Astronomy Picture of the Day NGC 2359: Thor's Helmet Image Credit & Copyright: Ignacio Diaz Bobillo Explanation: NGC 2359 is a helmet-shaped cosmic cloud with wing-like appendages popularly called Thor's...
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Don’t miss the largest supermoon of 2019 on 19 February Astronomynow.com by Ade Ashford The full Moon of 19 February occurs just 6¾ hours after perigee, its closest point to...
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Amazing Photos of Comet 2018/Y1 Iwamoto! Space.com By Hanneke Weitering When the bright-green Comet 2018/Y1 Iwamoto swung by the sun in February 2019, astrophotographers took advantage of the once-in-a-lifetime chance...
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This Week’s Sky at a Glance, February 15 – 23 Skyandtelescope.com By: Alan MacRobert https://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-february-15-23/
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Five future astronauts and a teacher you need to know Spacedaily.com by Emily Louise Bowman for Share America News Washington DC (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 All five of the women...
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Opportunity: NASA Rover Completes Mars Mission Drive along with the NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover and hear the voices of scientists and engineers behind the mission. Designed to run for 90...
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England launches 'cosmic census' to combat light pollution MICHAEL D'ESTRIES In an effort to discover and preserve vestiges of the English night sky unspoiled by light pollution, the British Astronomical...
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Gravitational-wave observatory LIGO set to double its detecting power Nature.com by Davide Castelvecchi A planned US$35-million upgrade could enable LIGO to spot one black-hole merger per hour by the mid-2020s....
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Astro w/o Borders
Last day to enter for a chance to win a cool AWB T-shirt. Register your April star parties and public astro event… https://t.co/Y3KzRBVqGO
15 February from Twitter
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RT @Hafez_Murtza: Last Night at Kota Bharu Observatory. Betelgeus star in Orion constellation. @awb_org https://t.co/0uxpND5iGK
15 February from Twitter
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@AntonioParis Welcome aboard. Great to have your support! #OnePeopleOneSky
15 February from Twitter
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RT @BadAstronomer: I am a big supporter of Astronomers Without Borders: @awb_org. They’re starting up a celebration of the 50th anniversary…
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@sqferryman @BadAstronomer Apollo100 not only commemorates that historic flight 50 yrs ago, but also looks forward… https://t.co/oeT3BVmecb
15 February from Twitter
Astronomy Picture of the Day Opportunity at Perseverance Valley Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Kenneth Kremer, Marco Di Lorenzo Explanation: Opportunity had already reached Perseverance Valley by June of 2018. Its...
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Astronomers find the first evidence of a giant collision between exoplanets Astronomy.com by Jake Parks New research suggests the dense world Kepler-107b got smacked by a planet at some point...
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Today in science: Galileo’s birthday By Daniela Breitman in HUMAN WORLD | February 15, 2019 Happy 455th birthday to one of the first modern scientists, Galileo. With the aid of...
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NASA heading back to Moon soon, and this time to stay Space Daily by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Feb 14, 2019 NASA is accelerating plans to return Americans to the...
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Inside the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way's cosmic neighbors, is a Mickey Mouse-shaped cloud of dust and gas that is riddled with bright, newborn stars. The European...
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InSight has Placed its Heat Probe on the Martian Surface. The Next Step is to Jackhammer Down 5 Meters and Hope it Doesn’t Encounter a Large Rock Universetoay.com Evan Gough...
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Hubble Captures Smoking Gun of a Newborn Star n this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the smoking gun of a newborn star, the Herbig–Haro objects numbered 7...
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Only 1 Day left in AWB T-Shirt Contest Get ready for Global Astronomy Month Register your GAM2019 events by Feb. 1… https://t.co/nEvchDeM8I
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Only 1 Day left in AWB T-Shirt Contest Get ready for Global Astronomy Month Register your GAM2019 events between Feb. 1 - Feb. 15 and you'll be entered to win...
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n Chile Chill 12 the evocative tunes of ESO’s Music Ambassador Dimitris Polychroniadis are set to stunning visuals from ESO’s expansive video archive. Sit back, relax, and enjoy a stellar...
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Astronomy Picture of the Day Solar System Family Portait Image Credit: Voyager Project, NASA Explanation: On Valentine's Day in 1990, cruising four billion miles from the Sun, the Voyager 1...
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China's lander and rover power down for lunar night Moon Daily by Staff Writers Beijing (Sputnik) Feb 13, 2019 Yutu-2 is the second Chinese lunar rover to be sent to...
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Happy Valentine's Day! Heart Nebula - Today's Image earthsky.org By Eleanor Imster in TODAY'S IMAGE | February 14, 2019 For Valentine’s Day 2019, here’s the Heart Nebula. https://earthsky.org/todays-image/heart-nebula-photo
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There’s Evidence that Mars is Still Volcanically Active Universetoday.com Evan Gough A new study shows that Mars may very well be volcanically active. Nobody’s seen direct evidence of volcanism; no...
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Where is the Universe Hiding its Missing Mass? Astronomers have spent decades looking for something that sounds like it would be hard to miss: about a third of the "normal"...
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Thank you to Ken Spencer for becoming a new contributing member of our global AWB community. Together we break dow… https://t.co/PwrNUpgRVi
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Hey astronomy clubs! Register your April events with Global Astronomy Month & share it with the world. Chance to… https://t.co/8HCcYbKXe0
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Thank you to Nita Moton for becoming a new contributing member of our global AWB community. Together we break down… https://t.co/Z9dsVe9rAZ
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RT @MikeAWB: The first meter-class telescopes in #Ethiopia. Close enough to Addis Ababa to be accessible for education, far enough to be go…
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Thanks to Teodora Craciun for making a generous donation to AWB! Your gift will help bring hope and inspiration to… https://t.co/LcF48kXXip
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We are less than 2 months from the start of Global Astronomy Month in April! #GAM2019 #OnePeopleOneSky Check out… https://t.co/nBam83hfQ1
08 February from Twitter
Message from AWB Founder and President Mike Simmons
Astronomers Without Borders Founder and President Mike Simmons reaches out to the AWB community for support for new programs in the new year.
30 December 2016 from YouTube
Astronaut Nicole Stott, AstroArtist of the Month
NOTE NEW RE-SCHEDULED DATE: October 14th 9am PDT Join us for this very special program featuring Nicole Stott, retired NASA astronaut. Nicole created ...
14 October 2016 from YouTube
The World at Night: Stories from the Edge
You've seen the amazing landscape astrophotography produced by the team from The World at Night (TWAN) the sky above Earth's most beautiful and ...
30 April 2016 from YouTube
OPTICKS
OPTICKS is a Cosmic Mail Art happening between the Earth and the Moon, during which images are transmitted to the Moon and back as radio signals in real ...
09 April 2016 from YouTube
Moved! New URL http://youtu.be/xFuljeM7jYI
This event had to change URLs. Please go to http://youtu.be/xFuljeM7jYI.
02 April 2016 from YouTube
White House Astronomy Night - Promoting STEM
President Obama hosted the second-ever White House Astronomy Night on October 19, 2015 which highlighted the importance of inspiring more girls and boys ...
17 November 2015 from YouTube
GAM2015 Wrap Up Hangout
Join us as we discuss the past month and the great success that was Global Astronomy Month 2015! We will have guests from all over the globe discussing the ...
14 May 2015 from YouTube
OPTICKS
NOTE: Please view the complete version at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLmtOqIIwHM. The original recording had gaps in it. In this closing event for ...
30 April 2015 from YouTube
A Week of SunDays - Dr Dale Gary from the Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA)
This year for GAM in addition to our very popular SunDay we will be holding a series of live hangouts from solar observatories across the USA . The first of...
15 April 2015 from YouTube
A Week of SunDays - Dr John Varsik and Claude Plymate from Big Bear Solar Observatory
This year for GAM in addition to our very popular SunDay we will be holding a series of live hangouts from solar observatories across the USA . The first of...
14 April 2015 from YouTube
Week of SunDays - Dr Matt Penn of the National Solar Observatory
This year for GAM in addition to our very popular SunDay we will be holding a series of live hangouts from solar observatories across the USA . The first of...
13 April 2015 from YouTube
Global Astronomy Month and More : March Hangout On Air
This month we will be chatting about AWB's biggest event of the year, Global Astronomy Month! Our president, Mike Simmons will be joined by Chirstie ...
26 March 2015 from YouTube
