IYA2009 Updates

16 July 2010

TWAN in Algeria
From Martian landscapes of Sahara to Mediterranean paradises, the diversity of Algeria and the active astronomy society have welcomed TWAN exhibits and imaging missions. http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6053

BLAST! will broadcast BBC World News
BLAST! will broadcast BBC World News on 7/24 and 7/25/10 reaching over a million households around the world. To find your local listings, visit http://www.bbcworldnews.com/Pages/Schedules.aspx
More information about Blast!: http://www.astronomy2009.org/globalprojects/specialprojects/blast/

NASA and Microsoft Provide Mars 3-D Close Encounter: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/981/

Free astronomy ebook in Portuguese: In the framework of IYA2009, the Brazilian National Node published a book about the Universe. The book in PDF can be downloaded here: http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/fascinio.pdf

Crowdsourcing the search for aliens
Research from the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project is well known to most technologists because the SETI@Home initiative was one of the first widely distributed computing applications.
Read more: http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/07/crowdsourcing-the-search-for-a.html

MEDEA Awards 2010 Newsletter:http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/978/

NSF International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge:http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/985/

Astronomy Night on the US National Mall: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/977/

Solve a Mystery at the World at Night: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/976/

The 7th Small and Portable Planetarium gathering is going to be held at the Planetarium Kallioplanetaario in Jyväskylä, Finland, during the period 17-20 August 2010.
More information: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/975/

Total Solar Eclipse of 11 July 2010 -- LIVE
11 July featured another total solar eclipse. See some images and videos: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/973/