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Join Slooh Astronomer Paul Cox and Slooh Educator Russell Glenn for an astronomy lesson livestream featuring Slooh’s online telescopes, on Thursday, March 19th, 2020 at 4:30 PM EDT ¦ 20:30UTC. Slooh’s ...
Smithsonian STARS— Scientists Taking Astronomy to Rural Schools— aims to bridge gaps in access to hands-on STEM learning opportunities for children in rural and tribal nation schools by providing a ...
Since ancient times, astronomers have observed solar eclipses, with the earliest known documented example occurring around 1223 BCE. Although we no longer believe that a celestial shadow passing over ...
Who wouldn't be curious about what's out there beyond Earth's atmosphere? With interesting phenomena like dramatic star deaths and mysterious black hole formations, the cosmos is undeniably an endless ...
A star projector shows stars in the night sky against an orange backdrop in the De Anza College’s Fujitsu Planetarium in Cupertino on Oct. 31, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier. On a recent evening, ...
First graders at Glenwood Landing School took to the stage dressed in decorative “out-of-this-world costumes” for the first interdisciplinary Astronomy Celebration. The event, hosted on Thursday, ...
Rochester Institute of Technology graduate student Valerie Rapson was invited to join the American Astronomical Society Astronomy Ambassador program. Rapson, a resident of Greece, N.Y., is a Ph.D.
Jack Horkheimer, a playwright turned amateur astronomer who inspired millions of people to look a little closer at the nighttime sky with his pioneering planetarium shows and long-running public ...