What's Happening in the Cosmos?

In 1999, two amateur treasure hunters made a rare discovery at a small town in the Eastern German region of Saxony-Anhalt that shook the world of archeology. The remarkable find was in use from 1,800 to 1,600 BC, likely came from fmines in present-day Austria, England, and Romania, but was almost lost to black market traders.

To learn more, explore these links:

Astronomers Detect Biggest Explosion Since the Big Bang

https://futurism.com/astronomers-detect-biggest-explosion-since-big-bang

Earth formed much faster than previously thought

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200220130509.htm


35-year-old space riddle solved by Chilean astronomers

https://www.thisischile.cl/35-year-old-space-riddle-solved-by-chilean-astronomers/?lang=en


Student discovers 17 new planets, including an Earth-sized world

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200228073146.htm


Discovering the universe in chile

https://www.thisischile.cl/discovering-the-universe-in-chile/?lang=en


This 'hot Jupiter' planet with an 18-hour year is dancing with death

 https://www.space.com/hot-jupiter-exoplanet-torn-apart-18-hour-year.html



how discoveries in astronomy apply to other challenges

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8vNTL16ogk


Astronomy in Everyday Life

https://www.iau.org/public/themes/astronomy_in_everyday_life/



Grand Challenges: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe


STEM, STEAM, STEMX, STEMD and beyond..


ERC Grand Challenges: For project design, for inquiry, for activism.