Sep 30, 2024 | News
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...
Sep 20, 2024 | News
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...
Aug 30, 2024 | News
Citizen Science Prize for AiM and partners © Uni Münster – Peter Leßmann Paul Breitenstein, who took part in the StAnD Summer School 2024 in Marathon, Greece, has been awarded a Citizen Science prize. Every year, the Foundation of the University of...
Aug 2, 2024 | News
The StAnD project is led by the team from Italy’s National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), and they also lead the way in spreading the word about this initiative. On 24 July they held the first Multiplier Event to show the project to the public. Nearly 100 people...
Jul 10, 2024 | News
The first StAnD Summer School, held in Marathon, Greece, was not just a week of professional development, it was also an opportunity for participating teachers from Germany, Greece, Italy and Portugal to meet each other and get to grips with this amazing project to...
Jun 4, 2024 | News
After months of careful planning and consultation, StAnD is ready to release the programme for the teachers’ summer school in Marathon, Greece. The programme is available here: Summer School Programme. It can be lonely in space, but in our Summer School for the...
