The questions about the origin and type of cosmic particles are not only fascinating for scientists in astrophysics, but also for young enthusiastic high school students. To familiarize them with research in…
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Web App For Teaching Remote Sensing
“Teaching remote sensing? This web mapping application can be a very useful teaching tool. The web mapping application covers the whole planet, with mapping services that are updated daily with new Landsat…
Continuing Medical Education (CME) on ISRO's Telemedicine network
“Indian space programme has multi dimensions, providing significant infrastructure for national development in the vital areas like tele-communication, television broadcasting, meteorological observations and generating timely and accurate data on natural resources management….
MOOC on Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
GIS (Geographical Information Systems) is everywhere. From your smartphone to your tablet, location enabled devices are present in almost every household. With over 80% of all data having some type of spatial…
VPL Astrobiology Colloquium: Self-Organizing Chemical Systems: From Materials Science to Astrobiology
Self-organizing processes in chemical reaction/precipitation systems can lead to a variety of complex structures, including chemical gardens and inorganic membranes. They key aspects of these systems are the steep concentration gradients and…
Summer School: Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems and Habitable Planets
Interested researchers and students are invited to apply for the summer school “Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems and Habitable Planets”, which will take place in Moletai, Lithuania (close to Vilnius) from…
Free Online ESA Course: Monitoring Climate from Space MOOC
“Registration is open for a free online course that provides an introduction to monitoring climate change using satellite Earth observation. ESA has teamed up with FutureLearn, a leading online learning platform, to…
Astronomy for Africa: Student Support for Astronomy Modules via Distance Learning
(Via Space Generation Advisory Council) “Dear Colleagues: Attached is an announcement regarding a funding opportunity that we would like you to pass on to your undergraduate students. We have been given funding…
European Space Agency MOOC: Monitoring Climate from Space
ESA’s first MOOC, Monitoring Climate from Space, is open now for learners to sign up for, with teaching set to begin on 8th June 2015. Over five weeks, a selection of the…
Exoplanetary Geophysics: An Emerging Discipline
“Thousands of extrasolar planets have been discovered, and it is clear that the galactic planetary census draws on a diversity greatly exceeding that exhibited by the solar system’s planets. We review significant…
Online Course: Super-Earths And Life
“Super-Earths And Life is a course about alien life, how we search for it, and what this teaches us about our place in the universe. In the past decade astronomers have made…
DIY Science: Astrobiology, Using Earth Rocks to Look for Alien Life
“The search for life in space involves scientists of all stripes–biologists, physicists, astronomers, chemists…and geologists? NASA-funded UW-Madison geoscientists use Earth’s rock and fossil record to shape the search for life in our…