It's About Time/AGI

• Astronomical Unit (AU), Near Earth Object Program, NASA
  Find out a little more about the Astronomical Unit.
• What is a light year and how is it used? Starchild, NASA
  This description is similar to the text in EarthComm but also offers links to other relevant pages.
• If a Millimeter Were a Year/Light-Year
  Comprehending a distance as great as a light year is difficult. This brief essay puts the light-year in perspective by comparing it to a millimeter.

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• The Nebular Theory of Solar System Formation, Hawaii
  This comprehensive site has an easy to use flow chart of the formation of the Solar System. There is also a pictoral slide show and answers to frequently asked questions.
• The Solar Nebular Hypothesis, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee
  Read an approximate chronology of the formation of the solar system and see pictures to go along with some of the phases.

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• Birth of a Solar System? CNN
  This is a report from a 1998 discovery by scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory that provided some new information about how planets form.
• The Solar System, NASA
  Learn some more trivia about the galaxy and our place in it.
• The Milky Way and other Galaxies, Ask a Space Scientist - Goddard Space Flight Center
  Find out answers to 90 different questions about our galaxy and others.

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• Multiwave Astronomy , NASA's Infrared Astrophysics Data Center
• Astronomy Pictures of the Day: Milky Way Galaxy, Goddard Space Flight Center

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• Build a Solar System Walk, Exploratorium
  Make a scale model of the Solar System and learn the REAL definition of "space."
• Voyage: A Journey Through the Solar System along the National Mall in Washington DC
  Planning a visit to the nation's capital? If so, check out the scale model of the solar system along the National Mall. For more information, read this article about the new exhibit in the October issue of Smithsonian magazine.

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• The 26 Nearest Stars to Earth, University of Wisconsin
• Closest Stars - Model
  This page gives you the relative distance of the nearest stars and help with how to make a scale model.
• Table of Earth's nearest stars

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• Fusion Basics
  Get started learning about fusion with this brief description of how fusion works.
• How EINSTEIN Arrived at E=MC2 - Mort Orman, M.D

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• The Hubble Project
• Hubble Site
• European Southern Observatory
• Stellar Nurseries, University of Illlinois
  Read about the birth of stars.
• Early Star Formation
  Read a brief article about what scientists understand about star formation.
• A Star is Born
  Take a virtual tour though the life of a young star.

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