Physical Sciences
[Astronomy and Space Science][Chemistry][Geology][Minerals and Gems][Physics]
- Astronomy and Space Science
- Astronomy & Space Portal
- Bad Astronomy
- Galactic Surf: A Portal to the Stars
- Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics
- History of Astronomy: Persons
- Map-a-Planet
- NASA Astronaut Biographies -- Information and pictures of the current astronauts and candidates. Includes the cosmonauts who are assigned to the cooperative US/Russian projects.
- Nine Planets: a Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
- Phases of the Moon -- Data covers 1700 - 2035.
- PSIgate - Astronomy
- Sun and Moon Data -- Calculate sun/moon rise/set around the world.
- Chemistry
- Chemistry Portal
- Chemical of the Week -- Fact sheet about chemicals, their production, cost, and uses.
- Chemical Scorecard -- Pollution locator and rankings for chemical polluters required to report to the U.S. Toxics Release Inventory.
- Chemicool Periodic Table
- eMolecules -- Search engine.
- Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia
- HazDat Database -- Access to information on the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or from emergency events and on the effects of hazardous substances on humans.
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- Periodic Table of the Elements -- From Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- Periodic Table of the Elements
- PSIgate - Chemistry
- SOLV-DB -- Information on commerically available solvants provided by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences.
- Visual Elements: a Visual Interpretation of the Table of Elements
- WebElements -- Periodic table.
- Geology
- Earthquake Information -- Provides the latest quake information.
- Earthquake Facts and Lists -- Facts and statistics including most destructive and largest earthquakes.
- Geological Hazards
- Geology Portal
- Global Volcanism Program -- Working towards documenting volcanic eruptions during the past 10,000 years.
- Interactives: Dynamic Earth
- NASA Science Earth
- Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment Maps -- For the state of California.
- PSIgate - Earth Science
- Seismo-Watch Earthquake News and Information
- UCMP Web Geological Time Machine
- United States National Seismic Hazard Maps
- Minerals and Gems
- Athena: Mineralogy
- Mineral Gallery -- Collection of mineral descriptions, images, and specimens. The specimens are products on sale but the descriptive information is useful.
- Mineralogy Database -- Over 4,442 mineral species.
- Rainbow of Gems
- Physics
- A Century of Physics
- Index to physics Applets
- Little Shop of Physics -- Includes online experiments.
- Physics 2000 -- An interactive journey through modern physics.
- Physics Central
- Physics Portal
- PSIgate - Physics
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