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Apr 01

Building STEM spyglasses for AWB and Ciencia PR at the Gulf Coast Science Festival on March 30, 2019

Our optics workshop could not have been better! We built 30 spyglasses with Astronomers Without Borders to send to Ciencia...

Apr 01

Building STEM spyglasses for AWB and Ciencia PR at the Gulf Coast Science Festival on March 30, 2019

Our optics workshop could not have been better! We built 30 spyglasses with Astronomers Without Borders to send to Ciencia...

Mar 27

Fireball over Santa Catarina (Brazil)

On Sunday, March 24, 2019, at 21:40 UT (18:40 EBT), several people observed a fireball with magnitude roughly -12. Some...

Mar 24

Adventures in the mystic city of old goias

Gunstar invites everyone to a super adventure of the global month of Astronomy 2019. With the largest project of dissemination...

Mar 24

About Astronomers Without Borders

This programme is very goog for astronomers from all around the world . thank you very much.

Mar 23

Galahitiyawa Central College Night Sky Observation Camp 2019

Nalanda College Astronomical Society (NCAS) and Nalanda College Alumni Astronomical Society (NCAAS) conducted its 349th night sky observation camp in...

Mar 23

Kottawa Dharmapala College Night Sky Observation Camp 2019

On 8th March 2019 Nalanda College Astronomical Society (NCAS) and Nalanda College Alumni Astronomical Society (NCAAS) conducted the 348th nigh...

Mar 19

Brazil and the United States together as the Gunstar Team and Astronomers without borders.

reports of the media: The Brazilian government signed on Tuesday (March 18/2020) the Technological Safeguards Agreement, which allows the commercial...

Mar 17

AWB SERBIA - ASTRONOMY QUIZ ON MARCH 15th 2019

Every 15th of the month, except in April, AWB is organizing a small quiz featuring 10 questions on a selected...

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Global Astronomy Month 2019

Global Astronomy Month (GAM), organized each April by Astronomers Without Borders, is the world's largest global celebration of astronomy. With a theme of The Moon, GAM 2019 brings new ideas and new opportunities, again bringing enthusiasts together worldwide to celebrate Astronomers Without Borders' motto One People, One Sky.

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Global Astronomy Month 2018

Global Astronomy Month (GAM), organized each April by Astronomers Without Borders, is the world's largest global celebration of astronomy. With a theme of The Moon, GAM 2018 brings new ideas and new opportunities, again bringing enthusiasts together worldwide to celebrate Astronomers Without Borders' motto One People, One Sky.

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Sky Observation Programme

Date:	17 March 2019 to 28 April 2019
Location:	Regional Science Centre & Planetarium, , Jafferkhan Colony, , Calicut, Kerala, India 673006

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RT @AAS_Office: Global Astronomy Month begins today. See planet #Mars this week after dusk. It’s moving past two star clusters visible to t…

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RT @ukatc: Global Astronomy Month, organised each April by @awb_org, is the world's largest global celebration of astronomy. And @stfc_matt…

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Global Astronomy Month kicks off Today! Join us all April for the world's largest celebration of the night sky! C… https://t.co/yzjnneBItk

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Join @MikeAWB chatting about 10 years of Global Astronomy kicking off today! https://t.co/QmP2sgue78

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Personal Reflections on 10 Years of Global Astronomy Month

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TODAY: Join us right here on our AWB's Facebook page for our President Mike Simmons personal welcome to Global Astronomy Month 2019 Start time @9 am PDT/ 12pm EDT

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TODAY: Join us on AWB's Facebook page for our President @MikeAWB personal welcome to Global Astronomy Month 2019 S… https://t.co/xtztrVt1fG

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April 1 - AAS Random AstroFacts Global Astronomy Month begins today. See planet Mars this week after dusk. It’s moving past two star clusters visible to the eye or with...

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Join us on AWB's Facebook page for our President @MikeAWB personal welcome to Global Astronomy Month 2019 Start ti… https://t.co/ekLS2krkLB

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RT @AAS_Office: Celebrate Global Astronomy Month with us as we share daily random astronomical facts throughout the month of April! #GAM201…

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A Rare Double-Detonation Supernova Caught in the Act 1 American Astronomical Society - By Kerry Hensley There’s more than just one way for a star to explode. Supernovae — perhaps...

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Astronomy Picture of the Day Markarian's Chain of Galaxies Image Credit & Copyright: Sergio Kaminski APOD/NASA Explanation: Across the heart of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies lies a striking string...

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Global landmarks go dark for Earth Hour Phys.org - Staff Writers The UN headquarters in New York, the pyramids of Egypt and Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue were among top...

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Germany Begins Reusability Study to Capture Rockets in Midair and Land Them With a Plane Space.com - By Caleb Henry WASHINGTON — The Germany space agency DLR is beginning a...

Yesterday 17:43 from Facebook

India's Anti-Satellite Missile Test Is a Big Deal. Here's Why. Space.com - By Doris Elin Salazar India's unexpected launch of an anti-satellite missile test this week sparked surprise (and some...

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It was out of this world! Social media is lighting up with 100s of comments, photos, and videos after a very bright meteor (known as a fireball) lit up the...

Yesterday 17:30 from Facebook

Seek out 3C 273, the brightest optical quasar, in the spring sky Astronomynow.com - BY ADE ASHFORD As any keen Northern Hemisphere deep-sky observer knows, the arrival of spring means...

30 March from Facebook

Hubble captures a rare active asteroid Earthsky.org - By Deborah Byrd in SPACE | March 30, 2019 The Space Telescope’s sharp imaging provided detail on activity from active asteroid Gault,...

30 March from Facebook

Astronomy Picture of the Day 3D 67P Image Credit: ESA, Rosetta, MPS, OSIRIS - Stereo Anaglyph: Philippe Lamy and The Team APOD/NASA Explanation: Put on your red/cyan glasses and float...

30 March from Facebook

SOFIA Captures Cosmic Light Show of Star Formation NASA - Editor: Kassandra Bell When massive stars — many times larger than our Sun— are born, they shine hot and bright...

30 March from Facebook

Diving into untouched lunar treasures Lawrence Livermoore Nat'l Lab - by Anna M. Stark Nearly 50 years ago, some very special materials were transported from outer space to Earth —...

30 March from Facebook

Planet-hunting ESO telescopes reveal Lagoon Nebula in all its glory Astronomynow.com The four 1-metre telescopes making up the European Southern Observatory’s new SPECULOOS planet-hunting array in Chile show off their...

30 March from Facebook

The Milky Way Contains the Mass of 1.5 Trillion Suns Skyandtelescope.com - By Monica Young Astronomers are using Gaia and the Hubble Space Telescope to make the most precise measure...

30 March from Facebook

Relive the Apollo 11 surface traverse with the new upgrade to the LROC Featured Sites. Credits: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) team carefully reconstructed the traverse...

30 March from Facebook

This star-studded image shows us a portion of Messier 11, an open star cluster in the southern constellation of Scutum (the Shield). Messier 11 is also known as the Wild...

30 March from Facebook

See the Red Planet’s encounter with the Seven Sisters at dusk Astronomynow.com - BY ADE ASHFORD On 31 March at 4am BST, magnitude +1.4 Mars passes just 3.1 degrees south...

29 March from Facebook

La Silla Observatory turns 50! ESO’s first observatory celebrates half a century of astronomical research Since its inauguration in 1969, ESO’s La Silla Observatory has been at the forefront of...

29 March from Facebook

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Have an star party, astronomy event in April? Register with Global Astronomy Month 2019 #GAM2019 and share with th… https://t.co/nmcVcys8RI

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Get your cosmic artistic side out and enter our #AstroArtsContest during #GlobalAstronomyMonth #GAM2019 in April.… https://t.co/HdxA3ZtQgZ

29 March from Twitter

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The perfect beginner/travel/family telescope! Our OneSky is ranked as one of the best scopes under $200. FREE US Sh… https://t.co/DJD6bOijGo

29 March from Twitter

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RT @AAS_Office: Global Astronomy Month (GAM), organized each April by Astronomers Without Borders @awb_org, is the world's largest global c…

29 March from Twitter

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Check out our Map of Global Astronomy Month events. Register your April astro-event and share with the world… https://t.co/JAln9lZRmo

29 March 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

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Message from AWB Founder and President Mike Simmons

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The World at Night: Stories from the Edge

OPTICKS

Moved! New URL http://youtu.be/xFuljeM7jYI

White House Astronomy Night - Promoting STEM

GAM2015 Wrap Up Hangout

OPTICKS

A Week of SunDays - Dr Dale Gary from the Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA)

A Week of SunDays - Dr John Varsik and Claude Plymate from Big Bear Solar Observatory

Week of SunDays - Dr Matt Penn of the National Solar Observatory

Global Astronomy Month and More : March Hangout On Air