High Energy Astronomy Links

Life Cycle of Stars

• The Birth of Stars
• Stars

History of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astronomy

• Satellites, Data and Software - Imagine! the Universe webpages on high energy missions
  

Sources

• General References
  • Chandra :: The X-ray Astronomy Field Guide - a guide to the many different kinds of X-ray sources observed by the Chandra X-ray Observatory
• The Sun
  • The Sun - Introduction from the Imagine! the Universe web pages at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • The Sun as an X-ray Source from the Imagine! the Universe web pages at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • A Virtual Tour of the Sun
• Comets
  • Comet Introduction — general information on comets
  • First X-Rays from a Comet Discovered
  • X-rays from Comet LINEAR — an image and explanination from Astronomy Picture of the Day archive
  • Comet X-ray emissions simulated in laboratory
• Supernovae
  • Supernova 1054 - Creation of the Crab Nebula - Information on the supernova that occured in 1054, including a picture of the pictograph believed to have been made by an Anasazi Indian to commemorate the event
  • A Young Nearby Supernova Remnant - an article about how the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory found a previously unknown supernova remnant.
  • Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) - information about the astronomer, Tycho Brahe, who wrote about a supernova that occured in 1572.
  • Latest Supernovae -- A list of the most recently observed supernovae