Pale Blue Dot – A Universe Awareness project Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/pale-blue-dot-a-universe-awareness-project/ Astronomy for a better world! Tue, 12 Oct 2021 08:08:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Pale Blue Dot – A Universe Awareness project Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/pale-blue-dot-a-universe-awareness-project/ 32 32 Symposium and research meeting https://astro4dev.org/update-33/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 11:48:51 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=19430 On February 14, 2020, at the Old Observatory in Leiden, the Netherlands, the project organised The Pale Blue Dot Symposium, as a part of the global celebration that concluded the 100th anniversary of the founding of the International Astronomical Union. The symposium celebrated the 30th anniversary of the famous ‘pale blue dot’ photo. A variety [...]

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]]> Overview https://astro4dev.org/overview-33/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 07:28:42 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18973 We propose laying the groundwork for a large global multi-year project, PBD-UNAWE, that will advance 3 sustainable development goals – SDG 16 (Peace), SDG 4 (Education) and SDG 13 (Climate Action). PBD-UNAWE will use astronomy to inspire young children aged 6 to 8 by exposing them to the iconic photos of our earth as a [...]

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