education

How Small Are Atoms?

Here on Universe Today we often discuss things that exist on the atomic and sub-atmonic scale. Even though astronomy is…

13 years ago

Texas School Kids Get To Talk To Space

Some lucky sixth-, seventh- and eigth-graders at the O. Henry Middle School in Austin, Texas got the chance to chat…

13 years ago

Student Alert: GRAIL Naming Contest – Essay Deadline November 11

[/caption] Student Alert ! - Here’s your once in a lifetime chance to name Two NASA robots speeding at this…

13 years ago

Back to School Inspiration: Be That Light

Are you an educator, heading back to another year of teaching and need a little inspiration? -- or do you…

13 years ago

Historic Opportunity for Students to Participate on “Extra” Shuttle Mission

[/caption] A new opportunity for students to be part of history and fly an experiment on what could be the…

14 years ago

How Do You Pronounce ‘Uranus’?

Uranus is the planet with the funny name and the odd orientation. So, when you say the word 'Uranus' do…

15 years ago

Accessible Astronomy: Touching the Night Sky

Caption: A page from "Touch the Universe." Image courtesy of Noreen Grice. The stunning images provided by space- and ground-based…

15 years ago

Exploring to the Beat of Pulsars

[/caption] An innovative project that provides high school students in Australia the opportunity to work with the famous Parkes radio…

15 years ago