On April 21st, Throw Your Own SunDay Party and Celebrate Our Nearest Star!

Let's celebrate our star, the Sun! Awareness and appreciation of the Sun are all you need to participate.
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Personal Reflections on 10 Years of Global Astronomy Month

Join Mike Simmons, AWB Founder and President, on April 1st at 9 am PDT for his personal perspective on the many ways the night sky is enjoyed and celebrated around the world. Telescope not required.
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OpenSpace: Making Astronomy Accessible for Everyone

April 18, 2019 - Join Astronomers Without Borders live on Facebook to learn innovative ways to make astronomy accessible for everyone, everywhere.
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It's Time To Enter the 2019 Lunar Selfies Contest!

Invite the moon into your portraits! Join our free photo contest providing an opportunity for photographers to take an artistic portrait(s) of the moon anytime during an entire lunar cycle.
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Welcome to Global Astronomy Month

Global Astronomy Month (GAM), organized each April by Astronomers Without Borders, is the world's largest global celebration of astronomy. Every year GAM brings new ideas and new opportunities, bringing enthusiasts together worldwide to celebrate Astronomers Without Borders' motto One People, One Sky.
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Watch live the Special 10th Edition of Cosmic Concert on April 17th!

Italian pianist and composer Giovanni Renzo will perform a collection of compositions and improvisations conceived as a visual and poetic exploration of the universe.
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Celebrating Global Astronomy Month in Nigeria

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Apr 15

Global Star Party Steps 2019 - Spirit of Apollo it was a success

Glory Day in Astronomy of Goias with the 8 Gunstar Edition of the global month of Astronomy and 10 Edition...

Apr 14

10 years anniversary of Global Astronomy Month - long distant car trip - PART II

10 years anniversary of Global Astronomy Month - long distant car trip - PART II My announced talk at Biruni...

Apr 14

Star-Gazing Night-IAU 100

Hi, This saturday april 13 2019, I went to the Brussels Academy Palace where we celebrated 100 years if the...

Apr 14

Star party for saturday night

On the 13 Apr 2019, Star-gazing session was held with the 2-meter telescope ("NAYUTA") of the Nishi-Harima Astronomical Observatory. Unfortunately,...

Apr 13

Global Astronomy Month 2019 in Haedo - Buenos Aires

We perform a serie of activities in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We observe , through a solar filter, our sun.

Apr 13

GAM Moon Watch at IUCAA, Pune, India (Video link in description)

Along with everyone on the globe, the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India celebrate Global Astronomy Month...

Apr 13

Lumbini College Night Sky Observation Camp 2019

To celebrate the Global Astronomy Month (GAM) and also the Moon Landing Anniversary, Nalanda College Astronomical Society (NCAS) and Nalanda...

Apr 12

2 Astro Guests for moon like Few times

During the Only(!!!) clear predicted evening. ing of the week during the perfect moonphase. www.spaceweather.com

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Global Astronomy Month (GAM), organized each April by Astronomers Without Borders, is the world's largest global celebration of astronomy. With a theme of The Moon, GAM 2019 brings new ideas and new opportunities, again bringing enthusiasts together worldwide to celebrate Astronomers Without Borders' motto One People, One Sky.

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WILSON LUCKY SCIENCE NEWS

KNOWNING MORE ABOUT BLACK HOLES

Hello! What a week in science it has been! The unveiling of the first picture of a black hole was such a historic moment.

Our main story of the black hole reveal is below, but there's so much more to this story we want to share. Maria Temming offered a deep dive into the technology that made this image possible. You can explore the history of our knowledge of black holes in an interactive timeline. From his Context blog, Tom Siegfried offered (what else?) context on this historic moment and thehistory of "invisible stars." Emily Conover spoke to Kazunori Akiyama, one of the first people to set eyes on the iconic image. And Emily, Lisa Grossman and Helen Thompson created a beautiful video explaining the challenges of capturing a black hole and how the Event Horizon Telescope pulled it off.

There are more stories to tell about this black hole and the team that captured it, and we'll tell them in the days to come. And there was plenty of exciting science right here on Earth this week, too, so let's dive in. And thank you, as always, for reading.

-Mike Denison, audience engagement editor

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