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Hyperphysics - Radiation Risk
Units of radiation, description of risk of radiation, comparing old and new units with good links to other relevant parts of the site.
Transit of Venus
Lots of information and details of how to observe this rare astronomical event which is going to happen in June 2012
Bad astronomy
A very regularly updated blog written by astronomer Phil Plait, commenting on current affairs in all things astronomical, and on the misuse of science.
American Astronomical Society
The official AAS homepage featuring information about the society and links to useful astronomy pages.
Convert it.
Site for converting from one unit to another. Also includes a search engine for maths sites.
Saint Mary's University Astronomy & Physics Demo Page
Provides demonstrations on various physical and astronomical principles with in depth descriptions about the experiments and the theory behind them, as well as detailed instructions on how to perform ...
Star Journey
Charts of the night-time sky, with links to corresponding Hubble images and descriptions of astronomical features. The construction of the Hubble telescope is explained.
Sky View Cafe
Sky View Café is a Java applet that lets you use your web browser to see many types of astronomical information. find out what stars and planets you can see tonight or look up historical info.