Great news for aspiring astronomers and planetary defenders! The spectacular comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is currently visible in our night sky. This extraordinary event provides an incredible opportunity to engage our students in the StAnD – Students As...
The StAnD project was presented during a big event organized in Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece, for the European Researchers Night 2024 at the end of September. Participants both young and old got the chance to discuss the importance of planetary defense and the study...
Asteroid 2024 PT5 will become a temporary satellite of Earth for 2 months. Credit: NASA. 2024 PT5 is a near-Earth object roughly 11 metres (36 ft) in diameter discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) at the Sutherland Observatory in...
We’re excited to announce the first slot for an Asteroid Search Campaign for the Erasmus+ project Students As PlaNetary Defenders (StAnD)! This campaign runs from 25 October to 19 November 2024, in collaboration with the International Astronomical Search...
During StAnD, your students will have a chance to hunt for micrometeorites. These tiny particles, thought to have come from the oldest matter there is, are the remnants of minerals from even before the planets in our Solar System formed. They may even contain dust...
