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International Astronomy Day: Astronomy Quotes That Will Inspire You To Explore The Cosmos 05/15/21 AT 7:50 AM International Astronomy Day is here, so it's the perfect time for astronomy enthusiasts of all ages to enjoy space-related things.  International Astronomy Day is actually celebrated twice a year -- once in the spring and then in the fall. The idea is to celebrate the changing constellations and the different things that can be seen in the sky at different times of the year, Days of the Year (DOTY) First started in 1973 by Doug Berger, the president of the Astronomical Association o...

Today’s celebration is the first of two International Astronomy Days this year.

NANTUCKET — The White Heron Theatre Company will develop a musical about pioneering 19th-century Nantucket astronomer/scientist Maria Mitchell, a show that will be the cornerstone of its 10th anniversary season in 2022 prior to a New York City production. The workshop to create the world premiere of “Miss Mitchell” will be funded in part by a $10,000 grant announced Wednesday by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Nantucket project was one of three grants awarded locally out of 1,100 grants nationwide, with money also funding projects for The Yard dance collective in Chilmark and...

Magicicada cassinii. Credit: Alamy Advertisement This spring, the 17-year cicadas of Brood X will emerge from underground, climb tree trunks and molt, leaving their crunchy shells behind. Soon after, the males will join together in a droning chorus to the delight (or consternation) of their human neighbors.  Those with a keen ear might detect that there are several buzzy songs occurring at once. This is not because the cicadas have a large repertoire. Rather, there are few different cicada species, including the Magicicada septendecim and the In the early 19th century this was still a myst...

UMass Amherst chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences Updated Apr 28, 2021; Posted Apr 28, 2021 University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy ahas been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Photo by Erik Kaplan Facebook Share University of Massachusetts Amherst chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy has joined a body whose history is traced back to the Founding Fathers, and whose membership includes some of the nation’s most revered names. Subbaswamy’s election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences puts him i...