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Through its materials, resources, and programs, the ASP promotes public science interest, engagement, and literacy through the awe and wonder of astronomy and related fields. Founded in 1889, the ASP is the first national astronomy organization in the US.
This #GivingTuesday, we’re asking you to join a movement of generosity that lasts 365. Give monthly to the ASP; one day of giving is powerful, but sustained giving changes everything. Donate today: buff.ly/F5ILcBO
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If you wanted to make an apple pie from scratch for today, you’re ~13.8 billion years late!🧪🔭

#CarlSagan was right: every apple, every atom, every one of us was forged in ancient stars.

ASP's own @shanilv.ca tells the #cosmic story behind your #Thanksgiving pie:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/ourislan...
November 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Science education is facing unprecedented challenges. Your support for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific helps fund programs that inspire curiosity, empower educators, and open the universe to everyone. Donate today at bit.ly/43RjDkC
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 $𝟭𝟮𝟬 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀—𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄.

Your immediate action and generous donation will help shape what comes next and ensure that humanity not only learns science, but truly feels at home in it.

👉 Donate Today! buff.ly/O97hzBz
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
🎃 Halloween’s roots are written in the #stars.🔭🧪

Before candy & costumes, it marked a cross-quarter day — when ancient #skywatchers tracked the Sun’s halfway point between #equinox & #solstice.

🪐 #Halloween #Astronomy is TOMORROW!
🔗 REGISTER: bit.ly/HalloweenAstro

#STEMeducation #HalloweenScience
October 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🌅 Serendipity! On her trip to Australia, the #ASP’s Vivian White captured a stunning partial solar eclipse at sunrise—likely seen only by her & a few others awake on the plane, as clouds hid it from the islands below. A rare moment, perfectly timed. #Eclipse #Oz #EclipseAtDawn
September 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The @AstroSociety.org is delighted to announce that Dr. Connie Walker, Scientist at the National Science Foundation (#NSF)'s @NOIRLabAstro.bsky.social receives the 2025 Andrew Fraknoi Supporters Award for decades of support and dedication to the #ASP’s mission! 🔭 🧪

𝙇𝙀𝘼𝙍𝙉 𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙀:
bit.ly/4pBczSw
September 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#ASP joined the Kits Cubed STEM Fair at Oakland Technical High School this weekend!

Organized by Kits Cubed, an Oakland #nonprofit making #STEM fun & accessible, the fair welcomed families to explore hands-on #science. Our team kept #astronomy alive — clouds and all! 🔭 ✨ #ScienceForAll #KitsCubed
September 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🌌 BREAKING: Mars may have left us a message. #NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered potential #biosignatures — clues that life may not be unique to Earth.
🔭🧪

“This is the closest we’ve come to recognizing that life on Earth is not unique.”

🔗 MORE: tinyurl.com/OurIslandUni...
#Mars #Astrobiology
September 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🚀 After months of planning, discussions, & preparing for an idea that we weren’t sure would work, our new Astro 101 for Unistellar Owners kicked off Saturday at 100% capacity!

Big win for #CitizenScience + @Unistellar + @SETI communities.
#Astronomy #STEM #Astro101 #smartscopes
September 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Katherine Johnson: Math to the Moon 🚀

In 2016 Katherine Johnson became the first recipient of #ASP’s Arthur B.C. Walker II Award, honoring African American achievement in #astronomy & diversity in #science.

Her legacy reminds us: inclusion and discovery must always rise together. ✨ #WomenInScience
August 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
💫 Born #OTD in 1918, Katherine Johnson calculated the trajectory for John Glenn’s Friendship 7 flight — math that paved the way to the Moon. 🔭🧪

Her brilliance, courage, & joy in the work remind us: the impossible becomes possible when we dare to calculate the stars. #WomenInScience #HiddenFigures
August 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
How do we share the sky?

Panel 4 of #ASP2025SYMP brings together Drs Holbrook, McTier, Gardner-Vandy & Mannis to explore #cultural #astronomy, #Indigenous #knowledge & #science #storytelling.

🗣️ Live at 7pm ET or watch later — full access included: buff.ly/mEOj9us
#SciComm #IndigenousAstronomy
August 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🕟 Panel 3: Adapting Starts at 4:30p ET

How do we adapt to the changing skies?🧪🔭

Dr Dara Norman (@aas.org)
Dr Meredith Rawls (@[email protected])
Dr Ann Zabludoff (@stewardobservatory.bsky.social)

You can access all ASP2025 sessions on-demand:
🔗 bit.ly/ASP2025SYMP
#ASP2025 #Satellites #SciComm
August 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🔍 What’s next in our investigation of the cosmos? 🔭 🧪

Join Drs. Bose, Higgs, LaMassa & Zellem as they explore gravitational waves, Rubin Observatory, galaxies, and exoplanets. Oh my!

💻 Still time to join & access full recordings!
🔗 bit.ly/ASP2025SYMP

#ASP2025 #Exoplanets #JWST #SciComm
August 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🚨 ASP2025 kicks off TOMORROW at 11a ET!

Panel 1: Questioning — What’s next in #space #science?

🌌 Cabrol (SETI)
🌍 Grinspoon (NASA)
🧠 Siegel (Starts with a Bang)
🪐 Storey-Fisher (Stanford)

💻 One day. Online. $69.🔭🧪

🎟️ Register now:
bit.ly/ASP2025SYMP

#ASP2025 #Astronomy #SciComm #JWST #DarkEnergy
August 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
🪐 What lies beyond the edge of the universe?

👥 16 thought leaders. 4 big questions. 1 powerful virtual gathering.

Join us August 21 for #ASP2025 — a 1-day online symposium exploring the future of #astronomy, #education, & #storytelling.🧪

🎟️ Register:
bit.ly/ASP2025SYMP

#SciComm #Astronomy #EdTech
August 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
🧑‍🏫 Just getting started teaching astronomy? 🔭
Our 4-part Nuts & Bolts for Teaching Astronomy series is now on demand!

🪐 Full of classroom-ready labs, demos & tools.
🎓 Watch now: learn.astrosociety.org/products/rec...

📬 Don't Miss Our Fall Online Classes: tiny.cc/ASPLearn
#AstronomyEducation #STEMed
August 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Born #OTD in 1919 Margaret Burbidge helped reveal one of the great truths of the cosmos — that the atoms of life were forged in the hearts of stars. She then broke barriers to ensure women could study them.

We are made of starstuff & all deserve the chance to discover it. #Astronomy #WomenInScience
August 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🚀 Register now for #ASP2025 #Virtual #Symposium — Eyes on the #Cosmos: Embracing the Future!
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR early bird registration!
Explore 4 themes: #Questioning, #Investigating, #Adapting & #Connecting.
Explore discoveries, strategies & shared sky stories. 🔭🧪
🔗 bit.ly/ASP2025SYMP
August 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🎬 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 + 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. Join us for a film honoring 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗰𝗸
🗓️ 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬
🌍 𝙁𝙍𝙀𝙀 — bring your heart, your questions & your love of the stars.
🔗 bit.ly/3U25Gen
August 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆?

Four invited thought leaders will share the big ideas and big questions under investigation.
𝗔𝗦𝗣𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗘𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗺𝗼𝘀: 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.

Register:
👉🏽 bit.ly/ASP2025SYMP
August 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
What’s next in #space #science & #astronomy?

Find the answer to this question & more with 4 of our 16 invited thought leaders on a panel to share what they think are the big ideas & big questions under investigation. #ASP2025

Early bird registration thru Aug 10 for only $49!
🔗 bit.ly/ASP2025SYMP
August 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲?
Find the answer to this question & more with 4 of our 16 invited thought leaders on a panel about what advancements in astronomy reshape our understanding of the cosmos.🔭🧪

Early bird pricing thru Aug 10:
👉 bit.ly/ASP2025SYMP
July 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 & 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲?
Find the answer with 4 of 16 invited thought leaders on a panel about the impact of satellites, AI, social media, & open access.

Register:
👉 bit.ly/ASP2025SYMP
July 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM