3/9/17: Telescopes

How to Choose a Telescope

Telescopes for Astrophotography

The Cincinnati Observatory

3/2/17: Search for Life in the Universe

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A great film: CONTACT (1997). Stars Jodie Foster as a single-minded astronomer intent on discovering life beyond the Earth. Here is the opening sequence as we trace TV and radio signals beaming out in to the void at the speed of light.

SETI Institute uses an array of radio telescopes in northern California to seek out signals from alien civilizations.

NASA is looking for signs of life, past or present, on Mars.

Could there be life on Jupiter's moon, Europa? NASA may land on it.

2/23/17: Space Exploration

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 New Planets Discovered 40 Light Years Away

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2017/20170222-trappist-1-potentially-habitable-worlds.html

 http://www.trappist.one/#about

 How Satellites Stay in Orbit (Video)


Orion Spacecraft and Mission to Mars 


Robert Goddard: Rocketry Pioneer

 

https://archive.org/details/NIX-LV-1998-00114

 Apollo Mission to the Moon

Crowd Science: Help Find Planet 9

2/16/17: Dark Matter & Dark Energy

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Two videos about dark matter and dark energy.
http://safeYouTube.net/w/BXs

http://safeYouTube.net/w/8Xs

Dark Matter Interactive Website. See how dark matter affects how fast a galaxy spins.

NASA: Dark Matter& Dark Energy

NASA: What is the universe made of? Turns out, only 4.6% of the universe is "normal" matter. Hmmmm.

2/9/17: BLACK HOLES

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A fun video.

What is a Black Hole?

Supermassive Black Hole

 Black Hole Encyclopedia

Interactive Black Hole Simulation 

Journey to a Black Hole  (This is a great site!)

NuStar Space Telescope

4/6/16: Space Colonies

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Mars One: The one-way mission to Mars

Red Colony: Lot's of background about colonization.

Space X: a private space exploration company.

A year-long simulated Mars colony mission. 

How about a colony on the Moon?

Sky Explorers 2/17/16

We explored a lot of topics today.

NASA space travel posters.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/visions-of-the-future/

Asteroid Mining
https://deepspaceindustries.com

http://www.planetaryresources.com/#home-intro

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/initiative/index.html

Virtual Mars Base Tour
http://www.exploremarsnow.org/