The American Astronomical Society (AAS) has awarded its 2006 Education Prize to Dr. Sidney Wolff,an astronomer and former director of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, Arizona.

Science teacher Milton Johnson received a $10,000 grant from “Jenny’s Heroes,” a foundation created by former talk show host Jenny Jones. The grant money will go toward purchasing telescopes and other ...

Brooklyn, New York (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Future Astronomers, creator of the Future Astronomers astronomy educational platform, announced today that they are launching the second phase of free programs ...

The University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory Center for Astronomy Education has been awarded the National Science Foundation’s largest undergraduate education grant – the Phase 3 Course, Curriculum ...

UA astronomer Don McCarthy has spent nearly all his career at the UA, and is now being rewarded for it. McCarthy has been at the UA since the 1970s, when he was a graduate student pursuing his ...

At the unexpected intersection of astronomy and animation is Rodney Levendosky, a senior majoring in animation and visual ...

April 24, 2025, Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute and the Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO) will collaborate on astronomy research, space science education and public outreach. This ...

The University of North Georgia (UNG) has received a two-year STARTALK grant of more than $327,000 from the National Security Agency (NSA) to provide instruction on the Chinese language and astronomy ...

SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A new non-profit has been formed, all about astronomy and rocketry, with a goal of supporting science education around the Northwest. "I'm excited, about it because I came to ...

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Although Galileo is well-known as the first to use the new invention of the telescope for astronomy, he was not the first astronomer. The Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe was born on Dec. 14, 1546, so we ...