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Last-Minute Father’s Day Gift: Give Him a Crater on Mars
We all know that Mars Needs Moms, but Dad rocks the Red Planet too! If you're looking for a last-minute…
Space-y Charity: Some Ideas To Respond To Astronaut Hadfield’s Challenge
While the world was enchanted with Chris Hadfield's social media posts last year, a new video has the retired astronaut…
Beam Me Up, Mars! Uwingu Will Send 90,000 Radio Messages There Today
Maybe you can't climb on a rocketship to Mars, at least yet, but at the least you can get your…
Beam a Message to Mars and Support Space Research and Exploration
A new project from Uwingu to help address funding shortages for researchers, scientists, educators and students allows people from Earth…
NameExoWorlds, an IAU Worldwide Contest to Name Alien Planets, Continues Controversy
The International Astronomical Union has unveiled a worldwide contest, NameExoWorlds, which gives the public a role in naming planets and…
Get Mom a Crater on Mars for Mother’s Day
There's a great book (and a not as great movie) called "Mars Needs Moms" . It's a heartwarming (dare I…
Weekly Space Hangout – March 28, 2014: Uwingu & New Dwarf Planet News
Host: Fraser Cain Astrojournalists: Morgan Rehnberg, David Dickinson Special Guest: Dr. Alan Stern, Principle Investigator of New Horizons, Founder of…
Uwingu Hopes to Raise $10 million for Scientists and Educators with Mars Crater Naming Venture
The latest out-of-the-box idea to help address funding shortages for researchers, scientists, educators and students goes to Mars. Uwingu has…
The Exoplanet Naming Debate Heats Up
Following last Friday’s press release from the International Astronomical Union (IAU) concerning the naming of extrasolar planets, a heated debate…
IAU Issues Response To Uwingu’s Exoplanet Naming Campaign
Given the popularity of the recent contest by Uwingu to suggest names for the closest known exoplanet to Earth (officially…