May 6, 2026 | News
The first STAND Community Day in Greece was a great success this May. More than 150 students and teachers from Thebes had the opportunity to learn about asteroids, meteors, and meteorites. We discussed methods for detecting them, examined real meteorites under a...
May 5, 2026 | News
The StAnD project hosted its Community Days in Foligo, Italy on 17-18 April as part of the XV Festa di Scienza e Filosofia, engaging the public in the fascinating science of meteors and meteorites. Working closely with visitors to make planetary defence accessible...
Apr 30, 2026 | News
This was the question that teacher Géraldine Jeanson asked her primary school students last year! In fact, they went one step further, and conducted a search for micrometeorites using the StAnD micrometeorite kit. This was an awareness-raising activity over...
Apr 10, 2026 | News
We often celebrate the video recordings, or detections, of fireballs by StAnD Meteor Camera Kits in our news, and now, thanks to the PRISMA All-Sky Camera Analysis Laboratory (PASCAL), a specialised application, the data from StAnD and PRISMA networks can be exploited...
Apr 8, 2026 | News
The deadline for the StAnD Image Competition is 29 May 2026–you still have time to encourage your students to enter! It’s a fun way for your class to engage in authentic scientific research, using robotic telescopes through The Schools Observatory to make astronomic...
Apr 2, 2026 | News
The StAnD Academy provides vital professional development and support to StAnD teachers. Short, informative modules on StAnD topics (covered in the Teacher’s Manual), such as the solar system, planetary defence, and asteroids are in the Academy programme. These...
