Slooh, a company that allows for space exploration via a network of online telescopes, has launched a homeschool astronomy program. The science lessons will include weekly webinars for students.

Michael Paolucci, CEO and founder of the robotic telescope company Slooh, has wondered why all schools provide students with microscopes to examine the small things in the world, but they rarely ...

Dr. Wilhelmus (Will) van der Veen of Edison, director of the Science Education Institute at the New Jersey Astronomy Center, has received the 2008 Thomas J. Brennan Award from the Astronomical Society ...

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 ...

Tune in Thursday (March 19) at 4:30 p.m. EDT (2030 GMT). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Slooh astronomers will livestream a free ...

A star projector shows stars in the night sky against an orange backdrop in the De Anza College’s Fujitsu Planetarium in Cupertino on Oct. 31, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier. On a recent evening, ...

THIS is the third of a series of text-books recently prepared by Prof. Young for use in schools and colleges of different grades. The two previous ones have already been noticed in NATURE (vol. xxxix ...

Astronomy Day means a chance to view objects like the sun, moon and planets through a telescope. We'll have scopes set up for safe solar viewing at the Alworth Planetarium in Duluth, Minn. from 10 ...