Year-end message from President Mike Simmons
AWB Founder and President Mike Simmons appeals for support for all the new programs to come in 2017. Please help if you can. Click the Donate button in the right corner at the top of the page. And please share the message with others.
Late Submission Children's AstroArt Contest
Please enter your artwork with the form below. If you are a teacher who is submitting for multiple students, you can either fill in the form for each student or you may also submit all of your entries via email to [email protected] . If you are submitting via email, please name the image file to match the last name of the student so we know which one is correct and include the Students names, titles/captions for each work along with your contact information. Thank you! Name * Contact email address * Country * Name of parent or guardian * Parent...
Catch a Falling Star - Perseid Meteor Shower
Photo: Wally Pacholka, Astropics.com The peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower will be happening on August 12 and 13 this year and what a great time to view the skies. These streaks of light in the night sky do not require any special equipment to see (a lounge chair might come in handy, though) and so it is the ideal event for young and old to go out to observe. This year is an especially good year to see the Perseids since the moon will be well out of the way on peak days, so if you are viewing from...
Support AWB
Support AWB Donations are a vital source of support. You do not need a PayPal account to make a donation using your credit card. AWB's mission is to create novel international outreach programs that educate, inform and inspire. To do this, AWB offers programs that expands the minds of people of all ages, and opens up new worlds, and connects people around the globe from different cultures and societies, creating links between our wonderment of the Universe to the worlds of science, education, art and culture. Support AWB and Donate. Your generous gift allows everyone the ability to explore new...
