- Ask the Space Scientist About the Sun
Series of questions and answers addressing the nature of the sun.
image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/asun.html
- Astronomy in Motion Sun Pages
Includes a brief story of the Sun as a star, plus solar activities designed for understanding the size and effects of the Sun on the Earth.
hea-www.harvard.edu/scied/SUN/SunIntro.html
- Best of Free Spirit Presents: The Sun
Offers basic physical facts in addition to different cultural myths.
deoxy.org/annex/celest_s.htm
- Genesis Mission (1)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Sun/Genesis_Mission
- High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI) (2)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Sun/High_Energy_Solar_Spectroscopic_Imager__HESSI_
- International Heliophysical Year (IHY) 2007
Working to advance our understanding of the heliophysical processes which govern the Sun's influence on Earth.
www.ihy2007.org
- International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP)@
Learn about International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP), the initiative of an international research collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) to study various phenomena related to the Sun, solar wind, and its effects on the Earth.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Space_Environment/International_Solar_Terrestrial_Physics__ISTP_
- Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory
Scientists and engineers who design, build, operate, and use solar and astrophysical observing instruments.
www.lmsal.com
- Mission to Geospace: Probing the Sun-Earth Connection
Describes how we are living in the atmosphere of the sun. Also provides information on the Earth's magnetosphere, its space environments, and space weather.
www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach
- NASA Sun-Earth Connection (SEC)
Understanding the changing Sun and its effects on the Solar System, life, and society.
sec.gsfc.nasa.gov
- NASA's Solar Terrestrial Probes (STP) Program
STP Program constitutes an ambitious in-depth look at space weather and solar science with implications for improving life on Earth, space exploration and vastly increasing our understanding of star system processes.
stp.gsfc.nasa.gov
- Once and Future Sun
Traces and projects the life of our sun.
www-astronomy.mps.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Lectures/vistas97.html
- Scientific American: The GONG Show
Astronomers learn ringing truths about the sun.
www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0001B951-A50F-1C76-9B81809EC588EF21
- Solar Data Analysis Center (SDAC) - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
umbra.gsfc.nasa.gov
- Solar Flare Theory
Introduction to solar flares and solar flare research. A crossword puzzle and answers to readers' questions are included.
hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/sftheory
- Solar Observing by Peter Meadows
Includes observing advice, a glossary, drawings and animations recording sunspot activity, and other resources.
www.petermeadows.com
- Solar Oscillations Investigation (SOI)
International project studying the interior structure and dynamics of the Sun using the Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) instrument.
soi.stanford.edu
- SolarMax
Official site of the IMAX documentary. Tells the story of humankind's struggle to understand the sun.
www.solarmovie.com
- Spartan 201 (1)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Sun/Spartan_201
- Stanford SOLAR Center
Pictures, activities, research, myths, and other information about the Sun.
solar-center.stanford.edu
- Sun - Windows to the Universe
Describes the solar activity of the closest star to Earth, the Sun.
www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/sun/sun.html
- Sun-Earth Day (1)
Learn about the annual space science event, held near the spring equinox, which teaches the public about the Sun-Earth connection. Find educational and interactive sites from NASA's Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum for present and past Sun-Earth Day celebrations.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Sun/Sun_Earth_Day
- SunAngle
Calculates solar angles and related information for a given location, date, and time.
www.susdesign.com/sunangle
- SunPosition
Shareware program calculates an array of solar angle data that can be copied into spreadsheets and other documents.
www.susdesign.com/sunposition
- Surfing for Sunbeams
A hypermedia tour of our sun and how scientists are studying it.
www.lmsal.com/YPOP/Spotlight/Tour/index.html
- The Sun - A Multimedia Tour
Describes our nearest star.
www.michielb.nl/od95
- The Sun - Nine Planets
Includes facts, links, and pictures of the largest star in our galaxy, the Sun.
www.nineplanets.org/sol.html
- The Sun - Views of the Solar System
Features statistics, information, images, and video of the sun.
www.solarviews.com/eng/sun.htm
- The Sun: Man's Friend & Foe
Educational site on the sun and its positive and negative effects.
library.thinkquest.org/15215
- Transition Region and Coronal Explorer
Solar images and data from the TRACE instrument exploring the magnetic field in the solar atmosphere.
vestige.lmsal.com/TRACE
- Ulysses Mission@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Missions/Ulysses
- Virtual Tour of the Sun
Information about the Sun, Earth's nearest star. The Virtual Tour of the Sun includes videos.
www.michielb.nl/sun/kaft.htm
- Wikipedia: Sun
Article about the Sun, including the history of solar observation, its structure, life cycle, and other aspects.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun
- Yohkoh Public Outreach Project
Yohkoh satellite is an observatory for studying X-rays and gamma-rays from the Sun. Site features data including movies and a wealth of information about the Sun.
solar.physics.montana.edu/YPOP
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