Scheduled for April 18, the workshop offers participants the rare opportunity to capture stunning images of the cosmos from one of the world’s most remarkable and bespoke astronomical settings.
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AUI Sponsors Student Outreach Event at 229th AAS Meeting
Associated Universities, Inc. sponsors the American Astronomical Society local student outreach event at AAS winter meetings. This event is geared towards underserved populations in middle- and high-school. The society welcomes local student groups, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) program participants, home schoolers and families for an interactive afternoon of science.
Students have the opportunity to participate in hands-on demonstrations and speak with world famous scientists and engineers at the forefront of astronomy research.
Following a welcome talk by a renown scientist, the students are chaperoned into the AAS Exhibit Hall to meet with several exhibitors for exciting hands-on activities covering topics such as discovering exoplanets, building an interferometer, dark matter, infrared cameras, light spectrum, radio astronomy, deploying the James Webb Space Telescope and more.
As the students leave, they receive a backpack full of resource materials to further their exploration.
At the 229th AAS meeting, in Grapevine, Texas, there were 320 students in attendance from Dallas County schools.
Tim Spuck, AUI’s STEM Education Development Officer and Suzy Gurton, NRAO’s EPO Assistant Director (seated), working together to provide a 12 minute explanation on the Solar Eclipse that will cross the US in August 2017
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Scheduled for April 18, the workshop offers participants the rare opportunity to capture stunning images of the cosmos from one of the world’s most remarkable and bespoke astronomical settings.
NSF NRAO to Host Spring 2026 VLA Open House
The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) invites the public to the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) for its annual Spring Open House on Saturday, April 18, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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New research reveals that 3I/ATLAS is packed with an unusually large amount of the organic molecule methanol – more than almost all known comets in our own solar system.