Statement on Maui Wildfires

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

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

Solar Eclipse Lesson Plans and Activities

Lesson plans and activity guides for learning about solar eclipses.   ...
Journey to the Sun with NSO

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

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

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 ...
Logos of AURA's 52 Member Institutions with AURA's logo in the center.

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

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

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

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

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 ...
logos of the 50 institutions that are members of AURA

2022 AURA Annual Meeting

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