A Brief History of High-Energy (X-ray & Gamma-Ray) Astronomy
NASA High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC)
High-Energy Astrophysics Observatories, past, current, and future
Astronomy Picture of the Day
HEASARC Picture of the Week

2. Some Currently Active High-Energy Observatories

Chandra X-ray Observatory (AXAF - Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facilty)
XMM-Newton (X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission)
RXTE (Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer)
Swift (Gamma-ray Burst Mission)
INTEGRAL International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
Fermi (Gamma-ray Space Telescope)
VERITAS (Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescopes Array System)
H.E.S.S. (High-Energy Stereoscopic System), an Array of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes
IceCube (Neutrino Detector)

3. Radio Telescopes

National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
Green Bank Telescope (GBT)
Very Large Array

4. Electronic Literature

Astrophysics Preprint Archive (astro-ph)
NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
The Astronomer's Telegram (ATEL)
Columbia's E-Journals
Scientific American
Science
Nature
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

5. Technical Resources

Zombeck's Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics
X-ray Data Booklet

6. Other High-Energy Astrophysics Courses

Penn State (undergraduate)
Penn State (graduate)

7. Miscellaneous

Columbia Astronomy Tools Page

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