Cosmos Portal: About Cosmos Portal

The Cosmos Portal focuses on astronomy and space sciences.

The Cosmos Portal  is a gateway on the Web to astronomy and space science. We invite astronomy professionals to publish articles, blogs, news items, image galleries, videos, class notes, lectures, powerpoint presentations, and links to other high quality websites or other educational material. In parallel, amateur astronomy organizations and amateur astronomers & telescope makers are invited to start websites in the Community Sites. To start your site, simply begin by Creating a Website.

The Cosmos Portal  is a gateway on the Web to free, non-commercial expert-reviewed content in the fields of astronomy and space science, providing:

  • Essential information on the Solar System, stars, galaxies, interplanetary and interstellar space, and the Universe is organized and presented in an engaging and accurate way.
  • The latest discoveries from NASA, the European Space Agency and other organizations.
  • The Cosmos Portal is a place where scientists can come together to engage the public in the excitement of cosmic discovery.
      

 

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EoC - Fair Use

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  • Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License
    The text in the Encyclopedia of the Cosmos is meant to be freely available to users who may copy, modify and d...
  • Ulmschneider, Peter
    Peter Ulmschneider, Ph.D. Department of Physics and Astronomy Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics Universit...
  • Terzian, Yervant
    Yervant Terzian, Ph.D David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences Director, NASA NY Spacegrant Departme...
  • Stern, David P.
    David P. Stern, D.Sc. Heliophysics Science Division Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, USA Homep...
  • Smith, Myron A.
    Myron Arthur Smith, Ph.D. Space Telescope Science Institute 3700 San Martin Dr. Baltimore, Maryland, USA Home...

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