Finding the scale of space
How do astronomers measure distances to the stars? Using a digital camera to record parallax shift is an accurate and authentic method that can be used in a classroom.
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How do astronomers measure distances to the stars? Using a digital camera to record parallax shift is an accurate and authentic method that can be used in a classroom.
Typical school exchanges focus on language and culture – but you can also build a successful exchange programme around science.
How far away are the stars? Explore in your classroom how astronomers measure distances in space.
Scientists are searching deep underground for hard-to-detect particles that stream across the Universe.
A new tool lets astronomers ‘listen’ to the Universe for the first time.
Astronomers are still trying to discover exactly why galaxies formed in spiral shapes, and what’s likely to happen to our galaxy in the future.
Get your students to use their smartphones for some hands-on astronomy.
How a great achievement of the European Space Agency can become an inspiration for your students.
The month of May brings with it two different planetary wonders, allowing us to recreate calculations first made 300 years ago
Finding the scale of space
Science without borders: an astronomy-based school exchange
Parallax: reaching the stars with geometry
Science goes underground
Turning on the cosmic microphone
Galaxies: genesis and evolution
Smart measurements of the heavens
Teaching with Rosetta and Philae
Mercury and Mars in May