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Our Solar System

Description:: A multimedia site describing the objects that "inhabit" our Solar System.
Keywords:: asteroid, comet, eath, eclipse, moon, planet, solar, space, sun, system,

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BrainPOP - Solar System

Description:: A short animated movie and quiz on the solar system from BrainPOP. This site allows you to watch two movies a day before subscribing.
Keywords:: asteroid, belt, brainpop, gas, giant, planet, solar, star, sun, system, terrestrial,

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National Solar Observatory

Description:: Details on the observatories and the advanced technology solar telescope with results of the long term investigation of the sun and archive facilities.
Keywords:: adaptive, optics, solar, sunspot, telescope,

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Energy - fuelling the future

Description:: How energy-savvy are you? Test your knowledge, play games & follow the Energy Ninjas on their quest to reduce the world's CO2 emissions
Keywords:: activity, biomass, camp, energy, fuel, game, gas, nuclear, oil, power, quiz, renewable, solar, source, wind,

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Future Spaceflight

Description:: This BBC site investigates the technology that may be used for space exploration in the future, including solar sails, ion engines and antimatter spacecraft.
Keywords:: engine, exploration, ion, nuclear, sail, solar, space,

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NASA Kids

Description:: Current news on Space Shuttle missions. Information on space technology, history, and space related activities for children.
Keywords:: airplane, astronaut, earth, mission, moon, nasa, plane, planet, rocket, solar, space, star, sun, system,

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The Sun - a multimedia tour

Description:: The science of the sun and the influence it has on the solar system
Keywords:: flare, multimedia, solar, sun, sunspot,

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Welcome to the Planets

Description:: a selection of the "best images" of planets (minor planets etc, and instruments) from a NASA video of 1995
Keywords:: nasa, planet, solar, system,

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The Stirling Engine

Description:: A simple stirling engine has two pistons, in contact with a sealed resevoir of gas. One piston is in contact with hot gas and the other with cooled gas. The heat energy is put into the system by heating the gas on the hot side, work is done by the pisto
Keywords:: acting, car, closed, cycle, dish, double, drive, electric, engine, environment, heat, hev, motor, regenerative, rhombic, solar, stirling, swashplate, thermodynamics,

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The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

Description:: Detailed descriptions of the submillimetre wavelength, Hawaii based, telescope and the experimental work being done with it
Keywords:: astronomy, astrophysics, bolometer, observatory, planet, solar, space, star, submillimetre, system, telescope,

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