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Advancing Astronomical Literacy via Student Writing Contests

It is tempting to say that any well-educated person should know what it takes to be scientifically literate.  But what does scientific literacy really involve?  Given that scientific literacy is a key goal of most science education standards and frameworks, considerable ink has been dedicated to utilizing the term in pedagogical papers.  

Astronomical Meeting in South Africa Makes History

Africa’s astronomical debut has come at an opportune time, as a multitude of facilities and projects have taken root across the continent in the service of astronomical questing. 

How to Talk to Aliens

If we ever make contact with an alien civilization, how will we understand what they’re saying? That’s the question that preoccupies John Elliott of...

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Introduction: It took less than two billion years for our Milky Way Galaxy to emerge from the chaos of the Hot Big Bang some 13.8...

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Contest Prize Winner: Fast Radio Bursts: A Decades Long Puzzle

Abigail Serrano – Andover High School, MA, USA The First Burst When the first fast radio burst, or FRB, was found...

Contest Prize Winner: The Potential of Time Travel Lies in Space

Monica Tavarez Frias -- Saint Patrick School of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Introduction What if the key to time travel isn’t...

Contest Prize Winner: Artificial Intelligences and Machines (AIs/AMs)as Catalysts for First Contact with Alien Societies

Martina Guja Zagonel – Liceo Scientifico Bonaventura Cavalieri, Verbania, Italy Introduction With recent advancements and ongoing progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI),...

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