Smithsonian STARS— Scientists Taking Astronomy to Rural Schools— aims to bridge gaps in access to hands-on STEM learning opportunities for children in rural and tribal nation schools by providing a ...

Lake Metroparks naturalists taught kindergarteners about space under the light of an inflatable planetarium’s stars and constellations during a Jan. 23 astronomy lesson at Elm Street Elementary School ...

On Earth’s surface, it’s hard to get kids to stop gazing at their screens. A new magazine, Astronomy for Kids, prompts children to look at the stars instead. The special child-focused magazine, on ...

I love it when kids get excited enough about science to go out and do something about it. That’s why I’m digging Jeffrey Tang - who’s 10 - because he created the Astronomy For Kids podcast, where he ...

I get a lot of email from folks asking me questions. Many times, these are easily searchable on Google (fair warning: if I get these, I delete ‘em. Use Google, people!), and other times they’re ...

Have you ever looked up on a clear night at the stars and noticed that some of them seemed to twinkle or dance? This twinkling is due to the Earth’s atmosphere. When light reaches Earth from a star, ...