
Statement on Maui Wildfires
AURA and the National Solar Observatory (NSO) are closely monitoring the harrowing, devastating wildfires which have severely impacted our local ...

Free Downloadable Education and Outreach Materials
Educational materials (e.g. brochures, posters, booklets, etc.) that can be downloaded for distribution to students ...

Solar Eclipse Lesson Plans and Activities
Lesson plans and activity guides for learning about solar eclipses. ...

Journey to the Sun with NSO
The “Journey to the Sun” (JTTS) Educator Program focuses on supporting middle and high school educators in teaching science standards ...

NSO’s Google Classrooms
Hub for K-12 STEM Online Resources / CLASS CODE: acmluyv National Solar Observatory’s “Astronomy STEM” classroom! This class is a ...

NSO: NSF’s GONG Facilities Helped Parker Solar Probe In Finding Source of Solar Winds
A paper published today in the Nature journal reports that NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has flown close enough to the Sun to detect fine ...

AURA Welcomes Two New Member Institutions
The Association of Universities for Astronomy (AURA) is pleased to welcome two new member institutions, the University of California at ...

NSO: New Images Released by NSF’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope released eight new images of the Sun, previewing the exciting science underway at ...

AURA seeks new Director for National Solar Observatory
The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) seeks a new Director for the National Solar Observatory (NSO) ...

NSO: Magnetic Cancellation Captures the Interest of NSO REU Graduate, NASA Parker Solar Probe
The quiet Sun is a frontier of the solar surface devoid of active regions, plage, and sunspots, but what it ...

NSO: U.S. National Science Foundation Celebrates the Inauguration of its Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
On August 31, 2022, a delegation of NSF leaders, congressional dignitaries, and members of both the scientific and Native Hawaiian ...

2022 AURA Annual Meeting
Each year the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) holds an Annual Meeting for the Representatives from its ...