Introduction to Astronomy is a college class usually filled with excitement and a lot of questions about outer space. Questions like: What are black holes? Are there planets out there that are ...

The American Astronomical Society (AAS) has awarded its 2006 Education Prize to Dr. Sidney Wolff,an astronomer and former director of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, Arizona.

The Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program (ACEAP) is a U.S. National Science Foundation-funded initiative fostering collaboration between U.S. and Chilean astronomical institutions. ACEAP ...

Over the last ten years there has been a large increase in the number of projects using sound to represent astronomical data and concepts. Motivation for these projects includes the potential to ...

SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A new non-profit has been formed, all about astronomy and rocketry, with a goal of supporting science education around the Northwest. "I'm excited, about it because I came to ...

April 24, 2025, Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute and the Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO) will collaborate on astronomy research, space science education and public outreach. This ...

The latest news and top stories on the National Astronomy Education Coordinator Team for China, Hong Kong. A prominent China and Hong Kong-based coordinating body, this team operates under the ...

On a night with clear skies and stars shining their brightest, a grandpa shows his grandson the little dipper. That grandson knew, from that moment forward, he would be looking at the stars forever.

KEARNEY — A comet streaking across the night sky. The northern lights illuminating a Nebraska landscape. A supermoon rising over the horizon. They’re examples of our fascination with astronomy. At the ...

Suzie Dills has waited for years to see a total solar eclipse. This year, her wish is coming true. Dills is an astronomer and director of the Hoover Price Planetarium in Canton. She viewed a partial ...

However, observations into the cosmic frontier involve extremely faint targets and astronomers are always hungry for more light. In order to keep peering farther into unknown reaches of the universe, ...