Community programs bring people together through our common interest in astronomy. By actively engaged in activities together, differences between us become unimportant.
Arts and Culture programs bridge the border between art and science, highlighting the many perspectives of astronomy found in every worldwide throughout time.
Resource-sharing programs provide the opportunity to share knowledge as well as materials. Astronomers love to share their passion, and we all have something to share.
Global Astronomy Month is the world’s largest annual celebration of astronomy. Whether local events or online, watching or sharing, science or art, there’s something for everyone.
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Community
The Astronomers Without Borders global community is at the heart of everything we do. Bringing the community together through astronomy fosters friendship, understanding, and good will. Programs and activities are made possible by the participation of AWB members.
Learn more about Astronomers Without Borders and what the world's largest astronomy community - home of the world's largest community-based astronomy programs - has to offer.
Whether you join as a member or an affiliate (for groups or clubs), we all share the same sky, and in Astronomers Without Borders we also share our activities with each other.
Telescopes to Tanzania (TtT) brings scarce educational resources to this developing country in east Africa. The emphasis now is on building the Centre for Science Education and Observatory in Usa River, Tanzania.
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.
NOTE NEW RE-SCHEDULED DATE: October 14th 9am PDT Join us for this very special program featuring Nicole Stott, retired NASA astronaut. Nicole created ...
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 ...
President Obama hosted the second-ever White House Astronomy Night on October 19, 2015 which highlighted the importance of inspiring more girls and boys ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...