Astronomy 201: Interactive Guides to Astronomy

The Exoplanet Data Explorer is an interactive table and plotter for exploring and displaying data from the Exoplanet Orbit Database. The Exoplanet Orbit Database is a carefully constructed compilation of quality, spectroscopic orbital parameters of exoplanets orbiting normal stars from the peer-reviewed literature, and updates the Catalog of nearby exoplanets.

Explore Mars through the Curiosity Rover.

"Eyes on the Solar System" is a 3-D environment full of real NASA mission data. Explore the cosmos from your computer. Hop on an asteroid. Fly with NASA's Voyager spacecraft. See the entire solar system moving in real time. It's up to you. You control space and time

To help you explore the far reaches of our universe, we have teamed up with astronomers at some of the largest observatories in the world to bring you a new view of the sky. Using Google Maps this tool provides an exciting way to browse and explore the universe. You can find the positions of the planets and constellations on the sky and even watching the birth of distant galaxies as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Search for exoplanets!
Planet Hunters is a collaboration between Yale University and the Zooniverse. The lightcurves provided on the site are from the publicly released data obtained by NASA's Kepler mission.

Mars Science Laboratory is a rover that will assess whether Mars ever was, or is still today, an environment able to support microbial life. In other words, its mission is to determine the planet's "habitability." Explore the planet, equipment, and other elements of this mission.

This is a simulation of the motion of the planets and other objects around the sun. Provided by the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Use the Solar Wind Tunnel to explore how the sun affects magnetic fields, comets, and other orbiting bodies. Provided by the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder.