Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy around the globe by raising awareness and promoting the science and enjoyment of the stars to others.
2009 has been named the International Year of Astronomy. Countries around the globe are celebrating astronomy this year. 2009 was chosen as the IYA because it is the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first astronomical use of the telescope. When Galileo turned his telescope toward Jupiter, he saw its moons and that they orbited around the planet. This simple observation led to a paradigm shift as to how we saw our place in the solar system and the universe.
The Goals of the International year of Astronomy 2009
Some of the major goals of the IYA 2009 are to:
Increase scientific awareness
Promote widespread access to new knowledge and observing experiences
Support and improve formal and informal science education
Provide a modern image of science and scientists
Facilitate new networks and strengthen existing ones
Facilitate the preservation and protection of the world's cultural and natural heritage of dark skies in places such as urban oases, national parks and astronomical sites
How the IYA Message Is Being Delivered
The theme of the IYA 2009 is "The Universe, Yours to Discover". One of the projects undertaken by those involved is to alert people of the celebration and get them to stop and think about the world outside themselves. For example, in Toronto, a campaign consisting of putting ads on public transit will draw attention to the IYA. One of the ads highlights the fact that our days are getting longer thanks to tides caused by the Moon, while another points out that a small fraction of the television static is actually caused by the afterglow from the origin of the universe, otherwise known as the "Big Bang."
"The cosmos is not something that's untouchable or far away," says campaign organizer Ray Jayawardhana, Canada Research Chair in Observational Astrophysics and associate professor at the University of Toronto. "It's all around us, and we're intimately connected to it. So we want to remind people about those connections as we kick off the International Year of Astronomy. We're trying to bring astronomy into the daily conversation, to foster science as an integral part of human culture."
More Information on the IYA Found Online
Besides seeking out events near you, sharing information with friends and family about the IYA, and working to cut light pollution where you live, you can look online for more ways to celebrate. The Cosmic Diary is one example of a global activity occurring online. The project revolves around the daily lives of full-time astronomers. More than 50 bloggers, professionals from over 35 countries and employed by organizations such as ESO, NASA, ESA and JAXA are writing about their lives, the work they conduct, and the challenges they face. People around the world can get a look at what being an astronomer is like and how ground-breaking research is conducted.
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would like to stress upon viz. request your esteemed organization to
exactly evaluate and uphold the sketch of the present universe in the midst
of mankind of the Universe. There is no denying the fact that it is
possible to feel or assess it through the depth of our brain and nothing
else i.e. no other means. Hence, it is crystal clear that our very brain is
the only specimen or key of the Universe.
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below the little serving as an example of my research result as I see it,
through that encouraging the spirit of discovery and sharing of fundamental
knowledge about the Universe and our place in its midst.
From
the time of the very auspicious inception of the civilization, mankind is
continuing to find out the correct answer to the question about universe
creation or creator. Aborigines have taking up the considerations of the
causes by religious thoughts in different ways as consolations as there was
no answer or solutions to the questions. Italian scientist Galileo changed
the result of the present occurrence about the universe to a grater extent
by inviting telescope such as; We find out at a micro-quasar GRS 1915+105
in the Milky Way galaxy and regions close to its event horizon, as I see
it, through that “Infant Universe” and that of past is dark energy or a
black hole the point of no return. Scientist Stephen Hawking clearly said
in his research paper about the religious thought that, there is no limit
in the place of this universe, there is no beginning or end of time and
there is nothing that can be done by the creator. Again he said that when
opened full work of creation, then we is known with God and mankind is
share-hold of that knowledge. As a result of the progress of the
civilization in the present situation, it became possible to find out the
correct solutions to the question about universe creation or creator or
religion in the majority of the cases according to the rules or provisions
of science. I also find science very exciting i.e. is there a no conflict
between science and religions through that physical nature of the
Universe.
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