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Global Astronomy Month Celebrates the Moon
Astronomers Without Borders celebrates the night sky in its annual Global Astronomy Month — a month-long collection of online events and in-person gatherings. This year's theme: the Moon.
How to Build on the Solar Eclipse Experience
Eclipse-related outreach activities will abound this August, but how do we best capitalize on this rare celestial event after it happens? Astronomers Without Borders has developed a Sun-focused curriculum and is looking for volunteers to help teachers implement it.
Sending 37,000 Solar Glasses to Africa for September's Annular Eclipse
Astronomers Without Borders wants to equip children across Africa with the solar shades they'll need to see September 1st's annular eclipse. Here's how they'll do it.
The World Celebrates Astronomy
People are coming together this April for Global Astronomy Month 2012, a planetwide celebration of astronomy designed to bring people together through star parties, music and artistic performances, online observing events, and much more.
The Eros Parallax Project
The asteroid 433 Eros is paying us a rare, close visit right now, and with a simple photographic setup you can join observers worldwide in calculating its distance from Earth — repeating a historic astronomical milestone.
IYA 2009 Comes to a Close
An unprecedented yearlong celestial celebration — the International Year of Astronomy 2009 — officially came to a close on January 9th and 10th in Padua, Italy.
The 2009 Lennart Nilsson Awards
Scientist Carolyn Porco and amateur Babak Tafreshi share a prestigious award for science photography.
RTMC Astronomy Expo 2009
The 2009 Riverside Telescope Makers' Conference Astronomy Expo enjoyed beautiful mountain weather and an abundance of enthusiasm.
100 Hours of Astronomy
100 Hours of Astronomy (100HA), taking place from April 2 to 5, will bring the Universe to millions of people worldwide via live online programs and thousands of public star parties.
A Worldwide Astronomy Marathon
If you have a telescope, mark April 2–5, 2009, on your calendar. The world is coming your way. An unprecedented string of public skywatching events will be packed into this brief period, all designed to engage people and bring them out for a worldwide star party.
The Year of Astronomy Begins
The International Year of Astronomy kicked off in Paris with pomp and circumstance.
