The American Association of Variable Star Obsevers (AAVSO), headquartered in Cambridge, MA, coordinates, evaluates, compiles, processes, publishes, and disseminates variable star observations to the astronomical community throughout the world.
The American Astronomical Society is an American society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals, headquartered in Washington, DC. Offers information about education and careers in astronomy.
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is a nonprofit astronomy organization headquartered in San Francisco, connecting scientists, educators, amateur astronomers and the public.
The National Space Society (NSS) is an independent, educational, grassroots, non-profit organization dedicated to the creation of a spacefaring civilization.
The Society of Physics Students (SPS) is a professional association explicitly designed for students. Membership, through collegiate chapters, is open to anyone interested in physics.
This page, created by the American Astronomical Society, provides links for more information about careers in astronomy, including: internships, how to plan your education in astronomy in addition to a list of university astronomy departments, and employment.
This webpage, created by Caltech offers a selection of resources for careers in astronomy and research programs, in addition to resources related to women in science.
To learn more about women in astronomy visit the introductory resource guide created by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. This guide features print and web resources about women in astronomy, both past and present.
To learn more about work at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) including internships and fellowships and to find out how your field of study fits into JPL’s matrix environment, visit Work at JPL.
Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish mathematician and astronomer, who is best known for his heliocentric model of the universe which placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the center.
This biographical Topic Page, produced by CREDO Reference, provides information about Tycho Brahe, who is most noted for his remarkably accurate measurements of the positions of stars and the movements of the planets.
Learn more about Edwin Hubble (1889–1953), the Hubble Space Telescope's namesake, the man who made some of the most important discoveries in modern astronomy.
The Carnegie Institution of Washington Department of Terrestrial Magnetism page for astronomer Vera Rubin, who is best known for her work on galaxy rotation rates.
