Cool Cosmos provides the answer to many questions about the sun! Just find your question and click on it.

Resource provides easy to understand information about comets. Click on the frequently asked question link to find out more about these mysterious celestial bodies.

Cool Cosmos and NASA have joined together to provide kids with the answers to their most frequently asked questions. Visit this site to learn more about asteroids.

Resource presents information about the solar system through a list of most frequently asked questions. Click on each question and be transported to a wealth of knowledge about our solar system and the planets within it.

Cool Cosmos and NASA help explore the world of galaxies! This site provides the answers to kid's most frequently asked questions.

Cool Cosmos and NASA help you uncover the mysterious Nebula. Kid's frequently asked questions are answered on this site thorugh easy to use links!

Have you ever wondered if aliens really exist? So do astrobiologists. Their job is to find out if life exists in space. Cool Cosmos and NASA provide the answers to the most frequently asked questions about this topic.

Cool Cosmos makes it easy to learn more about spacecrafts through an easy to use list of kid's frequently asked questions. Just click on the question to enhance your understanding of this modern technological wonder.

Cool Cosmos identifies kid's frequently asked questions about the tools we use in space. Click on the links to find the answer to questions about space stations, telescopes, spectrometers and more!

Explore the mysteries of the black hole! Cool Cosmos presents the answers to the most frequently asked questions about this phenomenon. Kids can click on the easy to use question links to find out more.

Resource provides a deeper look at the planet Neptune. Just click on the frequently asked question link and dive into knowledge.

Visit this site and learn more about Pluto. Provides the answers to kids' most frequently asked questions.

In this interactive tutorial students will learn about a few of the instruments used to further our knowledge of the Universe around us.

Learn about the life and accomplishments of Benjamin Banneker, an African American mathematician and scientist. Also contains portraits and a map of New York, which can be enlarged for a closer view.

This is a fantastic account of the life of astronomer, Annie Jump Cannon. Included in this biography are additional links to photographs of her tools and her accomplishments.

This is a biography of Carolyn Shoemaker. This account tells of her growing up with no interest in science, then discovering more comets and asteroids than any other living astronomer. Links to additional material and photographs are...

This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides this discourse on the Ptolemic System that attempted to explain the motion of heavenly bodies. Pictures, charts, and links are all provided for additional information.

A very brief description of Ptolemy's role in researching astronomy. Links to related information.

This site from the University of Oregon provides an overview of Hipparchus's life and his major accomplishments. A good starting point.

This resources focuses exclusively on astronomy. It's packed with historical facts about space exploration, famous people who pioneered the study of stars and planets. It features chronological list of space exploration, current news,...

The University of Virginia provides notes from a lengthy lecture given on the life of Johannes Kepler. This site has GREAT information and is easy to understand.

Read about Maria Mitchell, one of the first female astronomers, in this transcript of a radio broadcast.

A brief biography of the English astronomer, Edmond Halley.

Brief biographical sketch of Galileo Galilei, famous scientist and astronomer whose discoveries include the Tower of Pisa Experiment and the Galilean Telescope.