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Space Science Resources

Finding out about meteorites from Royal Observatory Greenwich on Vimeo.

Inside the Meteorite Clean Room at the Smithsonian from the Smithsonian Antarctic Meteorite Program.

Meteorites: An Overview by Edward R. D. Scott (2011) Elements, v. 7(1), p. 47-48. Linked here by PSRD with permission.

Meteoritical Bulletin Database, searchable database with authoritative information about meteorite names with additional facts that include classification, place and year of discovery, photographs, and references for more details.

Lunar Meteorites, comprehensive site from Randy Korotev, Washington University in St. Louis.

Mars Meteorites, comprehensive site from Ron Baalke, Jet Propulsion Lab.

The Meteoritical Society.

Meteorites and Their Properties, by David A. Kring, Lunar and Planetary Institute.

Cosmochemistry Illustrated, slide presentations with extraterrestrial examples of topics covered in undergraduate geochemistry, petrology, and introductory geology courses.

Discoveries in Planetary Science Slide Sets, from the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society.

SAO/NASA ADS Query Form, searchable database of technical references operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory under a NASA grant.

Apollo Digital Image Archive from Arizona State University.

Apollo Lunar Sample Atlas from the Lunar and Planetary Institute.

Apollo Lunar Soil Characterization Consortium from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

NASA Lunar Science Institute.

NASA Mars Exploration Program.

NASA Mars Images: Mars Orbiter Camera on Mars Global Surveyor, from Malin Space Science Systems.

NASA National Space Grant Program.

NASA News and Events.

NASA Planetary Photojournal, comprehensive resource for publicly released images from NASA Solar System exploration programs.

NASA Science Mission Directorate.

NASA Solar System Exploration.

NASA Solar System Lithographs of asteroids, comets, moons, planets, Sun, plus background information for each; from NASA Educational Materials.

The Once and Future Moon, Blog by Dr. Paul D. Spudis hosted by Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine.

Welcome to the Planets, from NASA's Planetary Data System.

Astronomy Today, astronomy, cosmology, space exploration, sky guide, and space news.

EarthSky, daily science radio service and web site with stories covering Astronomy, Earth Science, Environmental Science, and Space.

New Scientist, science and technology weekly magazine.

space.com, Space news, information, education, and resources.

Learning Activities for Earth and Space Sciences

(alphabetical listing, links open in new windows)

Astronomy and Space Science Activities, K-12 resources compiled by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

Cosmochemistry Illustrated, slide presentations (with instructional notes) with extraterrestrial examples of topics covered in undergraduate geochemistry, petrology, and introductory geology courses; from the University of Hawaii.

Exploring Planets in the Classroom, K-12 hands-on activities formatted in teacher-background pages and student sheets; from Hawaii Space Grant Consortium.

Galileo Educational Activities, K-12 resources for studying Jupiter and its moons; from the Galileo Legacy Site.

Higher Education Lunar Resources, lunar science and exploration content for undergraduate and graduate courses; from the Lunar and Planetary Institute and the Center for Lunar Science and Exploration.

IMAGE Mission NASA's Imager for Magnetosphere-to-Aurora Global Explorer, K-12 resources for learning about Earth's magnetic field, aurora, and how solar storms cause disturbances in the Earth's space environment.

INSPIRE Project, bringing the excitement of observing natural and manmade very-low-frequency radio waves to high school students.

LPI Educator Resources, K-12 resources; from the Lunar and Planetary Institute.

NASA Science for Educators, K-12 and public outreach resources; from the NASA Science Mission Directorate.

NASA Space Science Education Resource Directory, K-12 resources; from the NASA Science Mission Directorate.

NASA Stardust Mission, K-12 and public outreach resoaurces; from the archived site of NASA's Comet Sample Return Mission.

Science NetLinks, K-12 resources; from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Planetary Geology and Meteoritics Books

Greeley, Ronald, 1994, Planetary Landscapes, Chapman and Hall, 286 p.

McSween Jr., Harry Y., 2000, Meteorites and Their Parent Planets, Cambridge University Press, 310 p.

McSween Jr., Harry Y. and Huss, Gary R., 2010, Cosmochemistry, Cambridge University Press, 549 p.

Technical Journals with Cosmochemistry Content

(alphabetical listing, links open in new windows)

American Mineralogist

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Chemie der Erde/Geochemistry

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Elements

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Geophysical Research Letters

Icarus

Journal of Geophysical Research–Planets

Meteoritics & Planetary Science

Nature

Nature Geoscience

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Science

The Astrophysical Journal

How Science Works

Sagan, Carl, 1995, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, Random House, 457 p.

Strahler, Arthur N., 1992, Understanding Science: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues, Prometheus Books, 409 p.

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