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😎 Awesome lists about Astronomy stuff. ⭐ Databases, sites, Twitter accounts, projects, NASA, ESA, JAXA, and more 🚀
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  • NASA

    • NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
    • APOD - Astronomy Picture of the Day.
    • DEVELOP - A NASA Applied Sciences Program.
    • NASA Supercomputing - NASA supercomputers.
    • NASApeople - NASA' career.
    • NASA Earth - NASA about the Earth and lives.
    • HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - A space telescope.
    • ISS - International Space Station.
    • WISE - Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.
    • NEOWISE - Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.
    • FGST - The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
    • New Horizons - An interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program.
    • New Frontiers program - A series of space exploration missions being conducted by NASA with the purpose of researching several of the Solar System bodies, including the dwarf planet Pluto.
    • Perseverance rover - A Mars rover manufactured by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for use in NASA's Mars 2020 mission.
    • NAI - The NASA Astrobiology Institute is a virtual distributed organization that integrates astrobiology research and training programs in concert with the national and international science communities.
    • Artemis program - United States-led international human spaceflight program.
    • Photojournal JPL - NASA's Image Access Site for Visual Exploration of the Universe.
    • JPL Image Gallery - JPL is a federally funded research and development center managed for NASA by Caltech (Image Gallery site).
    • Planetary Defense - Planetary Defense Coordination Office.
    • CAPSTONE - Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment will help reduce risk for future spacecraft by validating innovative navigation technologies and verifying the dynamics of this halo-shaped orbit.
    • WISE - Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.
    • DEVELOP - A NASA Applied Sciences Program.
    • Deep Space Network - DSN is NASA’s international array of giant radio antennas that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions, plus a few that orbit Earth.
    • Perseverance rover - A Mars rover manufactured by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for use in NASA's Mars 2020 mission.

  • Sun

    • SOHO - The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.
    • LASCO - The Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph.
    • SWAN - Solar Wind Anisotropies project was developped in collaboration with Finnish Meteorological Institute.
    • SDAC.virtualsolar.org - Virtual Solar Observatory.
    • Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research - correlated - Study the structure and dynamics of the solar magnetic field.
    • star.mpae.gwdg.de - Max Planck Institute for solar system research, solar and stellar coronae group.
    • mps.mpg.de - Max Planck Institute for solar system research.
    • SDAC - Solar Data Analysis Center.
    • PSP - The Parker Solar Probe.
    • WISPR - The Wide-Field Imager for Solar Probe.
    • SOHO Newsroom - Newsroom for Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.
    • Sunspots - Sunspots by SOHO.
    • JHelioviewer - A visualization software for solar image data based on the JPEG 2000 compression standard.
    • LASCO - The Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph.

  • ESA

    • ESA - The European Space Agency.
    • Gaia - Mission to chart a three-dimensional map of the Milky Way.
    • ESA Science - Science at the European Space Agency ESA.
    • ESA Operations - Realtime mission operations at the European Space Agency.
    • ESAC - The ESA's centre for space science.
    • Planck - Space observatory operated by the European Space Agency.
    • ESA Earth Online - Earth Observation information discovery platform.

  • Other Governments' Agences

    • CNSA - China National Space Administration.
    • POLSA - Polish Space Agency.
    • CSA - Canadian Space Agency.
    • UKSA - UK Space Agency.
    • DLR - The German Aerospace Center.
    • ISRO - The Indian Space Research Organisation.
    • ISA - The Israel Space Agency.
    • ASI - The Italian Space Agency.
    • JAXA - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
    • ISA - The Israel Space Agency.

  • Comets

    • Sky & Telescope
    • ICQ - Comet Information and the International Comet Quarterly (ICQ).
    • COBS - Comet Observation database (COBS) saw first light in 2010 and is maintained by Crni Vrh Observatory. It is a free and unique service for comet observers worldwide which allows submission, display and analysis of comet data in a single location.
    • BAA Comet section - British Astronomical Association Comet Section, visual observations page.

  • Asteroids

    • TOTAS - Teide Observatory Tenerife Asteroid Survey.
    • ATLAS - Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System.
    • Pan-STARRS - The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System.
    • NASA PDS: Small Bodies Node - The Small Bodies Node (SBN) is a part of NASA's Planetary Data System, specializes in the archiving, cataloging, and distributing of scientific data sets relevant to asteroids, comets and interplanetary dust.
    • IAWN - International Asteroid Warning Network.
    • MLS - Mount Lemmon Survey is a part of the Catalina Sky Survey with observatory code G96.
    • Spacewatch - An astronomical survey that specializes in the study of minor planets, including various types of asteroids and comets at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona, in the United States.
    • CSS - An astronomical survey to discover comets and asteroids. It is conducted at the Steward Observatory's Catalina Station, located near Tucson, Arizona, in the United States.
    • NEAT - Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking, a program run by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, surveying the sky for near-Earth objects.
    • LONEOS - Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search, a project designed to discover asteroids and comets that orbit near the Earth.
    • CSBN - The Committee for Small Bodies Nomenclature (also known as The Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature).
    • SpaceweatherRadio - The short-lived echo of a radio signal.
    • CNEOS - The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies is NASA's center for computing asteroid and comet orbits and their odds of Earth impact.
    • The Spaceguard Centre - The National Near Earth Objects Information Centre.
    • Orbit@home - Orbit@home was a BOINC-based distributed computing project of the Planetary Science Institute.
    • DART Mission - The Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission is a planetary defense-driven test of technologies for preventing an impact of Earth by a hazardous asteroid.
    • Psyche mission - A planned orbiter mission that will explore the origin of planetary cores by studying the metallic asteroid of the same name.
    • DART Mission - The Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission is a planetary defense-driven test of technologies for preventing an impact of Earth by a hazardous asteroid.
    • MLS - Mount Lemmon Survey is a part of the Catalina Sky Survey with observatory code G96.

  • The Moon

  • Experiments

    • LIGO - Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory.

  • Observatories

    • VO - Virtual observatory.
    • LSST - The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, previously referred to as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), is an astronomical observatory currently under construction in Chile.
    • LSO - Las Cumbres Observatory is a network of astronomical observatories run by a non-profit private operating foundation directed by the technologist Wayne Rosing.
    • ALMA - The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array is an astronomical interferometer of 66 radio telescopes in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, which observe electromagnetic radiation at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths.
    • ROG - The Royal Observatory is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in east London, overlooking the River Thames to the north.
    • ON - The National Observatory it's located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, it is one of the oldest scientific institutions in Brazil.
    • SARAO - The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, a facility of the National Research Foundation, is responsible for managing all radio astronomy initiatives and facilities in South Africa, including the MeerKAT Radio Telescope in the Karoo, and the Geodesy and VLBI activities at the HartRAO facility.
    • ALMA - The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array is an astronomical interferometer of 66 radio telescopes in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, which observe electromagnetic radiation at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths.

  • Exoplanet projects

  • Astrophotography

    • Astrophotography/ Amateur Astronomy Enthusiasts - Facebook' group about astrophotography.
    • Astrophotography tips - Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques (skyandtelescope.org).
    • Astrophotography how-to - Catching the Light. Astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss.
    • TWAN - The World At Night is an international effort to present stunning nightscape photos and timelapse videos of the world’s landmarks against celestial attractions. TWAN is a bridge between art, science, and culture.
    • TWAN - The World At Night is an international effort to present stunning nightscape photos and timelapse videos of the world’s landmarks against celestial attractions. TWAN is a bridge between art, science, and culture.

  • Society

    • Poland

      • PTA - The Polish Astronomical Society (Polish: Polskie Towarzystwo Astronomiczne).
      • PTF - The Polish Physical Society (Polish: Polskie Towarzystwo Fizyczne).
      • PTMA - Polish Society of Amateur Astronomers (Polish: Polskie Towarzystwo MiƂoƛnikĂłw Astronomii).
      • Urania – Postępy Astronomii - Polish astronomical magazine.
      • PKiM - Polish Fireball Network.
      • Proxima - Polish astronomical magazine.
      • Astronomia Nova - Astronomia Nova association.
      • PTAstrobio - A society which was initiated by Polish experts dealing with problems with astrobiology.
      • CBK - The Space Research Centre (Polish: Centrum BadaƄ Kosmicznych) is an interdisciplinary research institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
      • TOS - Solar Observers Society (Polish: Towarzystwo ObserwatorĂłw SƂoƄca).
      • CAMK - The Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center (Polish: Centrum Astronomiczne im. MikoƂaja Kopernika) is a Polish scientific research institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences headquartered in Warsaw.
      • NCBJ - National Centre for Nuclear Research (Polish: Narodowe Centrum BadaƄ Jądrowych) is the largest research Institute in Poland.

    • International

      • IAU - International Astronomical Union.
      • CBAT - The Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams.
      • ATel - The Astronomer's Telegram.
      • JPL - This site provides information related to the orbits, physical charateristics, and discovery circumstances.
      • ESO - The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere.
      • Mars Society - An American worldwide volunteer-driven space-advocacy.
      • Astronomy - A monthly American magazine about astronomy.
      • S&T - Sky & Telescope is a monthly American magazine covering all aspects of amateur astronomy.
      • CERN - The European Organization for Nuclear Research, is the world's largest particle physics lab.
      • AAVSO - American Association of Variable Star Observers.
      • BAA - British Astronomical Association.
      • EAS - The European Astronomical Society is a learned society, founded under the Swiss Civil Code in 1990, as an association to contribute and promote the advancement of astronomy in Europe, and to deal with astronomical matters at a European level.
      • RAS - The Royal Astronomical Society is a learned society and charity that encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science.
      • SPA - The Society for Popular Astronomy is a national astronomical society based in the United Kingdom for beginners to amateur astronomy.
      • RiAus - The Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus) is a national scientific not-for-profit organisation with a mission to "bring science to people and people to science".
      • SAB - The Brazilian Astronomical Society is the organization responsible for Astronomy in Brazil.
      • AfAS - African Astronomical Society (AfAS) is the Pan-African professional society for astronomers.
      • ASCOM Initiative - The ASCOM Initiative establishes standard interfaces that enable communication between applications and diverse astronomy hardware.
      • OpenAstronomy - A collaboration between open source astronomy and astrophysics projects to share resources, ideas, and to improve code.
      • ATel - The Astronomer's Telegram.
      • MPC - Minor Planet Center.

  • Citizen science

    • International

    • Sungrazer

    • Zooniverse

      • Zooniverse - A citizen science web portal owned and operated by the Citizen Science Alliance.
      • Zooniverse repo on GitHub - Zooniverse' repositories on the GitHub.
      • Galaxy Zoo - Zooniverse project about galaxies.
      • Variable Star Zoo - Zooniverse project about variable stars.
      • SuperWASP Variable Stars - Zooniverse project about variable stars.
      • Planet Hunters TESS - Zooniverse project about exoplanets.
      • Muon Hunters 2.0 - Zooniverse project about muons.
      • Hubble Asteroid Hunter - Zooniverse project about asteroids.
      • Galaxy Zoo Mobile - Zooniverse project about galaxies.
      • Solar Stormwatch II - Zooniverse project about the Sun.
      • Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 - Zooniverse project about Planet Nine.
      • Gravity Spy - Zooniverse project about gravitational waves.
      • Radio Meteor Zoo - Zooniverse project about meteors.
      • Comet Hunters - Zooniverse project about comets.
      • Pulsar Hunters - Zooniverse project about pulsars.
      • Supernova Hunters - Zooniverse project about supernovas.
      • Disk Detective - Zooniverse project about stars, which are surrounded by dust-rich circumstellar disks.
      • Higgs Hunters - Zooniverse project about hints of the Higgs boson.
      • Galaxy Zoo: Bar Lengths - Zooniverse project about galaxies.
      • Milky Way Project - Zooniverse project about the Milky Way.
      • Radio Galaxy Zoo - Zooniverse project about black holes.
      • Astronomy Rewind - Zooniverse project aimed at turning the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) into a data resource.
      • Radio Galaxy Zoo: LOFAR - Help to discover the weirdest variable stars.
      • Star Notes - Help to transcribe the groundbreaking work of early women astronomers.
      • AI4Mars - Teaching Mars rovers how to classify Martian terrain.
      • Bursts from Space - Focused on the mysterious bursts from space.
      • Zwicky Chemical Factory - Help to classify stellar explosions for understand how elements are created in the universe.
      • Citizen ASAS-SN - Classify the light curves of variable stars and help to find the most unusual ones.
      • Dark Energy Explorers - Identify distant galaxies to help measure dark energy when the universe was just ~2-3 billion years old.
      • Active Asteroids - The project is focused on active asteroids.
      • Planet Hunters NGTS - The project is focused on discovering hidden worlds with the Next-Generation Transit Survey.
      • Bursts from Space: MeerKAT - The project is focused on the light curves and images to determine if a source is radio-variable or transient.
      • Solar Jet Hunter - This project uses only one of the AIA wavelengths: the 30.4 nanometers (nm) filter. In this filter, jets are generally brighter than the average brightness of the Sun, which make them easier to spot in images or videos. However, many jets can be seen in more than one AIA filter, indicating that the jet plasma contains components at several different temperatures.
      • Cosmic Muon Images - Interdisciplinary studies with Geoscience and Archaeology has the goal to show how the technology developed to study fundamental physics can be applied to the development of frameworks that may have a significant impact on society.
      • NASA GLOBE CLOUD GAZE - A NASA funded project aimed to help NASA better understand the effect clouds are having on Earth’s climate.

    • Other

      • NASA's citizen science projects - Collaborations between scientists and interested members of the public.
      • IASC - The International Astronomical Search Collaboration is a citizen science program that provides high-quality astronomical data to citizen scientists around the world.
      • NASA's citizen science projects - Collaborations between scientists and interested members of the public.

  • Social media & groups

    • Twitter

      • ESA EarthObservation - Twitter handle about ESA' Earth Observation.
      • TheMarsSociety - Twitter handle of The Mars Society, Mars related subjects.
      • ATLAS Project - Twitter handle of the ATLAS Project, asteroids related subjects.
      • NASA_DEVELOP - NASA Applied Sciences Program that conducts research projects applying NASA Earth observations to environmental policy issues around the globe.
      • NASA Supercomputing - NASA supercomputers enable scientific discoveries and engineering triumphs for missions in aeronautics, Earth and space science and exploration of the universe.
      • NASA People - Twitter handle about career in NASA.
      • NASA Goddard Images - The official image, video tweeting account for NASA Goddard..
      • NASA HQ PHOTO - NASA Headquarters Photo Department.
      • NASA Marshall - Twitter handle of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
      • ATel - Twitter handle of The Astronomer's Telegram.
      • NASA Tournament Lab - Engaging the crowd to contribute to NASA's Space Program.
      • ESA Exhibitions - The European Space Agency Exhibitions Office, sharing the latest news and pics on ESA Events, tradeshows and more.
      • Astronomy Magazine - The best-selling astronomy magazine.
      • Sky & Telescope - The world's leading compendium of information about the science and hobby of astronomy.
      • NASA Earth - NASA uses the vantage point of space to increase our understanding of Earth and improve lives.
      • NASA Ice - Exploring Earth's sea ice, land ice, snow and permafrost.
      • NASA Climate - NASA' climate science.
      • CERN - The European Organization for Nuclear Research.
      • Scientific American - An American popular science magazine.
      • NASA JPL - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages many of NASA's robotic missions exploring Earth, the solar system and the universe.
      • LIGO - Official Twitter of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration.
      • NASA Glenn Research - NASA Glenn is advancing exploration of our solar system and beyond while maintaining global leadership in aeronautics.
      • ESA Science - Science at the European Space Agency ESA, keeping you posted on European space science activities.
      • ESA Operations - From Earth orbit to deep space: sharing the excitement of realtime mission operations at the European Space Agency.
      • NASA Solar System - NASA's Planetary Science Division.
      • NASA Astronauts - NASA astronauts Twitter handle.
      • Pan-STARRS1 NEOwatch - Automated updates when the Pan-STARRS1 team identify a new Near Earth Object. A ground-breaking astronomical survey telescope on Haleakala, Maui.
      • NASA Asteroid Watch - NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office detects, tracks, and characterizes Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) to enable mitigation of potential future NEO impacts.
      • NASA's Kennedy Space Center - The world’s preeminent launch complex for government and commercial space access, enabling the world to explore and work in space.

    • Twitter - Astronomers and Scientific Disseminators

      • Aline Novais - PhD student at Valongo UFRJ, studying atmospheres of exoplanets and science disseminator. User: @astroaline. Language: Portuguese-BR.
      • Ana Carolina Posses - Astronomer, doctoral student in extragalactics at UDP (Chile) and Columnist in Revista Galileu. User: @astroposses. Language: Portuguese-BR.
      • Dr. Mae Jemison - 1st woman of color in space, Astronaut, Physician, Engineer, Educator, Futurist, Leader 100 YearStarship, Area Peace Corps Medical Officer. User: @maejemison. Language: English.
      • Eduardo Machado Pereira - astronomer at the Valongo Observatory and PhD at the National Observatory. User: @mp_eduard Language: Portuguese-BR.
      • Franciele Kruczkiewicz - PhD in Astrochemistry. User: @intelectorta. Language: Portuguese-BR and English.
      • Neil deGrasse Tyson - Astrophysicist and host of the new seasons of the Cosmos tv show. User: @neiltyson. Language: English.
      • Ricardo Ogando - Astronomer and scientific popularizer. User: @rilogando. Language: Portuguese-BR.
      • Sofia Fonseca - Astronomy student at UFRJ, amateur astrophotographer and science communicator. User: @sofia_fonsecao. Language: Portuguese-BR.
      • Camila Esperança - Astronomer and PhD student at ESO. User: @astronomacamila. Language: Portuguese.
      • Roberta Duarte - Physics. PhD student in Astrophysics at @blackholesusp.Working and promoting black holes and AI (on #AstroThreadBR). Itineraries in CiĂȘncia Todo Dia. User: @import_robs. Language: Portuguese-BR and English.
      • Rayssa GuimarĂŁes - Astronomer and Master's Student at Valongo UFRJ. She hunt black holes in galaxies, she's part of AdAstra Science and UFRJ Physics Week. User: @acosmicray. Language: Portuguese-BR and English.
      • Prof. Abel MĂ©ndez - Planetary Astrobiologist and Director of the Planetary HabLab. Looking at habitable worlds from the Arecibo Observatory. User: @ProfAbelMendez. Language: English.
      • Thiago S Gonçalves - Astronomer at Valongo UFRJ, scientific disseminator. SAB Press Coordinator. User: @thiagosgbr. Language: Portuguese-BR.

    • Facebook

    • Groups

  • Sources for scientific papers

    • Other

      • arXiv - A free distribution service and an open-access archive.
      • ADS - Astrophysics Data System.
      • Inspirehep - Astrophysics papers database with focus on astro particle-physics
      • ResearchGate - A European commercial social networking site for scientists and researchers.

  • Databases

    • Other

      • NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database - An online astronomical database for astronomers that collates and cross-correlates astronomical information on extragalactic objects (galaxies, quasars, radio, x-ray and infrared sources, etc.).
      • SIMBAD - The Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data is an astronomical database of objects beyond the Solar System.
      • PDS - The Planetary Data System is a distributed data system that NASA uses to archive data collected by Solar System missions.
      • GCVS - General Catalogue of Variable Stars.
      • AstDyS-2 - Website provides data on numbered and multiopposition asteroids, including orbital elements, their uncertainty, proper elements, ephemerides with uncertainty, and more.
      • JPL - JPL Small-Body Database Browser.
      • MPC - MPC Database Search.
      • ASIAGOSN - Asiago Supernova Catalog.
      • HEASARC - The High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center is the primary archive for NASA's (and other space agencies') missions studying electromagnetic radiation from extremely energetic cosmic phenomena ranging from black holes to the Big Bang.

  • Tools

    • Other

      • FITS - Flexible Image Transport System.
      • LaTeX - A document preparation system.
      • Python - An interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language.
      • R - Programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics.
      • Stellarium - A free and open source planetarium for your computer.
      • IRIS - Free image processing software.
      • SPICE - A toolkit comprised of several items like large collection of user-level application program interfaces (APIs) and underlying subroutines and functions, provided as source code with extensive user-focused documentation or ready-to-use library made from the APIs.
      • Cosmographia - A SPICE-enhanced version of the open source visualization tool.
      • Astrometrica - Software which provides the ability to easily compare astromerical images for the purpose of moving object detection.

  • Repositories

  • Apps

    • Other

      • Google Sky - The space version of Google's Earth application.
      • Sky Map - A hand-held planetarium for your the Android device.
      • Heavens-Above - App provides you with precise pass predictions for the ISS, visible satellites and radio satellites.
      • Star Trails - App quite good, If you have some long exposures and want to create star trails from them.
      • Night Sky - A stargazing reference app, where the user can explore a virtual representation of the night sky to identify stars, planets, constellations and satellites.

  • Miscellaneous

    • Groups

      • SpaceX - A private American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company.
      • Starlink - Satellite constellation being constructed by SpaceX.
      • BRITE-PL - Heweliusz is the second Polish scientific satellite.
      • BRITE-Constellation - A network of five nanosatellites.
      • PlanetaryResources - Repo on GitHub from the Planetary Resources.
      • consensys.space - Open Source Space.
      • University Rover Challenge - Robotics competition for university level students.
      • KRAKsat - Satellite has docked to International Space Station with Cygnus spaceship.
      • Scorpio - Scorpio rovers family.
      • Space is More - Research team focused on space architecture and engineering.
      • Messier marathon - An attempt, usually organized by amateur astronomers.
      • SEDS USA - Students for the Exploration and Development of Space is an international student organization.
      • The Virgo experiment - Large interferometer designed to detect gravitational waves.
      • SpaceWeather - News and information about the Sun-Earth environment.
      • SWPC - Space Weather Prediction Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
      • ZTF - The Zwicky Transient Facility is a new time-domain survey that had first light at Palomar Observatory in 2017.
      • DESI Survey - The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. The DESI Survey will measure the properties of Dark Energy using a survey of 30+ million galaxy redshifts.
      • LSST SSSC - Solar System Science Collaboration - preparing to study the Solar System with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.
      • SkyHunt - Astroblog by Trygve Prestgard.
      • R.Kracht page - SOHO comets by Rainer Kracht.
      • Mike Oates page - Mike's SOHO Comet Hunt.
      • Einstein@Home - A volunteer distributed computing project that searches for signals from rotating neutron stars in data from the LIGO gravitational-wave detectors, from large radio telescopes, and from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
      • Kleinplaneten - Site by Gerhard Lehmann about asteroids.
      • MB Webpage - Selected SOHO-comet discoveries by Michal Biesiada.
      • Time and Date - Useful page with section for astronomy.
      • BBC Sky at Night magazine - A British monthly magazine about astronomy aimed at amateur astronomers and published by Immediate Media Company.
      • Earth&Sky - Site about about science and nature.
      • Perihelio - Site about comets in twilight.
      • CometChaser - Page is dedicated to all astronomers with small telescopes (also with comet section).
      • Crash Course - Astronomy - An introductory crash course on astronomy.
      • Don Machholz - Site by Don Machholz, the comet hunter.
      • Astronomy & Astrophysics - A&A is an international journal which publishes papers on all aspects of astronomy and astrophysics.
      • BOINC - The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing is an open-source middleware system for volunteer computing and grid computing.
      • Heavens-Above - The website is dedicated to helping people observe and track satellites orbiting the Earth without the need for optical equipment such as binoculars or telescopes.
      • ASAS - The All Sky Automated Survey is a Polish project implemented on 7 April 1997 to do photometric monitoring of approximately 20 million stars brighter than 14 magnitude all over the sky.
      • The Pan-STARRS Survey for Transients - The Pan-STARRS1 telescope carried out the 3Pi survey of the whole sky north of -30 degrees between 2010-2014 in grizy (PS1 specific filters). This was run by the PS1 Science Consortium.
      • Transient Name Server - TNS by IAU Supernova Working Group.
      • Astronomers Without Borders - AWB is a U.S.-based organization founded by Mike Simmons, dedicated to spreading astronomy throughout the world and connecting people through this universal interest.
      • Lunares - Lunares Habitat is a research station based in Poland, which enables conducting similar manned lunar and Martian missions.
      • MDRS - The Mars Desert Research Station is the second simulated Mars analog habitat owned and operated by the Mars Society.
      • MARS-500 - The mission was a psychosocial isolation experiment conducted between 2007 and 2011 by Russia, the European Space Agency and China, in preparation for an unspecified future crewed spaceflight to the planet Mars. Information at the official ESA site.
      • LOFAR - The Low-Frequency Array is a large radio telescope network located mainly in the Netherlands, completed in 2012 by ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy and its international partners, and operated by ASTRON's radio observatory, of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.
      • The European Astrobiology and Society Resource Centre - All you ever wanted to know about societal aspects of astrobiology in one place.
      • ASB - The Astrobiology Society of Britain is a learned society dedicated to the understanding and advancement of astrobiology in the United Kingdom. The organisation is affiliated with NASA.
      • JWST - The James Webb Space Telescope is a joint NASA-ESA-CSA space telescope that is planned to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope as NASA's flagship astrophysics mission.
      • FAST - The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope is a radio telescope located in the Dawodang depression, a natural basin in Pingtang County, Guizhou, southwest China.
      • ASAS-SN - Global network of robotic telescopes, All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae.
      • DES - The Dark Energy Survey is a visible and near-infrared survey that aims to probe the dynamics of the expansion of the Universe and the growth of large-scale structure.
      • SGAC - The Space Generation Advisory Council is a global network for students and young professionals interested in the space industry.
      • SuperWASP - The UK's leading extra-solar planet detection programme.
      • ISSI - An Institute of Advanced Studies based in Bern, Switzerland.
      • SETI - The search for extraterrestrial intelligence is a collective term for scientific searches for intelligent extraterrestrial life, for example, monitoring electromagnetic radiation for signs of transmissions from civilizations on other planets.
      • Project Pluto - Project Pluto supplies astronomical software, both commercial and freeware, to amateur and professional astronomers.
      • COSMOS - A science magazine produced in Australia with a global outlook and literary ambitions, published by the Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus).
      • NGTS - The Next-Generation Transit Survey is a wide-field photometric survey designed primarily to find and characterise transiting exoplanets.
      • Komeciarz - Michal Kusiak (comets and asteroids discoverer) webpage.

  • Conferences

    • Groups

      • Waset.org - astronomy - An indexed listing of upcoming meetings, seminars and other.
      • IAU Events - The IAU100 celebrations consists of coordinated activities on national, regional and international levels.

  • Hackathons

    • Other

      • NASA Space Apps Challenge - An international hackathon for coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, technologists, and others where teams engage the NASA’s free and open data to address real-world problems on Earth and in space.
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