Astronomy topics:
Encyclopedia of
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Sky & Telescope Magazine -
News
Astronomy Magazine (click on news)
Scientific American -
Astrophysics
Astronomy research resources:
Caltech
Astrophysics Library (lots of useful links)
Astrophysics Data
System (astro literature search)
Google-Scholar (literature search)
Astro-Web (information
on professional activities and resources)
General scientific writing:
Hixon Writing Center - activities and
resources at Caltech including more links to
resources elsewhere
Communicating
Science - from AAAS
Handouts and Videos, from
the Writing Center at UNC (a very nice set of material)
Writing Guidelines for Engineering
and Science Students , from Penn State (by the author of our main text)
MIT Graduate Program in Scientific Writing
Tips on Word Usage in
Scientific Writing, from Iowa State
Grammar, Punctuation,
and Capitalization, by NASA of all entities!
Tips for Scientific
Writing, by NOAA, not to be outdone by that other gov't agency
For technical papers:
Principles
of Science Writing
The
Science of Scientific Writing
Scientific
Reports from the University of Wisconsin Writing Center
Guidelines for
Writing a Scientific Paper from a University of Illinois course probably
like this one
Style Guide
from the American Chemical Society
Style Manual
from the American Institute of Physics (an oldie but a goodie)
ApJ author
instructions
NOAO
Proposal Template and content advice
HST amateur proposal
instructions
Example
Keck Proposal
Example
Galex Proposal
Example
Spitzer Proposal
For popular papers:
The
End of Science Writing
Planning
and Writing a Science Story
Communicating Science News from the
National Association of Science Writers
Communicating Astronomy with
the Public from the IAU (see the links )