Welcome to this inaugural issue of the NOIRLab Education & Engagement Newsletter. If you are interested in K–12 education, STEM activities supporting the Next Generation Science Standards, Indigenous engagement, the …

In celebration of its fifth anniversary, NSF NOIRLab recently released a dazzling new image of the Rosette Nebula, taken with the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam), mounted on …

Project ASTRO is a long-running project at NOIRLab that brings together classroom teachers and astronomers to collaborate on astronomy education in the classroom. The Project ASTRO fall workshop was held …

Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) is pleased to announce the launch of a variety of field trip programs for K–12 school groups, homeschool groups, and other education groups. This unique …

Professional Development Opportunities NOIRLab Sessions at the NSTA National Conference Generating classroom lessons from NSF-funded facility resourcesThursday 7 November • 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CDTNew Orleans Ernest N. Morial …

On 15 November Saturn will end its retrograde motion, halting its westward movement through the constellations and returning to its usual eastward motion. This reversal of direction is a phenomenon …

Join the hunt for exoasteroids by bringing a new citizen science opportunity into your classroom! Exoasteroids is a citizen science project designed to help astronomers discover debris disks and asteroids …