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I asked Astronomy magazine’s Circulation Manager Paul Daniel for an update on our first Young Astronomers Video Contest. Here’s what he shared: UPDATED: "We now have 14 entries in the Young Astronomers Video Contest and they are looking great. They have come from New York, Michigan, and Oklahoma...
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NASA announced a great new opportunity for teachers to use the space program’s discoveries as educational tools in their classrooms. The NASA Endeavor Science Teaching Fellowship Project will award 40 one-year fellowships to educators during the next 5 years. These fellowships will allow teachers to...
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Whoever said NASA is only about serious space and aeronautics work obviously hasn’t checked out the government agency’s annual Great Moonbuggy Race . Here’s NASA’s press release about this exciting and entertaining competition: Registration is open for NASA's 16th annual Great Moonbuggy Race, taking...
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I just finished writing an article about the telescope’s history (you know, with the International Year of Astronomy coming up in 2009). I know that in the astronomy world aperture fever runs wild, but wow, some of these telescopes are just ginormous!! It must have been quite an experience just to operate...
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In its 14th issue, the Astronomy Education Review (AER), a web-based journal about astronomy education and outreach, introduced a new section dedicated to teaching astronomy through demonstrations . John Keller of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and Steve Pompea of the National...
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It’s not every day you get a mysterious new celestial object named after you. But that’s what happened to Hanny van Arkel (pictured below), a primary schoolteacher from The Netherlands. And all she had to do was point and click. Van Arkel discovered a glowing green gaseous object, which scientists dubbed...
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Have you ever had a question about shuttle missions that you wish some TV program or news reporter would ask an astronaut, but they never did? Well, NASA and Channel One News are offering an opportunity for students to ask those burning questions to the next space shuttle crew. Because two of the crew...
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One of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) Cornerstone projects that I’m really looking forward to is From Earth to the Universe (FETTU). During the next year, images of a variety of astronomical objects — planets, comets, stars, nebulae, galaxies, clusters, and more — will be on display...
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March continues the celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009), which commemorates the 400th anniversary of Galileo turning the telescope to the heavens. Here’s what the month has in store for you: March 2009 NASA theme: Observing at night (and during the day) Featured object in...
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This year is packed with special events celebrating the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009), which commemorates the 400th anniversary of Galileo turning the telescope to the heavens. To help us keep track of all the important dates and activities, Andy Fraknoi, executive secretary of the U...
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