Statistics of sunspot activity . The sunspot indices . ... NGDC's observations . The solar regions . ... The average annual indices of sunspot activity . Visual indices of solar activity by National Geophysical Data Center . ... 0.06 . ...

... Spacecraft that will search for planetary systems around 40 million stars and observe the largest explosions in the universe have been chosen as the next two missions in NASA's medium-class Explorer (MIDEX) program. ... The first mission, to be launched in 2003, is the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer, a three-telescope space observatory for studying gamma ray bursts. ... During its three-year mission, Swift will also survey the sky for new black holes and other sources of cosmic gamma rays. ...

Mathematics from the class of 2000 (section B) of the 57th school (in Russian). These problem sets, originally given in seminars, are available in TeX format, PostScript, and as Hewlett-Packard laser printer files. The syllabus "math-student" (in Russian) describes the traditional range of topics studied in math classes. ... Math Competition by Correspondence (in Russian). ... These Zip files contain problems from various years. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Bad Astro Store . ... Slacker Astronomy . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Life Under the Moon . ... Seeing Jupiter's Moons . ... Time Zones and the Spherical Earth . A Companion to the Earth? ... December 19, 1999) . ... Big Moon, Little Moon . ... How Big is the Moon? ... 14, 2000) . ... 2008 Phil Plait. ... Subscribe to the Bad Astronomy Newsletter! Talk about Bad Astronomy on the BA Bulletin Board! ...