Recommended Reference Sources
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Recommended Data Sources
- Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
The SOA/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a digital library portal for researchers in astronomy and physics operated by the Smithsonian Atrophysical Observatory (SAO). It maintains three databases which cover publications in astronomy and astrophysics, physics, and the arXiv e-prints.
- CERN Document ServerThe world-renown CERN laboratory provides access here to a large portion of its research articles, data, presentations, proceedings, and more
- HubblesiteOfficial site of the Hubble space telescope, with all their latest news and imagery, as well as general resources for learning more and teaching about outer space
- NASA Imagine the UniverseA NASA website with information and resources intended for middle and high school students and teachers (includes links to grade-school material at sister site StarChild)
- National Space Science Data CenterNASA's archive for space mission data, covering astrophysics, heliophysics, solar system exploration, and image resources
- SCOAP3 RepositorySCOAP3, or Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics, provides access to thousands of physics articles and journals fully, freely available online