The American Astronomical Society (AAS) has awarded its 2006 Education Prize to Dr. Sidney Wolff,an astronomer and former director of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, Arizona.

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Expanding ‘Sidewalk Astronomy’ initiative, a flexible program which encourages other astronomers to share their knowledge and capabilities with local youth, providing further outreach for astronomy ...

UA astronomer Don McCarthy has spent nearly all his career at the UA, and is now being rewarded for it. McCarthy has been at the UA since the 1970s, when he was a graduate student pursuing his ...

The IAU has selected Haus der Astronomie (HdA), an astronomy outreach center based in Heidelberg, Germany, as the location for its new Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE). First announced last ...

Astronomy Education Review is on-line journal about astronomy education and outreach, published by the American Astronomical Society, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this fall.

Astronomy courses, in particular, are key to promoting science literacy—an important part of any education in today’s tech-driven world. [Related: ] ...

India’s young scientists achieve remarkable success at the India-hosted International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics ...