A Guide to Physics Resources

Look up values of the basic constants and conversion factors of physics and chemistry recommended for international use by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Links to all of the data sets from the Physical Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards.

This 2nd Edition has been updated with over 40 new interactive tables which include new tables covering 503 Heat Capacity and Thermal Conductivity, 3,133 Reaction Thermodynamics and Equilibrium Constants, 854 Density and Compressibility, 13,332 Vaporization and Vapor Pressure, 185 Thermal Expansion, 377 Transport and Flow, and 1902 Electrical Properties data.

Tables of the atomic total energies and orbital eigenvalues for the atoms hydrogen through uranium, as computed in several standard variants of density-functional theory.

Interactive compilation of the best known values of the properties and limits of known elementary particles, updated yearly and published every two years by the Particle Data Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Data comprising total and differential cross sections, structure functions, fragmentation functions, distributions of jet measures, polarisations, and other information from a wide range of interactions.

Find data on atomic spectroscopy, x-ray absorption, gamma ray absorption, dosimetry, nuclear physics, and condensed matter physics for any element on the periodic table.

Interactive chart of nuclides, nuclear structure, and decay from the National Nuclear Data Center at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Nuclear level properties, such as observation source, energy, half-life, decay modes, spin and parity; gamma ray energies, intensities, multipolarities, mixing ratios and conversion coefficients; nuclear radiation energy and intensity as well as radiation-specific data for different radiation types.

Contains bibliographic references to measurements, calculations, reviews, and evaluations of neutron cross-sections and other microscopic neutron data; it also includes index references to computer libraries of numerical neutron data available from four regional neutron data centers.

(PDF) A compilation of experimental measurements of static magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole moments of ground states and excited states of atomic nuclei throughout the periodic table.

Interactive periodic table with detailed information about each element, including properties, abundances, structure, uses, reactions, isotopes, and history.

Browsable dictionary of laws, rules, principles, effects, paradoxes, limits, constants, experiments, & thought-experiments in physics.

Archive of data from Hubble Space Telescope, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, the Gemini Observatories, the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, and other observatories.

Main access point for data and images from Chandra, NASA's premier orbital x-ray telescope.

Interactive collection of the best photographic images of the moon from the Lunar and Planetary Institute of the Universities Space Research Association, an independent nonprofit organization.

A generator for lists of observations for deep sky objects such as galaxies, open and globular clusters, bright and dark nebulae, and more.

Comprehensive database for more than 80 photometric systems and their references. Click "Form to Query the General Index" to look up photometric data by star number or star coordinates.

Primary archive of data from missions studying electromagnetic radiation from extremely energetic cosmic phenomena. Contains data in the extreme-ultraviolet (EUV), X-ray, and gamma-ray bands, as well as data from space missions, balloons, and ground-based facilities that have studied the relic cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation in the sub-mm, mm and cm bands.

Tables of thermodynamic properties of rocket propellant combustion products for use by the aerospace industry, undertaken by Dow Chemical and the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense.

Database of 166,000+ distance estimates for more than 77,000 galaxies, along with estimates for some ultra-distant supernovae and energetic gamma ray bursts. Includes physical parameters of extragalactic objects. Searchable by object name, position, and characteristics.

Archive of all NASA space science mission data, including astrophysics, heliophysics, solar exploration, and images.

Searchable archive of digital data products returned from NASA's planetary missions, and from other kinds of flight and ground-based data acquisitions, including laboratory experiments.

Interactive, continuously-updated interface to thousands of planetary images from NASA missions.

Includes SIMBAD, the world reference database for the identification of astronomical objects; VizieR, the catalogue service for the CDS reference collection of astronomical catalogues and tables published in academic journals; and Aladin, an interactive sky atlas for access, visualization and analysis of astronomical images, surveys, catalogues, databases and related data.

Interactive learning module for K-12 classroom instruction from the Annenberg Foundation.

Online collection of teaching resources and community websites supporting physics education from the American Association of Physics Teachers.

A directory of online resource collections and community web sites supporting K-12 and higher-ed physics and astronomy education, from the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).

Digital exhibit on the history of scientific cosmology from the Center for History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics (AIP).

Visually appealing, relatable, and evocative descriptions of ground-breaking research in condensed matter physics written by scientists for the curious general public. Includes activities that can be performed at home.

K-12 science education program of the University of Colorado State University. Features videos, lesson plans, and other resources for teachers.

Including animated games and easy to use lessons on the Nobel Prize winners and their work for teachers to use in the classroom

Award-winning interactive tour of quarks, neutrinos, antimatter, dark matter, accelerators, etc. from the Particle Data Group of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Articles, theses and dissertations, research groups, curricular material, and news and events for physics education researchers.

A free online curriculum to support teaching beginning physics to K-12 students.

Fully descriptive problems and solutions for study and preparation, suitable for high school and undergraduate physics courses.

11-unit online course in about dark matter, string theory, and other "big topics in modern physics" modern physics for high school physics teachers, undergraduate students, and science enthusiasts.

Information about teaching methods, instructional strategies, and assessments for physics faculty.

Exhaustive up-to-date online directory of 14,000+ websites for teaching and learning science, organized by age- and knowledge-level.

From American Institute of Physics (AIP) Publishing

From Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing

From Science X Publishing

From the Space Media Network

Comprehensive physics and astronomy online education, research and reference web site founded in 1995 by a physicist Anton Skorucak.