December 8, 2017

We are pleased to announce the winners of our NASO 5th National Astronomy Olympiad Logo Competition! Lets congratulate the winners for their worderful works: First Prize: Safal Shrestha Second Prize: Ayush Pandey Third Prize: Surya Gyawali The competition was open during September 25-November 15, 2017. Our judges carefully evaluated all the logos. The judging panel […]

October 10, 2017

World Space Week 2017 celebration in Nepal has been concluded with a program at Khwopa Secondary School, Bhaktapur today! Photo 1: Panel session: from left to right [Suresh Kumar Dhungel (NAST),  Sudarshan Karki (LIGO), Manisha Dwa (NASO/WIAN), Khim Panthee (NYC-Nepal) and Suresh Bhattarai (NASO)] Photo 2: Participants and school faculties paying attention during the panel […]

September 25, 2017

We are pleased to announce the NASO 5th National Astronomy Olympiad Logo Competition as a part of our world space week celebration in Nepal. Interested designers must submit their design by October 10, 2017! Important Details: Submission Open: September 25, 2017 Submission Close: October 10, 2017 Registration Fee: NRs 200/- Top three logos will be […]

September 22, 2017

We are pleased to announce Space Art Competition 2017 on the special occasion of 5th National Science Day 2017 here in Nepal. The competition open for the students till October 10, 2017. Space Art Competition is a way to connect our attempt to celebrate both National Science Day and World Space Week in Nepal with […]

August 29, 2017

Nepal Astronomical Society (NASO) is pleased to announce the result of 5th National Call for Astronomy Olympiad Teacher Training 2017. The selected teachers will get an opportunity to attend Astronomy Olympiad Exposure Camp 2017 which will be held at Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education (HBCSE),Mumbai,India during October 31-November 3, 2017. After careful review of all […]

August 26, 2017

We celebrated our 10th Anniversary today with our volunteers, members and high students at Ankur Vidhyashram. The journey was definately not an easy one, but we learnt a lot through this decedal experience and look forward to implement our experience to create better opportunities for the youth and students in Nepal. Mr. Pushpa Raj Sapkota, […]

August 20, 2017

We are pleased to announce the list of selected participants for project Terranaut in partnership with Terraztra Space Exploration. A total of 652 participants are selected from the pool of applicants who applied to this program till July 31, 2017!  The selected participants are eligible for the next round in the campaign dedicated to Nepal. […]

August 19, 2017

While women are celebrating Teej Festival with their regular groups/families/friends, we decided to host a different meeting where we discuss about science together with festive flavour in Kathmandu today! Photo: Participants posing for group photo after the “Teej & Science: Meet & Greet 2017” held today. Credit: NASO Today, Teej and Science: Meet and Greet […]

August 18, 2017

A group of astronomy enthusiasts managed to observed the partial lunar eclipse last night despite of cloudy weather in Kathmandu. The observation program was organized at Ankur Vidhyashram, Bijay Chowk, Gausala during 10:00 PM till 01:00 AM (next day). Though it was a very late night event, we had several visitors to enjoy the eclipse […]

August 17, 2017

 Submitted by  Er. Anmol Mittal, Nepal The Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2017) I attended discussed recent results, current challenges, and innovative solutions on to advancing human space exploration. The conference brought together leaders and decision-makers within the science and human exploration community- engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, educators, agency representatives, policy makers. The conference was organized […]