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Mar 02
2014
Invest in the future of children's astronomy education in Tanzania!
In collaboration with UNAWE-Tanzania we are now looking for funds to establish a Centre for Science. This project is also a recommended project of the IAU-OAD and has thus been placed on its wish list. In June 2014, individuals will gather in Usa River (near Arusha, Tanzania) to prepare a Space Science model for advancing the development of inquiry based science education in Tanzania based on the current national curriculum. Find out how to contribute on the Telescopes to Tanzania page. Read More...
Mar 02
2014
Private Mars Mission To Carry Map To Surface Of Mars
AWB is pleased to announce that Uwingu, which creates new ways for people to connect to science and astronomy, is bringing its Mars crater initiative to the Red Planet literally. Below is the news release with more details. Uwingu and the pioneering Mars one project ( http://www.mars-one.com/en ) announce a landmark partnership: All Mars One missions will carry Uwingu's Mars Map to Mars, and will use these feature names as a part of Mars One's mission operations at Mars. Additionally, a portion of Uwingu's revenues generated by Mars feature naming will help fund Mars One missions.... Read More...
Feb 20
2014
AWB Comms Manager Plays At Being A "Marstronaut"
Crew 133 members Elizabeth Howell (left) and Pedro Diaz-Rubin at the Mars Desert Research Station near Hanksville, Utah. Credit: Matthieu Komorowski BY ELIZABETH HOWELL It's so hard to hammer in the stakes for a radio telescope while wearing a spacesuit. One after another, my crew members pounded metal into frozen ground, joking about how hot it felt with the sun beating down on us. It seemed everything was taking twice as long as it should have, which illustrates how hard a space mission can be. Crew 133 was not in space, however. We were spending two weeks at the Mars... Read More...
Nov 25
2013
Watch Our January 2014 Google+ Hangout
Watch our monthly Google+ Hangout to learn how how AWB's successful eclipse glasses donation program has sparked astronomy education in Africa. President Mike Simmons shows photos from his meeting in Tunisia with astronomers from the region including Algeria, Libya, and Iraq. Also, the latest installation of AstroArts with Dr. Rachel Armstrong of the Institute for Interstellar Studies. For all past hangouts, please look at our AWB Hangout Video page . Thanks for watching. Read More...
Nov 07
2013
Your GAM Pictures Could Appear On Video
Global Astronomy Month each April is the world's largest global celebration of astronomy, bringing together cultures worldwide under the motto "One People, One Sky." Hundreds of events are held all over the globe, and we would love to showcase your efforts from 2013 and the years before. Send us your pictures of participants in past GAM events, and we will choose the best ones to appear in a GAM promotional video for 2014! Here are the requirements: Show people having fun at GAM, whether looking through a telescope, admiring art, or whatever your community was doing; Include a caption with... Read More...
Nov 07
2013
Watch Our October Google+ Hangout
Our monthly Google+ Hangout Oct. 31, 2013 talked about the efforts to bring eclipse glasses to thousands of children in Africa, a Saturn mosaic from The Day The Earth Smiled , and other initiatives. For all past hangouts, please look at our new AWB Hangout Video page . Thanks for watching. Read More...
Oct 12
2013
Help collect an Earth Master Sample
Organizers of World Space Week , in keeping with their theme of “Exploring Mars, Discovering Earth,” are planning to literally bring two worlds together in order to send a powerful message about the importance of and broad support for interplanetary exploration and scientific understanding of the solar system. They need your help to collect an “ Earth master sample ” that will be made into a unique set of crystals that are part Earth and part Mars. Read More...
Oct 09
2013
Where Do You Celestron?
Celestron’s new video release “Where Do You Celestron?” features AWB’s Founder and President, Mike Simmons, who says, “I Celestron anywhere I am on Earth.” Celestron’s video also introduces experts with remarkable Celestron applications far beyond astronomy. “I Celestron in Wisconsin and all over the world,” said Dave Eicher, Editor of Astronomy Magazine. After seeing Saturn through a telescope eyepiece at his first star party, Eicher bought his first scope, a Celestron-8. See the Celestron video and find out what really blew Eicher’s mind out there in the universe. See Tony Berendsen who says “ I Celestron at Tahoe Star Tours”... Read More...
Sep 24
2013
AWB Solar Viewing Glasses Donation Program
A new Astronomers Without Borders program will provide thousands of free eclipse viewing glasses to schools across Africa where a solar eclipse will take place on 3 November. This is a rare opportunity to expose students to science in a region where science resources are often non-existent. Anyone can purchase safe eclipse viewing glasses, in any amount, for donation to African schools. The need is great. Read More...
Sep 20
2013
Save the Date: AWB Hangout!
Hangout video: AWB will host a hangout on Google+ with Carolyn Porco, the imaging team leader for Cassini from the Space Science Institute in Boulder Colorado, Helen Schell, AWB astroartist of the month, Thilina Heenatigala of Astronomers Without Borders' National Coordinator for Sri Lanka and other guests. Winner of the AWB Telescope Naming contest will be announced during the hangout. Join LIVE on 26 September 2013 at 16UT on AWB Google+ . Read More...
Sep 07
2013
AWB Eclipse Glasses
Another total solar eclipse is coming on November 3, 2013 . Be ready with AWB's safe solar observing glasses ! They are available now from AWB’s online store, priced in single packs of 10 or at amazing discounts for more, perfect for your favorite group of astronomers. With your Eclipse Shades® Safe Solar Glasses you’ll see the sun in glowing orange and the black silhouetted moon—minus 99.999% of the intense ultraviolet, visible and infrared—from the high seas off Florida’s eastern shores to the African coast south of Liberia to Gabon and the inland nations. They’re perfect for observing sunspots, too,... Read More...
Aug 19
2013
AWB Telescope Naming Contest
There's a new arrival at Astronomers Without Borders and you can help give it a name! Sales of AWB first self-branded telescope will not only raise funds for global astronomy programs, it will be used in AWB's own international projects. Sourced for AWB by Celestron, the world's largest manufacturer of telescopes, the 5-inch table-top Dobsonian collapses to a small package for easy transport. It's ideal for beginning astronomers and a great "grab-and-go" scope for experts. This latest star in the AWB universe deserves a good name, and this is where you come in. Nominate a name for the new AWB... Read More...
Aug 13
2013
Big Dipper to Southern Cross a big success!
If you missed the recent “Big Dipper to Southern Cross” worldwide observing events, you can still enjoy the photographs made by observers from around the world! Google+ hangout videos and images from both sessions of Big Dipper to Southern Cross are now posted. Read More...
Aug 08
2013
GAM 2013 AstroPoetry Contest Results
The GAM AstroPoetry Contest had an especially international flavor this year, with the first-place-winning poems in the Adult and Young Adult categories coming from England and China. The contest winners and their prizes are shown on the AWB website . We’ve also posted the winning poems in each of the contest’s three categories: Adult , Young Adult , and Children . Our thanks to all the fine poets worldwide who submitted some 90 poems to the contest. Only 15 of them could be chosen as winners (three prizes plus two honorable mentions in each of three categories), but there were... Read More...
Jul 19
2013
SkySafari Apps Promo for TDTES
As the Earth prepares for its first interplanetary photo shoot, Southern Stars has released brand new updates to its SkySafari apps for iOS, Android, and Mac OS X, to let viewers all around the world follow the occasion. SkySafari's basic version will be free on the iTunes Store from July 19th through July 21st; it's normally USD $3 on the iTunes Store and Google Play. With SkySafari, observers around the globe can easily use their iPhone or Android's GPS, compass, and accelerometer to easily locate Saturn in the sky. A brand new release of SkySafari Plus and Pro (3.8.1) lets... Read More...
Jul 19
2013
TDTES with Morgan Freeman
NASA's Cassini spacecraft, currently in orbit around Saturn, will be turned to image that planet and its ring system during an eclipse of the sun, as it has done twice before during its previous nine years in orbit. But this time, the images collected will capture a glimpse of our own planet alongside Saturn, in what will be the first time the Earth's inhabitants know in advance their picture is being taken from a billion miles away. Read More...
Jul 17
2013
Big Dipper to Southern Cross
Many of us never get a chance to observe the night sky from our opposite hemisphere. Now Astronomers Without Borders and its partners, the Virtual Telescope and the Las Cumbres Observatory, are making it possible for everyone to observe the Northern and Southern Hemisphere skies online! The last time AWB hosted “ Big Dipper to Southern Cross ”, in 2010, it was a big hit: more than 7,000 people from 80 countries participated in one of AWB’s most successful online observing events. Read More...
Jul 11
2013
Mike Simmons on ArkanScience!
Astronomers Without Borders' Mike Simmons is the special guest on this week's edition of the radio show "ArkanScience!". This radio show, hosted by Christina Lynn (Central Arkansas Astronomical Society), is aired on and supported by KABF 88.3 FM (Little Rock, Arkansas, USA). The aim of the programme is to bring world science news to Arkansas and beyond - with a heavy emphasis on astronomy! Christina explained to AWB that her goal with ArkanScience! is to share her passion for science and astronomy. She hopes to spark interest in minds of all ages to bring an entertaining and educational show. The... Read More...
Jul 08
2013
IAU-OAD Call for Proposals 2013
On 1 July 2013 the OAD launched its Call for Proposals for project proposals to be implemented throughout 2014. AWB invites you to submit ideas for funding now! You will find the details of the Call as well as an online application form on the OAD website. This year the process has been made easier for proposers and evaluators so submit your ideas for funding to Task Force 1: Universities and Research, Task Force 2: Children and Schools or Task Force 3: Public Outreach! If you would like to see examples of projects that were funded in last year's call,... Read More...
Jul 05
2013
Highlights of Venus Transit from Mt Wilson
On June 5, 2012, at precisely 22:06 UT, Venus began its transit of the sun’s disk as viewed from the 1700-meter high Mount Wilson Observatory atop the San Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena, California; the last time it will happen until 2117. AWB founder and President, Mike Simmons joined astrophysicist and space science producer for Discovery News, Ian O’Neill as AWB video hosts for the event. Venus’ first contact with the solar limb, and its progress across the sun’s granulated, shimmering surface, was broadcast from Mt. Wilson’s 150’ solar telescope, the world’s largest of its kind. Sharp, H-alpha images were also... Read More...
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