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Comparative Planetology, Astroids, Meteors, Near-earth Objects
Chicxulub Meteor Impact - 65 million years ago. When a giant space rock slammed into Earth 65 million years ago near the present-day village of Chicxulub on the Yucatan Peninsula, not only did it wipe out a lot of dinosaurs, it left behind a huge crater and, inside that pock, an even bigger mystery. But the Chicxulub meteor impact was not the only one to affect the dinosaurs: Did a Triassic Asteroid Impact Spare the Dinosaurs?
The Chicxulub Crater Dig: Drilling for Solutions to the Mystery
Lunar and Planetary Institute A NASA-funded institute in Houston, Texas, devoted to studying the solar system and sharing the excitement of space exploration with the public. Browse around our site; there is something here for you whether you are a teacher, student, scientist, or just a member of the public interested in the planets.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory�s page for the Mars Pathfinder Mission. Lists links to mirror sites.
Meteor Shower - The Leonids
NASA Planetary Photojournal
National Space Science Data Center Photo Gallery at the Goddard Space Flight Center. This is a good resource for folks who don�t want to wade through a lot of technical info.
Near-Earth Object (NEO) home page
The Nine Planets (Univ. of Arizona): Go on a tour of the solar system with Bill Arnett. The site including a large number of images of Earth from orbit. Another tour can be found at Overview of the Solar System.
Source of information on the Northern and Southern Lights, the aurora borealis and australis. Includes photographs and recordings of aurora sounds. Also provides the latest forecast on geomagnetic activity, which determines the likelihood of seeing the aurora. A link to the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska hooks you up to scientists who work to understand the physics behind the aurora. The Institute also offers maps showing where the aurora is most likely to appear, as well as tips for observing the phenomenon and provides an overview of the solar system. This is equivalent to a portion of an Introduction to Astronomy course.
Planetary Society home page
The PDS Mars Explorer for the Armchair Astronaut site is part of the Planetary Data System Imaging Node, an archive of images suitable for high-end digital processing and other uses. At this site, you can point, zoom and explore �maps� of Mars, generated from data acquired during the Viking missions.
Talks about Louis Frank�s theory that small comets bombarded the Earth�s early atmosphere, possibly seeding it with water and thus life.
Space.com: the latest space and planetary exploration news from NASA from space.com
Space.com: the lastest news about Earth sciences from space.com.
Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNO) A space rock about one-fourth to one-half the size of Pluto and roughly the same distance from Earth has been found, and astronomers Friday called it the brightest Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO) or "minor planet" in our solar system.
The Views of the Solar System site is an educational tour in various languages that includes bits on the history of exploration of our solar system along with statistics and photos on the planets.
