List of astronomy websites

{{main|Astronomia.pl}}

Astronomia.pl was a Polish web portal for astronomy and space research. It was founded in 2001{{Cite web|url=http://naukawpolsce.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news,385427,portal-astronomiapl-ma-10-lat.html|title=Portal Astronomia.pl ma 10 lat {{!}}|website=naukawpolsce.pap.pl|access-date=2016-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924160559/http://naukawpolsce.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news,385427,portal-astronomiapl-ma-10-lat.html|archive-date=2016-09-24|url-status=dead}} and was active until 2015.{{Cite web |url=http://astronomia.pl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217124507/http://www.astronomia.pl:80/ |title=Astronomia.pl (inoperable page) |date=2015-02-17 |archive-date=17 February 2015 |url-status=dead}} While active, it was the largest astronomy and space portal in Poland, hosting over 3000 articles at its prime.

{{main|CalSky}}

CalSky (sky calendar) was web based astronomical calculator used by astronomers to plan observing. It was created by Arnold Barmettler a researcher at the University of Zurich and formerly a scientific assistant at the European Space Agency.{{cite web |url=http://www.barmettler.com/prof.html |title=Arnold Barmettler |publisher=Barmettler.com |access-date=2014-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720193512/http://www.barmettler.com/prof.html |archive-date=2011-07-20 |url-status=dead }} The website, available in English and German, featured a calendar (and/or email notifications) generated for your location including information on aurora, comets, tides, solar and lunar eclipses, planets, bright satellite passes (ISS, HST, etc.), occultations, transits, iridium flares, and decaying satellites that may be visible.{{cite book|last=(editor)|first=Günter D. Roth|title=Handbook of practical astronomy|date=2009|publisher=Springer|location=Berlin|isbn=978-3-540-76377-2|page=420|edition=Rev.}}{{cite journal|author=Zimbabwe Scientific Association|journal=The Zimbabwe Science News|volume=33|page=61}}{{cite journal|journal=Astronomy Now|date=2005|volume=19|series=7–12|page=33}} In 2020, the website ceased operation.

{{main|NASA Exoplanet Archive}}

The NASA Exoplanet Archive is an online astronomical exoplanet catalog and data service that collects and serves public data that support the search for and characterization of extra-solar planets (exoplanets) and their host stars. It is part of the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) and is on the campus of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, CA. The archive is funded by NASA and was launched in early December 2011 by the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI) as part of NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program.

{{main|Exoplanet Data Explorer}}

The Exoplanet Data Explorer lists extrasolar planets up to 24 Jupiter masses.[https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.5676 The Exoplanet Orbit Database], Jason T Wright, Onsi Fakhouri, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Eunkyu Han, Ying Feng, John Asher Johnson, Andrew W. Howard, Jeff A. Valenti, Jay Anderson, Nikolai Piskunov[https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0607493 Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets], R. P. Butler, J. T. Wright, G. W. Marcy, D. A Fischer, S. S. Vogt, C. G. Tinney, H. R. A. Jones, B. D. Carter, J. A. Johnson, C. McCarthy, A. J. Penny, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 646, Number 1, 2006

{{main|Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia}}

The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaediae.g. [http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/339794 M. Pätzold, H. Rauer, Astrophys. J. Lett., 568, L117 (2002)]; [http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/381724 S. Ida, D. N. C. Lin, Astrophys. J., 604, 388 (2004)]; [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/313/5792/1413 S. N. Raymond, A. M. Mandell, S. Sigurdsson, Science 313, 1413 (2006)]; [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007AAS...210.0904A J. C. Armstrong, S. L. Larson, Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., 38, 105 (2007)]; [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7176/full/nature06582.html D. J. Stevenson, Nature 451, 261 (2008)]. is an astronomy website, founded in Paris, France at the Meudon Observatory by Jean Schneider in February 1995,{{cite book | first=Kyle | last=Kirkland | date=2010 | title=Space and Astronomy: Notable Research and Discoveries | page=29 | series=Frontiers of Science | publisher=Infobase Publishing | isbn=978-0-8160-7445-7 }}{{cite book | first=Rudolf | last=Dvořák | date=2008 | title=Extrasolar planets: formation, detection and dynamics | page=57 | series=Physics textbook | publisher=Wiley-VCH | isbn=978-3-527-40671-5 }} which maintains a database of all the currently known and candidate extrasolar planets, with individual "note" pages for each planet and a full list interactive catalog spreadsheet. The main catalogue comprises databases of all of the currently confirmed extrasolar planets as well as a database of unconfirmed planet detections. The databases are frequently updated with new data from peer-reviewed publications and conferences.

{{main|Galaxy Zoo}}

Galaxy Zoo is an online astronomy project which invites members of the public to assist in the morphological classification of large numbers of galaxies. It is an example of citizen science as it enlists the help of members of the public to help in scientific research. An improved version—Galaxy Zoo 2—went live on 17 February 2009. The current iteration of the project, launched in April 2010, is Galaxy Zoo: Hubble, and uses Hubble Space Telescope survey data. It is part of the Universe group of citizen science projects.

{{main|Space.com}}

Space.com is a space and astronomy news website. Its stories are often syndicated to other media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, Yahoo!, and USA Today. Space.com was founded by former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs and Rich Zahradnik, in July 1999. At that time, Dobbs owned a sizeable share of the company, and, in an unexpected move, left CNN later that year to become Space.com's chief executive officer.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/061204fa_fact1|title=MAD AS HELL: Lou Dobbs's populist crusade.|access-date=2007-01-17|last=Auletta|first=Ken|date=2006-12-04|magazine=The New Yorker }}

{{main|Universe Today}}

{{Infobox website

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| screenshot =

| caption =

| url = [http://www.universetoday.com/ universetoday.com]

| commercial = No

| type = News website

| language = English

| registration = Optional

| owner = Fraser Cain

| author = Fraser Cain

| launch_date = 1999

| current_status =

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}}

Universe Today (UT) is a non-commercial space and astronomy news site, founded in 1999

{{cite web

|author=Ian O'Neil

|date=23 March 2009

|title=Happy 10th Birthday Universe Today!

|url=http://www.astroengine.com/2009/03/happy-10th-birthday-universe-today/

|work=AstroEngine

|access-date=2011-08-21

}} by Fraser Cain and edited by Nancy Atkinson.

{{cite web

|title=Privacy Policy

|url=http://www.universetoday.com/28582/privacy-policy/

|access-date=2011-08-20

}}

{{cite web

|title=Contact Us

|date=6 July 2006

|url=http://www.universetoday.com/248/contact-me/

|access-date=2011-08-20

}} The news can then be discussed on the forums. The forum began on 24 July 2003, and was mainly used to discuss the Universe Today news as well as ask space-related questions and discuss alternate theories. In early September 2005, the forum merged with that of Bad Astronomy combined to form the BAUT forum.

{{cite journal

|last1=Cain |first1=Fraser

|first2=Pamela |last2=Gay |author-link2=Pamela L. Gay

|first3=Thomas |last3=Foster

|first4=Phil |last4=Plait |author-link4=Phil Plait

|date=2008

|title=It Takes an e-Village

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phcbAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Universe+Today%22

|journal=ASP Conference Series

|volume=369 |page=69

|bibcode=2008ASPC..389...69C

|isbn=978-1-58381-648-6

}} The website's viewership attains several million people per year.

{{cite book

|author=Lutz D. Schmadel

|date=2009

|chapter=(158092) Frasercain

|title=Dictionary of Minor Planet Names: Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006–2008

|publisher=Springer

|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uwGbkbhMVyAC&pg=PA189

|isbn=978-3-642-01964-7

}}

{{cite web

|author=Ian O'Neill

|date=27 October 2008

|title=Universe Today banned from Digg.com

|url=http://www.astroengine.com/2008/10/universe-today-banned-from-diggcom/

|work=AstroEngine

|access-date=2011-08-20

}}

Emily Lakdawalla, of The Planetary Society, said that she relies on Universe Today and Bad Astronomy to "give ... an independent look at big news stories"

{{cite web

|last=Lakdawalla| first=Emily |author-link= Emily Lakdawalla

|date=11 August 2011

|title=The Role of Press Releases in Space News Coverage

|url=http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00003138/

|publisher=The Planetary Society

|access-date=2011-08-20

}} and that UT plays a key role in space-related journalism, along with other websites such as Space.com. Several peer-reviewed papers have mentioned Universe Today as being a space-related news website.

{{cite journal

|last1=Gay

|first1=Pamela

|author-link=Pamela L. Gay

|last2=Cain

|first2=Fraser

|last3=Plait

|first3=Phil

|author-link3=Phil Plait

|last4=Lakdawalla

|first4=Emily

|author-link4=Emily Lakdawalla

|last5=Raddick

|first5=Jordan

|date=2009

|title=Live Casting: Bringing Astronomy to the Masses in Real Time

|url=http://www.capjournal.org/issues/06/06_26.pdf

|journal=CAP Journal

|issue=6

|pages=26–29

|bibcode=2009CAPJ....6...26G

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210190139/http://www.capjournal.org/issues/06/06_26.pdf

|archive-date=2014-02-10

}}

{{cite journal

|last=Gay|first=Pamela|author-link=Pamela L. Gay|author2=R. Bemrose-Fetter|author3=G. Bracey|last4=Cain|first4=Fraser

|date=2007

|title=Astronomy Cast: Evaluation of a podcast audience's content needs and listening habits

|journal=CAP Journal

|issue=1 |page=24

|bibcode=2007CAPJ....1...24G

}}

{{cite journal

|author=P. Russo

|date=2007

|title=Science communication distribution services in astronomy and planetary sciences outreach

|url=http://www.pedro.scienceoffice.org/docs/cap07232236.pdf

|journal=Proceedings from the IAU/National Observatory of Athens/ESA/ESO Conference, Athens, Greece, 8–11 October 2007

|pages=232–236

|bibcode=2008ca07.conf..232R

}}

In 2008 the site was briefly banned for about a day from Digg.com, and then unbanned.

{{cite web

|author=Ian O'Neill

|date=28 October 2008

|title=The Universe Today is unbanned from Digg.com!

|url=http://www.astroengine.com/2008/10/the-universe-today-is-unbanned-from-diggcom/

|work=AstroEngine

|access-date=2011-08-20

}} In March 2011, Businessweek reported that the site had lost 20 percent of its traffic in five days after a change in the page ranking algorithm of Google.{{cite web

|author=Felix Gillette

|date=17 March 2011

|title=Matt Cutts: The Greenspan of Google

|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_13/b4221044336007.htm

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321013050/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_13/b4221044336007.htm

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=March 21, 2011

|publisher=Business Week

|access-date=2013-02-01

}} In April 2011, the Association of British Science Writers noted that Universe Today decided to ignore embargoed stories.{{cite web

|author = Aisling Spain

|date = 17 April 2011

|title = Embargo system is broken, says Universe Today, and leaves the game

|url = http://www.absw.org.uk/news-events/news/761-embargo-system-is-broken-says-universe-today-and-leaves-the-game

|publisher = Association of British Science Writers

|access-date = 2011-08-20

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120330172229/http://www.absw.org.uk/news-events/news/761-embargo-system-is-broken-says-universe-today-and-leaves-the-game

|archive-date = 30 March 2012

}}

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