Research Centers (Institutions)

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University of California, Santa Cruz Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at UCSC. Site includes descriptions of faculty and student research, information for current and prospective graduate students, and the popular "ask an astronomer" feature. http://www.astro.ucsc.edu/ Caltech Computational Astronomy The Caltech Computational Astronomy Group uses high-performance parallel computers for analysis of data from many different observatories. http://www.srl.caltech.edu/compastro/ Laboratory for Space Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis Interdisciplinary research group for the laboratory analysis for extraterrestrial materials (meteorites, presolar grains, and interplanetary dust). Analytical techniques used include SIMS, SEM, NanoSIMS, TEM, noble gas mass. spectrometers. http://presolar.wustl.edu/ Goddard Space Flight Center http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Astronomy: research, publications, people, academia, links. http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/ Institute of Astronomy ETH Zürich http://www.astro.phys.ethz.ch/ Swinburne Astrophysics and Supercomputing Centre Astrophysics and Supercomputing http://www.swin.edu.au/astronomy/ Astronomisches Institut der Universität Bern Astronomical Institut of the University of Bern. http://www.cx.unibe.ch/aiub/ Cambridge Institute of Astronomy University of Cambridge, Institute of Astronomy http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/IoA/ JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory Managed for NASA by the California Institute of Technology, JPL is the leading U.S. center for robotic exploration of the solar system. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Princeton University Department of Astrophysical Sciences. http://www.astro.princeton.edu/ Caltech Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy http://www.pma.caltech.edu/ American Museum of Natural History, Dept. of Astrophysics Research programs in theoretical and observational astronomy. http://research.amnh.org/astrophysics/ Astronomical Observatory of Padua Information, research, utilities, education and outreach, and library. http://www.pd.astro.it/indexen.html Anton Pannekoek Astronomical Institute of the University of Amsterdam. Requires JavaScript. http://www.astro.uva.nl/home2.html Oxford Astrophysics University of Oxford's Nuclear and Astrophyics Laboratory. http://www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk/index.html Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) A joint collaboration between the Harvard College Observatory (HCO) and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/ University of Chicago, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics http://astro.uchicago.edu/ Danish Space Research Institute Includes information about the Danish satellite program, the Spectrum Roentgen Gamma satellite, the Gamma Ray Laboratory, and the Infrared Space Observatory. http://www.dsri.dk/ University of California at Berkeley Astronomy Department, http://astron.berkeley.edu/home.html Caltech Astronomy Astronomy Department of California Institute of Technology. http://www.astro.caltech.edu Observatory - University of Helsinki Established in 1834, the observatory takes part in many space projects within the framework of ESA and other international cooperation, including Mars-94, ISO, Spectrum-X-Gamma, and Odin. http://www.astro.helsinki.fi/ U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department Data services, FAQ on common astronomical phenomena, publications, software and research. http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/ N-Body Shop Part of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Washington. Designs and runs software that enables high-performance computing on a variety of astronomy-related problems, including large-scale structure formation and planet formation. http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/

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