Physics & Astronomy: Web Sites

Contains statistics on aerospace, economic indicators, state-by-state data, facts & figures, charts, and the AIA Year-end Review and Forecast. It also has a compilation of other resources (market forecasts, expert presentations, statistical data books, space reports, federal budgets, contract awards, and government industrial statistics) useful to aerospace researchers.

SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a Digital Library portal for researchers in Astronomy and Physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) under a NASA grant. The ADS maintains three databases containing nearly 9 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and arXiv e-prints.

History of the universe, divided into seven sections: Particulate Epoch, Galactic Epoch, Stellar Epoch, Planetary Epoch, Chemical Epoch, Biological Epoch, and Cultural Epoch, with additional section on the future. Based on the book Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos.

Explore a virtual Mars habitat and surrounding terrain, including technology used for humans to walk on Mars.

GISS research predictions atmospheric & climate changes in the 21st century. The research combines analysis of comprehensive global datasets with global models of atmospheric, land surface, and oceanic processes. Studies of past climate change on Earth & other planetary atmospheres help assess our understanding of our atmosphere & its evolution. Includes data, images, animations, & scientific documents covering over the last 40 years.

Provides information and images on the Mars Global Surveyor Project.

NTRS provides access to approximately 500K NASA aerospace related citations, 90K full-text online documents, and 111K images and videos.

STScI provides data archive and distribution for all of NASA's optical/UV missions, including HST. STScI is also the science and operations center for the 6.5m James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

Find a wide selection of images in NASA's Image Gallery. Included are: NASA Image Exchange, Dryden Image Gallery, Kennedy Multimedia Gallery, Great Images in NASA, Planetary Photojournal, and Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Includes NASA images from solar system exploration programs.