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Global Astronomy Month has just started and like every year, the love for astronomy and the fascination for the night sky is bringing together our global community through science, art and culture. I joined Astronomers Without Borders in 2010 and I saw this fantastic organization continue growing over the years and attract more and more talented contributors from all over the world, with our activities reaching astronomy enthusiasts, professional astronomers, artists, students, children, people of all cultures and age. When I joined AWB in 2010, I presented my project OPTICKS for the first time as an online event and this...
In some respects yes, in some no. Without doubt, Global Astronomy Month (GAM) is one of the biggest and most successful follow-up events of the International Year of Astronomy in 2009 (IYA2009). It has grown from 100 hours of astronomy during 2009 to 30 days of worldwide astronomy celebration every year! GAM started in 2010 with big enthusiasm by the same people running one of the IYA2009 flagship programs, which was called “100 Hours of Astronomy.“ It was driven by the wish to create a sustainable follow-up, beyond the great IYA2009. Most people were very sad, when the International Year...
My name is Mohammad Morawejzada- A member of the Afghanistan Astronomy Association. I was born in Bamyan Province, the home town of two big and old Buddha statues. But unfortunately, the Taliban destroyed both statues with explosives. In 2009, I joined the Afghanistan Astronomy Association (AAA). At first, we had no resources to do astronomy, but using astronomical pictures we went to many schools around Kabul city and talked about the solar system, stars, and other space wonders. Later, we the founders of AAA bought an 8-inch telescope and I very soon become the main telescope operator of the AAA....
In 2019, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) commemorates its 100th anniversary and is organising a year-long celebration to increase awareness of a century of astronomical discoveries as well as to support and improve the use of astronomy as a tool for education, development and diplomacy under the central theme "100 Years: Under One Sky" (IAU100). One of the underlying themes for the celebrations is Inclusive Astronomy and the IAU invites the global astronomy community to join the celebrations with inclusive measures at the center of everyone's actions. The IAU100: Inclusive Astronomy program aims to foster a more inclusive, diverse, and...
Celebrating 20 years of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (Illustration: NASA/CXC & J.Vaughan) Since its launch on July 23, 1999, the Chandra X‐ray Observatory has helped revolutionize our understanding of the Universe. As NASA's flagship mission for X‐ray astronomy and part of the “Great Observatories,” Chandra is a telescope designed to detect X‐ray emission from very hot regions of the Universe such as exploded stars, clusters of galaxies, and matter around black holes. Because X‐rays are absorbed by Earth's atmosphere, Chandra orbits high above it. Its elliptical path takes the spacecraft from just under 16,000 km (10,000 miles) on its closest...
