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Venus Transit 2004
This site from the European Southern Observatory has lots of good information on this event.
SkyView
Sky View is a virtual observatory on the net generating images of any part of the sky at wavelengths in all regimes from radio to gamma ray.
Jodcast
Podcasts from the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory. Find out what you can see in the current night sky, interviews with astronomers and more.
The National Schools' Observatory
A useful astronomy site for teachers or the general public. The site contains a moving orrery and the sky on any night selected.
Imagine the Universe
News about the latest discoveries using satellites launched by NASA e.g. The Microwave Anisotropy Probe and the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. This is all very up-to-date information on space-based ...
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
A site designed to make the work of NOAO more accessible to students and teachers, with general information about astronomy, and educational materials
IceCube The Next Generation of Neutrino Astronomy
The IceCube Observatory will be looking for neutrinos. Buried under over a 1km of ice, the detector will be looking for flashes of light from the decay of neutrinos.
The Very Large Telescope (VLT)
Page on ESO's Very Large Telescope, the world's most advanced visible-light astronomical observatory.
ESO homepage
Homepage of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), builds and operates a suite of the world's most advanced ground-based astronomical telescopes. Many pages of specific interest including press ...
Upcoming and recent eclipses of the Sun and Moon
U.S. naval Observatory web page that lists details of recent and future solar and lunar eclipses, including maps and data sheets.