Screen shot of Galactic Constellations Gallery showing for example the "Celestial Claw Hammer"

Screenshot of Galactic Constellation creation interface. It's so cool!

CREATE YOUR OWN GALACTIC CONSTELLATION!!

the ever-brilliant @clairelamman.bsky.social really knocked the April fools @arxiv.bsky.social paper bit out of the park with this incredible project. Nothing foolish here!

#astronomy #STEAM #astroedu 🔭

cmlamman.github.io/galactic-con... 📃🔗 ⬇️

Cover of the Proceedings of the 7th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education

The proceedings of the 7th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, summarizing all contributions and including links to the recorded talks on our YouTube channel, are now public! 🔭 #astroedu

Read them here: zenodo.org/records/1911...

Poster for the Equal Day on 20 March with worldwide events 18-23 March and an AI-generated background image of a scale holding people on both sided, with planets and the daytime sky on one side and the Milky Way and the Moon on the other

Equinox is on 20 March - the Equal Day initiative, with events worldwide 18-23 March, unites people from all over the world, bound by awe for the peace that the universe calls for on the day of the equinox, when daylight and darkness are in balance across the globe 🔭 #astroedu

equalday.weebly.com

Learn more about Equal Day from Jean-Pierre Saghbini, NAEC Lebanon and founder of the initiative which uses the March equinox to promote equality, peace, diversity, sustainability, and empathy through astronomy 🔭 #astroedu

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb3v...

baking pan with flour and cocoa powder simulating a world's surface. Marbles standing in for impactors left craters. A ruler sits nearby.

baking pan with flour and cocoa powder simulating a world's surface. Marbles standing in for impactors left craters. A ruler sits nearby.

baking pan with flour and cocoa powder simulating a world's surface. Marbles standing in for impactors left craters. A ruler sits nearby.

Did crater impacts before spring break! Students were impressed with their own results.

"Serving actual crater."

"It's giving crater!"

🔭🎢 #AstroEd #AstroEdu

Symposium 409

The IAU Symposium on Innovative Research and Techniques in Astronomy Communication will take place 2-6 November 2026 hybrid at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Mitaka, Tokyo and online. Registration and abstract submission are now open! 🔭 #astroedu

iau-oao.nao.ac.jp/iaus409/

Banner of the March 2026 astroEDU activity Habitat in Peril with pictures from the role-playing game

Let’s travel beyond the Solar System with Habitat in Peril, an immersive tabletop role-playing activity! Combining science, storytelling, and strategy, it offers a fun and multidisciplinary way to experience the challenges of human space exploration 🔭 #astroedu

astroedu.iau.org/en/activitie...

Dalian No.20 High School Successfully Hosts "Astronomy+" Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development Workshop Co-guided by IAU OAE Center China, Nanjing, the 'Astronomy+' Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development Workshop was held at Dalian No.20 High School in 2025, gathering experts, teachers and students to...

The "Astronomy+" Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development Workshop, guided by the OAE Center China Nanjing and co-organized by the Informatization Working Committee of the Chinese Astronomical Society, was successfully held at Dalian No.20 High School 🔭 #astroedu

astro4edu.org/news/AT960ho/

Iau Oae Conference On Astronomy For Education 2026 The IAU Office of Astronomy for Education is the IAU's office focussed on primary and secondary education.

📢 Save the date

The IAU OAE Conference on Astronomy for Education will take place fully online 17-20 November this year. It will include a special science focus on radio astronomy in education and an education focus on inclusive astronomy 🔭 #astroedu

astro4edu.org/workshops/ia...

AstroCamp is a three-year programme for students in their second to last year of secondary school that starts with a summer school from 30 July to 13 August this year (including an expedition to the total solar eclipse on 12 August) 🔭 #astroedu

Introductory video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYzK...

Planetary Alignments and Planet Parades On most nights, weather permitting, you can spot at least one bright planet in the night sky. While two or three planets are commonly visible in the hours

Learn more from NASA (sadly not yet on @bsky.app !)

🖇️ science.nasa.gov/solar-system...

#astroedu

CosmicDS Planet Parade A planetary alignment is coming in February 2026. Learn what that is, why it happens, and how to view it from your location with this free educational, interactive resource.

See how and when to view the February Planet Parade from where ever you live! ("Official" date is Feb 25, but the planets are visible now (once it's dark/sunset!))

projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/planet-parade/

#astroedu #astronomy 🔭 #planetaryscience #astrophotography

International Summer Internship Program

Our host institution @hausderastronomie.bsky.social invites senior high school students and recent high school graduates to apply for its International Summer Internship 2026, taking place 20 July to 7 August.
Application deadline: 15 March 🔭 #astroedu
www.haus-der-astronomie.de/en/what-we-d...

International Summer Internship Program

Our international summer internship for senior high school students and recent high school graduates will take place 20 July to 7 August this year. Apply now - deadline is 15 March! 🔭 #astroedu

www.haus-der-astronomie.de/en/what-we-d...

International Summer Internship Program

Vom 20. Juli bis zum 7. August 2026 findet wieder unser Internationales Sommerpraktikum für Schüler*innen der Sekundarstufe II und frischgebackene Abiturient*innen statt. Jetzt bewerben - die Frist endet am 15. März! 🔭 #astroedu

www.haus-der-astronomie.de/en/what-we-d...

Webinar – Interdisciplinary Learning Date: 18 February 2026 Time: 17:00 - 18:00 CET (16:00 -17:00 Lisbon Time; 18:00 – 19:00 Athens Time) Online Register now!

Astronomy is interdisciplinary, with connections not only to other STEM fields, but far beyond. The Astro-Journeys webinar on 18 February at 17 CET with Rosa Doran will teach you how to use these connections. Register now! 🔭 #astroedu
astrojourneys.eu/webinar-inte...

Webinar – Interdisciplinary Learning Date: 18 February 2026 Time: 17:00 - 18:00 CET (16:00 -17:00 Lisbon Time; 18:00 – 19:00 Athens Time) Online Register now!

Astronomie ist interdisziplinär - Anknüpfungspunkte gibt es aber nicht nur zu anderen MINT-Bereichen, sondern weit darüber hinaus. Das Astro-Journeys-Webinar mit Rosa Doran vermittelt, wie man diese Anbindung nutzen kann. Jetzt anmelden! 🔭 #astroedu #blueLZ

astrojourneys.eu/webinar-inte...

Banner announcing the COSPAR Panel on Education at the upcoming COSPAR Assembly with sessions COSPAR PE.1: Space Education in Schools in the Era of Generative AI and COSPAR PE.2: Current Trends, Initiatives and Research in Education and Outreach for Space Sciences. Registration deadline 27 July 2026, abstract submission deadline 13 February 2026

Teachers of all grade levels and subject domains are invited to oin the COSPAR Panel on Education at the upcoming 46th Cospar Scientific Assembly taking place 1-9 August 2026 in Florence, Italy 🔭 #astroedu

More information and registration: galileoteachers.org/cospar-2026-...

My 300-level Intro to Astrophysics class is going to be RAUCOUS and I am SO here for it.

I don't think a discussion of units has ever been so loud and hilarious. I ❤️ my physics students. 🔭🎢 #AstroEd #AstroEdu

#AstroEdu ? #AstroEd ? Have we settled on a thing here???

Presenting Jan 6th at #AAS247: Dan Peluso! 🔭 Dan is a leader in #AstroEdu. Catch his session in Phoenix, then join him and Paul Sasso for the Astronomy Modeling virtual course starting Jan 22! Register here: bit.ly/2026AstronMo... #Astronomy #STEMEducation #AMTATeachers

✨ Applications for the 2026 International Astronomical Youth Camp are now open! ✨🚀

Join us in Spain for the 60th lAYC celebration and experience an unforgettable total solar eclipse! 🌘

Head to our First Info page via the link in our bio to apply!

Clear skies 🌌

🔭🎢 #EduSky #scicomm #astroedu

#astroedu

Poster announcing the ASEAN Astronomy Camp for high school students 15-19 years old, taking place 10-13 March 2026 in Chiang Mai, Thailand

The ASEAN Astronomy Camp 2026 invites young adults (ages 15-19) of all nationalities, gender and background to share their passion for astronomy with international peers 10-13 March 2026 in Chiang Mai, Thailand 🔭 #astroedu

Application deadline: 11 January 2026
indico.narit.or.th/event/231/

Banner for the astroEDU activity "Origami Molecular Footballs" with three pictures: a hand holding a soccer ball, a 3D rendering of the buckyball molecule, and an origami ball

As the year comes to an end, let’s dive into the world of nanoscience and build a paper model of the molecule also known as the buckyball! While cutting and folding, learn why this particular structure is stable, and where such molecules are found 🔭 #astroedu
astroedu.iau.org/en/activitie...

Headshot of Terry Lowry, Senior Education Specialist at the NRAO. Description: A woman with shoulder-length blonde hair and a striped white shirt smiles at the camera.

Terry Lowry, Sr. STEAM Education Specialist at the NSF NRAO, has been named the 2025 VSTE Honor Award recipient by the Virginia Society for Technology in Education.

Congrats, Terry!

https://vste.org/News/13571199

#Astronomy #AstroEdu #SciEdu

Graphic design text over starry background with IAYC logo in top left corner. Text: 60th International Astronomical Youth Camp, 2nd-22nd August 2026, Albergue Rural Solanillos, Guadalajara, Spain Apply by: March 22nd, 23:59 CET website: www.iayc.org email: info@iayc.org QR code leads to application page

🔭 Join us for the 60th International Astronomical Youth Camp 🚀

📆 Dates: 2—22 August 2026
📍 Albergue Rural Solanillos, Guadalajara, Spain
📝 Apply by: March 22, 23:59 CET

Stay tuned around New Year’s for the First Info release on our new website: iayc.org

Clear skies 🌌
🎢 #EduSky #astroedu #sciedu

The Lurker - The Worlds Within By Andrew Fraknoi Janice is asleep when I see the alien artifact. We are circling a small carbon-rich asteroid, evaluating whether its resources would be worth staking a claim, when I glimpse the unus...

Nice surprise. The editor of Worlds Within magazine nominated my science-fiction story "The Lurker" for a Pushcart Prize. It's about a probe from another civilization waiting on an asteroid; at: theworldswithin.net/the-lurker/
#sciencefiction #SETI #astroedu #science&fiction #science #astronomy

#astroedu #citsci