Index and introduction:

• Space Weather
• Cosmicopia
• Planet formation
• Solar system exploration (NASA)
• Shields Up!
• The flow of interstellar helium in the solar system
• Coordinated observation of local interstellar Helium in the Heliosphere

Who studies the interstellar medium?

• History of Astronomy
• Nebulae
• Hubble Constant
• Hubble Space Telescope
• Cosmicopia's History Pages

What is the Interstellar medium?

• NASA article on interstellar dust

When did the interstellar medium develop?

• NASA article on interstellar dust

Where is the interstellar medium?

• Nebulae
• WISE satellite
• Ulysses satellite
• UNH satellite missions

Why study the interstellar medium?

• Cosmicopia's History Pages
• Stellar fusion
• Periodic Table
• Evolution of the solar system

How do we learn about the interstellar medium?

• Stardust mission
• Infrared Space Observatory
• Spectral analysis
• Solar wind

The ISM in depth:

• Stardust mission
• Infrared Space Observatory
• Spectral analysis
• Solar wind

What is the interstellar medium, in depth:

• Electro-magnetic spectrum
• Emission Nebulae
• Horsehead nebula
• Egg nebula
• Reflection nebula

How do we learn about the ISM?

• ISM radiation
• Magnetosphere

Satellites that study the ISM:

• AMPTE
• Ulysses
• SOHO
• WIND
• ACE

The Local Interstellar Medium:

• The Local Bubble and the Galactic Neighborhood
• Solar Journey home page
• Observations of focusing
• Interstellar movies at UNH
• Physical parameters of the LISM
• International Space Science Institute and the LIC

What is the history of the interstellar medium?

• WR124 (Wolf-Rayet nebula pictured)
• Periodic table
• NGC 604 starbirth region

Rating system:

One Nebula = Good for all ages
Two Nebulae = Some higher-level background needed
Three Nebulae = Deep knowledge base required

Astonomy HyperText Book: Interstellar Medium by The Electronic Universe Project

• Animations are worth looking at if you have an MPEG player and some time to download them -- cartoon ways of looking at scattering
• Other information is relatively brief

Cosmic and Heliospheric Learning Center

• Written for students of all ages
• Gives a comprehensive view of many sun-related subjects, such as the heliosphere, cosmic rays, and the solar wind

Cosmic and Heliospheric Learning Center: Ask Us

• A team of astrophysicists and research scientists are standing by to answer your questions about particles in the heliosphere. (This includes: composition; magnetic fields (including those of the Sun and Earth); cosmic rays; plasma; acceleration; the Sun; solar wind; solar activity; space weather; current events about cosmic rays and the heliosphere; and the history of cosmic ray and heliospheric studies)
  

NASA's Voyager Mission

• Lots of interesting facts, not specifically aimed at kids, but understandable
• Great source of info on many aspects of the Voyager missions

NASA Photo Gallery, the source of most of the Images on these pages.

• No specific ISM content, but Images are gorgeous to look at no matter what your age!

Warp Drive When?

• Great information; written for all levels
• Some complex ideas in simple terms

Interstellar Probe

An introduction to the Heliosphere

• For university students -- uses equations and not many pictures

ISO (Infrared Space Observatory) Interstellar Medium Image Gallery

• Some pictures like those at the NASA Photo Gallery
• Many plots on abundances, etc.

Interstellar Pathfinder

• Transparencies (7) from a talk, in GIF or PostScript format
• Aimed at researchers

Len Fisk's Parker Lecture

• 24 slides from the lecture; definitely higher-level!