Cornell University: Curious About Astronomy? Ask An Astronomer

At this website, volunteers in the Astronomy Department at Cornell University provide great educational materials about astronomy for educators and students. Visitors can find links to outside resources which cover many different aspects of astronomy and space science. The site provides links to biographies of the scientists who answer the many questions received each week. Users can find a huge archive of questions and answers divided into four main categories: the solar system, universe, observational astronomy, and miscellaneous. Visitors can also view a list of all the questions or search the archives by key words. If individuals can't find answers to their questions at this site, they can send their questions to the scientists.

The girl who named a planet

Venetia Phair isn't a name that immediately springs to mind when you mention astronomy.
But the retired teacher from Epsom in Surrey has left an indelible signature on our map of the Solar System.

Timeanddate.com

A good reference tool for world calendars and time information.

What is it, Mulder?

This website claims to feature many of the best UFO photographs ever taken. They are dated as far back as 1870 to present day. ET phone home!

The Celestron SkyScout

The Celestron SkyScout (Flash page) is an amazingly cool portable device combining an celestial object database with GPS abilities. It's not quite the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, but it's definitely one of the most compelling applications I've yet to see of GPS - it takes note of your viewing location, and uses text and audio to guide you around the night sky. Announced at the CES show, there's no pricing info yet.