The SETI Institute has a rich and deep history of delivering quality educator professional development. The Astronomy Activation Ambassadors (AAA) program has capitalized on access to NASA astronomy ...

Research and teaching funding for the discipline comes primarily from the Astronomical Sciences Division (AST) in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Directorate, with additional support from ...

Recent changes in federal research funding and student visa policies continue to create uncertainty for physics and astronomy graduate programs across the United States. Although these developments ...

“Big Astronomy” (http://bigastronomy.org) or “Astronomia a Gran Escala” is a bilingual planetarium show that extends beyond the dome using web-based and hands ...

This program area serves as an authoritative forum for space science policy and applies engineering expertise to aerospace challenges. Our work sets research priorities and guides policy in ...

Smithsonian STARS— Scientists Taking Astronomy to Rural Schools— aims to bridge gaps in access to hands-on STEM learning opportunities for children in rural and tribal nation schools by providing a ...

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Last year, senior Dan Van Noord discovered a subdwarf B binary star, which is akin to winning the astronomy lottery. Out of more than 100 billion stars in our galaxy, it’s estimated that only one ...

ODESSA, Texas — Odessa High School's (OHS) astronomy program for juniors and seniors just received a $6,500 grant from the Toshiba America Foundation. They were one of 23 that received the grant in ...