Happy, NeoRocking New Year!
Here we are in 2022! Happy New Year to all you Neorockers out there! January is an interesting month to look up at the sky. Check out here what planets will be on show this month. NEOROCKS will be busy this month too! Pop back soon to find out more! Photo by Weston MacKinnon on Unsplash
Merry Christmas from NEOROCKS!
We are off on our winter break now, so we wish all our Neorockers and friends a very Merry Christmas! While you are drinking your mulled wine, take a look up at the sky. Plenty to see on Christmas night, from the Orion Nebula, to the Pleiades and even an impressive planet show. Happy Christmas gazing! Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash
Calling all budding young writers!
Know any primary and secondary school children that love writing and space? Also
NEOROCKS @ EPSC 2021
Our Neorockers were out in force at the Europlanet Science Congress (13 – 24 September 2021) and you can find all their presentations on our new Scientific Outputs page (which we are very proud of, so check it out!!!). Photo by Tamara Gak on Unsplash
Two new asteroid names…
Remember we told you about the naming of the Asteroids in our #NEOROCKS4Kids video, with the Italian Space Agency. We said that Asteroids could be named by the person that discovered them and could be named after whoever deserves a place in the sky. Well, who could be more deserving that the health and civil protection services that have been by
World Space Week
Here at NEOROCKS, we are loving the World Space Week and this year's celebration of Women in Space. Among the many events, have a listen to the interview with Maruška Strah, Executive Director of World Space Week Association and mentor at UNOOSA’s Space4Women programme. NEOROCKS supports women in space from an early age, starting with our young mini-Neorockers! Photo from official poster of
NEOROCKS @ European Researchers’ Night
NEOROCKS was out and about for the European Researchers' Night! Have a look at the fantastic "Professoroni" lesson in Perugia (minute 1:22:21), with our very own Ettori Perozzi (ASI) and an unusual group of students (in Italian language).
Join the European Researchers’ Night
Tonight is the European Researchers' Night. We are talking about a Europe-wide public event, taking place in 29 countries! The European Researchers' Night gives us a chance to learn from research projects across Europe and beyond. Find the events near you here and follow the European Researchers' Night on Facebook and Twitter Photo by JJ Ying on Unsplash
Neorocks 4 Kids – on-line!
For Asteroid Day 2021, join us for the launch of Neorocks4Kids! Neorocks4Kids uses 3 short videos to share our project with children, the next generation, the mini-Neorockers! With a little help from own mini-neorocker Clara, our Neorockers will tell us about asteroids, about how to spot and name an asteroid and about the telescopes we need to do it. Tune in to #Neorocks4Kids
NEOROCKS 4 Kids at Asteroid Day 2021
Join us on 30 June for Neorocks4Kids at Asteroid Day 2021!! World premiere of our Neorocks4Kids videos, for all those inquiring minds! Details here and event hosted on our YouTube channel.