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Ned Ladd

Astronomy and Education Team Brings the Universe Down to Earth

November 16, 2016

Read about the NSF-funded collaboration between Bucknell, Harvard and Microsoft is building better tools to introduce astronomical essentials. http://www.bucknell.edu/news-and-media/2016/november/astronomy-and-education-team-brings-the-universe-down-to-earth.html

Ditribution materials for Bucknell Labs can be found on our site: http://wwtambassadors.org/wwt-astro-101-labs

 

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WorldWide Telescope Has a New Home: The AAS

WorldWide Telescope Has a New Home: The AAS

January 7, 2016

"On 4 January 2016 the Council of the American Astronomical Society voted to make the AAS the institutional home of WorldWide Telescope (WWT), a "Universe Information System" that allows users to retrieve and share data using an interface that resembles either the sky or a 3-D view of our universe. The WWT vote represents a bold step by the AAS, making a commitment to use and adapt new technologies in its stated mission "to...

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WWT Ambassadors at the International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics

WWT Ambassadors at the International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics

August 3, 2013

The International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics is the biggest annual astronomy competition for high school students, aiming to promote astronomy and astrophysics in education. Now at the 7th edition, IOAA gathered teams of up to 5 students from 35 different participating countries in the city of Volos, Greece, between July 27th - Aug 5th. The Olympiad was conducted in a friendly atmosphere, promoting future collaborations and encouraging friendships inside a global scientific community. While the participant students competed against one another by taking 3 different tasks (...

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