mars is the first recording featuring extraterrestrial sounds originating from the surface of another planet combined with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.

# Audio CD (August 17, 1999)
# Number of Discs: 1
# Label: Music Crest
# ASIN: B00000IXT7

[Céline Richard]

Thank you Celine! the 2d youtube video seems related to what i'm looking for maybe. And for the first one, i've listened once to a radio cast about a canadian recording similar sounds... was very interesting indeed !
i shall dig into this.

I am happy if it could give you some sounds you like
This is a so creative and original project!

I have had a look to Jaksichj's link: it is impressing!
I enjoyed to listen to it, although i am not able to compose, thank you!

Céline

[jaksichj]

You are quite welcome!

Thank you Celine! the 2d youtube video seems related to what i'm looking for maybe. And for the first one, i've listened once to a radio cast about a canadian recording similar sounds... was very interesting indeed !
i shall dig into this.

I am happy if it could give you some sounds you like
This is a so creative and original project!

I have had a look to Jaksichj's link: it is impressing!
I enjoyed to listen to it, although i am not able to compose, thank you!

Céline

[Evan]

I would like for you to add another observatory to the existing list. It is the home of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Prince George Centre in Northern British Columbia, Canada. I am a member of the chapter and we have a 24" instrument along with other smaller portable telescopes. The Chapter is very active in the community and provides many educational opportunities to the general public as well as viewing sessions when the weather permits. The observatory is very well equipped including classroom space and fully powered and data wired pier mounts on an outside patio. I host the web site for the observatory and have done so for over a decade.

Please visit out web site at http://vts.bc.ca/pgrasc

[Céline Richard]

Here are some websites to get Astrobiology news, and various informations in this field:

http://www.astrobio.net/ (Astrobiology Magazine)
http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/ (Nasa Astrobiology Institute)
http://cab.inta-csic.es/index.php?lng=en (Centro de Astrobiologia, INTA, Spain, here in English)
http://www.aca.absociety.org/aca/ (Australian Center for Astrobiology, University of New South Wales)
http://www.astrobiology.com/
http://www.astrobiologysociety.org/ (Astrobiology Society of Britain)
http://www.newscientist.com/topic/astrobiology (Astrobiology in the New Scientist)

sorry, just in french (futura science):
http://www.futura-sciences.com/fr/doc/t ... c3/221/p1/ (origin of life in the Universe)
http://www.futura-sciences.com/fr/doc/t ... c3/221/p1/ (SETI, search for extraterrestial life)
http://www.futura-sciences.com/fr/news/ ... gie_26431/ (DNA with arsenic)

Enjoy!!

Céline

PS: the picture "E T" is from http://tubeaessai.blogs.nouvelobs.com/m ... 342968.jpg
the picture "DNA and space view" is from http://www.cieletespaceradio.fr/img/med ... va_CEP.jpg

[george7378]

Thanks for the list! I also have my own little site, here:

http://gkastro.tk/

[Voyager3]

Woo hoo!
Thanks guys!
This page is book marked in my favorites' list.
You've just saved me (years?) of googling!

Thanks again!

[muneca1289]

this is the only link i could think of this is above all my favorite wbesite

http://hubblesite.org/

[Rouzbeh]

Wow this thread is useful

[Tyez]

TWAN is now one of the most popular online sources for night sky photos. http://www.twanight.org

I love this resource! It's pretty plain, but there're really lots of beautiful photos.

[linuxtech]

A friend Kathy Miles and I created http://StarrySkies.com, http://StarrySkies.net, http://StarryMessenger.net and other sites. One of the more popular articles on the site is: Seeing Further,
The Legacy of Robert Hooke http://starryskies.com/articles/spec/hooke.html

The main site hasn't been updated in too long a time. My friend Kathy, the primary content creator and writer passed away last summer at 53. It is still difficult dealing with the loss of my best friend.

[ErnieM]

Educational:
https://www.coursera.org/course/introastro - A (MOOC - Massive Open Online Course) free online course on Astronomy offered by Duke University.

I am interested in hearing feedback about this course.