RESOURCES

BOOKS

DK Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Universe
ed., Martin Rees
(Dorling Kindersley, 2011)

Exoplanets
Sara Seager
(University of Arizona Press, 2010)

Exploring the X-Ray Universe
Frederick D. Seward & Philip A. Charles
(Cambridge University Press, 2010)

Firefly Encyclopedia of Astronomy
Paul Murdin
(Firefly, 2004)

An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics
Bradley W. Carroll & Dale A. Ostlie
(Pearson, 2006)

Mapping the Universe
Paul Murdin
(Carlton Publishing, 2012)

Mirror Earth: The Search for Our
Planet’s Twin
Michael D. Lemonick
(Walker Books, 2012)

Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy
ed., Ian Ridpath
(Oxford University Press, 2012)

Planetary Sciences
Imke de Pater & Jack Lissauer
(Cambridge University Press, 2001)

Secrets of the Universe
Paul Murdin
(University of Chicago Press, 2009)

Space: From Earth to the Edge of the Universe
Carole Stott, Robert Dinwiddie & Giles Sparrow
(Dorling Kindersley, 2010)

Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien
Planets and Life Beyond Our Solar System
Ray Jayawardhana
(Princeton University Press, 2011)

Universe
Roger A. Freedman & William J. Kaufmann
(W. H. Freeman, 2010)

Universe: The Definitive Visual Guide
Carole Stott & Martin Rees
(Dorling Kindersley, 2012)

Unveiling the Edge of Time: Black Holes,
White Holes, Wormholes
John Gribbin
(Crown Publications, 1994)

WEBSITES

http://www.nasa.gov
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the US government’s agency responsible for the nation’s civilian space programme, aeronautics and aerospace research. It shares data with other national and international organizations through its Earth Observing System, Great Observatories and Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod
Astronomy Picture of the Day features a different astronomy and space-science related image each day, with a short explanation by a professional astronomer.

http://kepler.nasa.gov
NASA’s Kepler Mission website. The space observatory’s mission is to search for habitable planets.

http://www.esa.int
The European Space Agency’s website. ESA is an intergovernmental organization, currently with 19 member states. It participates in the International Space Station programme, maintains a major spaceport in French Guiana, and is involved in the design of launch vehicles.

http://www.russianspaceweb.com
Russia’s Federal Space Agency, commonly called Roscosmos, is the government agency responsible for Russia’s space science programme and aerospace research. The above website is in English.