The purpose of this blog is to follow recent advances in astronomy. This site is not intended to follow the science of astronomy as a whole, but rather to provide news of recent developments with relevant background information.
There are many popular resources about astronomy in general. Among the most popular, two monthly magazines have websites that provide information about developments in astronomy. One is the website of the American magazine called Astronomy Magazine. It features monthly articles about both astronomy in general and articles about developments in astronomy. The other is the website of the British magazine called Astronomy Now. It provides a very comprehensive array of articles on news in astronomy, and I plan to research many of the topics of the articles in the future on my blog.
Astronomy News and Links features articles from media sources around the world. It is particularly informative in that it posts news in astronomy almost daily and gives access to posts from over the past year. It covers a very diverse array of topics.
One of the most popular sources of information on the internet is The Astronomy Net. At this site's home page I opened the link called Astronomy News and found that the site provides information about astronomy news from other sources such as AstroWire and NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Astrowire draws articles from different sources and reports on research and development all over the world.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, has a website. I will report on news from this site in the future. NASA is the government agency that explores space. According to the site's information on the question of "What does NASA do?" NASA has a plan for future space exploration called The Vision for Space Exploration, which was set forth by President George W. Bush in 2004. According to NASA, future goals include:
-completing the International Space Station and retiring the Space Shuttle by 2010
-robotic missions to the moon by 2008 and human missions by 2020
-robotic exploration of Mars and the Solar System
-returning to the moon by 2018.
-creation of the Crew Exploration Vehicle, which is NASA's next spaceship. This vehicle will replace the shuttle in flying to the international space station and take a human crew to the surface of the moon.
The sites described here are resources that I will draw from in the future as I choose topics for each post. As I research the details of news topics in astronomy, I will report informative web sites I discover.
There are many popular resources about astronomy in general. Among the most popular, two monthly magazines have websites that provide information about developments in astronomy. One is the website of the American magazine called Astronomy Magazine. It features monthly articles about both astronomy in general and articles about developments in astronomy. The other is the website of the British magazine called Astronomy Now. It provides a very comprehensive array of articles on news in astronomy, and I plan to research many of the topics of the articles in the future on my blog.
Astronomy News and Links features articles from media sources around the world. It is particularly informative in that it posts news in astronomy almost daily and gives access to posts from over the past year. It covers a very diverse array of topics.
One of the most popular sources of information on the internet is The Astronomy Net. At this site's home page I opened the link called Astronomy News and found that the site provides information about astronomy news from other sources such as AstroWire and NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Astrowire draws articles from different sources and reports on research and development all over the world.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, has a website. I will report on news from this site in the future. NASA is the government agency that explores space. According to the site's information on the question of "What does NASA do?" NASA has a plan for future space exploration called The Vision for Space Exploration, which was set forth by President George W. Bush in 2004. According to NASA, future goals include:
-completing the International Space Station and retiring the Space Shuttle by 2010
-robotic missions to the moon by 2008 and human missions by 2020
-robotic exploration of Mars and the Solar System
-returning to the moon by 2018.
-creation of the Crew Exploration Vehicle, which is NASA's next spaceship. This vehicle will replace the shuttle in flying to the international space station and take a human crew to the surface of the moon.
The sites described here are resources that I will draw from in the future as I choose topics for each post. As I research the details of news topics in astronomy, I will report informative web sites I discover.
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