New Chance For UK Students To Send Their Computer Code Into Space For Tim Peake “Following the success of the ‘Astro Pi’ competition, there is a new competition offering UK school children…
Month: February 2016
Star Trek Replicator Challenge
Star Trek Replicator Challenge “Calling all Starfleet cadets! Star Trek and NASA want you to engineer the future of food in space. If you are a K-12 student in the United States,…
MIT, Boeing, NASA, and edX Offer MOOC
MIT, Boeing, NASA, and edX to launch online architecture and systems engineering program MIT is collaborating with Boeing and NASA to develop a four-part online, certificate-based program: “Architecture and Systems Engineering: Models…
Crowdsouring Planet Hunters X. KIC 8462852 – Where's the Flux?
Over the duration of the Kepler mission, KIC 8462852 was observed to undergo irregularly shaped, aperiodic dips in flux down to below the 20% level. The dipping activity can last for between…
How Astronomers View Education and Public Outreach
Over the past few years, there have been a few studies on the development of an interest in science and scientists’ views on public outreach. Yet, to date, there has been no…
2016 Space Life Sciences Training Program
The Space Life Sciences Training Program (SLSTP) is seeking student applications for the 2016 summer program, which will run from June 13 to August 19, 2016 at NASA Ames Research Center. The…