The European Union (EU) has granted 1.9 million euros to support the 6-country educational program EUNAWE, based on Universe Awareness (UNAWE). UNAWE is an IAU-endorsed program that uses the beauty ...

Paris: The International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) is about to reach new heights as the Global Cornerstone Project, 100 Hours of Astronomy, scheduled to take place from 2-5 April 2009, ramps up ...

The North American Regional Office of Astronomy for Development (NA-ROAD) is pleased to announce the selection of 10 astronomy for development projects as part of the 2024 cohort. These projects will ...

The McWilliams Center for Cosmology & Astrophysics at Carnegie Mellon University received funding from the Simons Foundation’s Targeted Grants to Institutions to launch the Keystone Astronomy & AI ...

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 ...

Earth’s newest observatory will open to the public on June 20, 2024, coinciding with the summer solstice, thanks in large part to a UC Santa Cruz student from Kosovo who discovered her love of ...

Prepare for the world’s largest and most spectacular astronomy and space expo! The Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF) is back to mark its 35th anniversary in Suffern, New York, conveniently located 40 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers at The Ohio State University are helping lead the development of an instrument that will transform how astronomers hunt for exoplanets. Designed to detect the presence of ...

AstroInky combines astronomy, e-ink displays, and Raspberry Pis into a stylish device. User Nibron shared creation steps on GitHub for those interested in the project. AstroInky features a ...

The project in the Atacama Desert could increase light pollution by up to 50%, making it much harder to observe the cosmos near the Paranal Observatory. Reading time 3 minutes A new report by the ...