National Science Board to Meet August 12-13 at NSF in Arlington,...

Aerospace business leader, supreme problem solver
(National Science Foundation) The National Science Foundation and its policy arm, the National Science Board, this week presented its annual awards,...

Geophysicist Robert Detrick Named NSF Division Director for...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Geosciences has appointed Robert Detrick of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as...

Universities Detail Declines in Federal R&D Funding for Science...
Federal funding of academic science and engineering research and development (R&D) failed to outpace inflation for the second year in a row,...

Rutgers among 4 institutions sharing $10M grant for advanced...
(Rutgers University) The National Science Foundation has awarded a $10 million grant for innovative computer science and engineering research to a...

Stargazing With a Telescope
Revised and updated. Buying a telescope is crucial for enhancing interest in astronomy. With so many choices, how does the beginner choose? Robin...

Setting-Up a Small Observatory: From Concept to Construction...
This is the book to tell the intermediate-level amateur astronomer what he needs to know about observatories. It draws on the author’s practical...

Sky & Telescope's Mirror-Image Field Map of the Moon