Physics and Astronomy Links

• Information on careers in physics

       Physics Professional Societies

• American Institute of Physics

• American Physical Society

• Institute of Physics (United Kingdom)

       Get the latest breaking news in physics

• Physical Review Focus

• Physics News Update

      The National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Get the official scoop on fundamental physical constants, units and more

• Set your clock by NIST's atomic clock

     Some neat labs to visit

• The highest energy particle accelerator in the world is at Fermilab, outside of Chicago

• In Northern California, visit Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Lawrence Livermore Lab and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Lab.

      Fun physics places

• How things work - a physicist at the University of Virginia answers questions about everyday technology

• Is it physics or psychology?   Who cares!  Optical illusions are fun.

• Is there such a thing as physics humor - or is that an oxymoron?  Find out here.

     Some Astronomy Links

• Want to know when the sun will rise in Toledo, Ohio on March 12, 2009?  Maybe not, but that's here, with a lot of other good stuff at the U. S. Naval Observatory.

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