Issue 1, 2014
Former Nordita PhD student and soon-to-be Nordita affiliated postdoc Fabio Del Sordo was one of four astronomy enthusiasts who spent three weeks in September in Uganda, the Land of Beauty (after the Ugandan national anthem), in the most recent GalileoMobile expedition. This Nordita-sponsored project is a traveling science education programme that brings astronomy closer to young people around the world, and mainly across regions that have little or no access to outreach actions. The expedition to Uganda was the first on the African continent, following expeditions to Chile, Bolivia, Peru, India and Nepal. The Galileans visited five schools for two days each, held workshops with teachers and lots of activities with the students. A documentary is in preparation (watch teaser), but you can already now watch the preparations for the expedition on YouTube. Next expedition under the same sky will be to Bolivia and Brazil. [Read more...]
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