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 […]
August 15, 2017
Nepal Astronomical Society (NASO) is pleased to announce 5th National Call for “Astronomy Olympiad Teacher Training 2017” to select teachers who will help the organizing National Astronomy Olympiad Organizing Committee- Nepal to organize 5th National Astronomy Olympiad 2018- Nepal. Among all the applicants, five best applicants will be selected based on their motivation, academic history […]
August 5, 2017 Toay, we had a special Asteroid Day event in association with Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) at its auditarium hall with ~200 participants! High school students were from Himalaya Vidya Mandir Higher Secondary School and Bright Land English Higher Secondary School while the participants included officials from different professional organisations in Nepal. Chief […]
August 5, 2017 We are pleased to announced the winners of our 4th National Astronomy Olympiad 2017 (NAO2017) which was held during January-July in Nepal. The winners of NAO2017 are: Bijaya Chandra Luitel, Chelsea International Academy, New Baneshwor, Kathmandu Tarun timalsina, Gandaki Boarding School, Pokhara, Kaski Bivek Lal Karn, Dhanusha science campus, Janakpur, Dhanusha Binaya Raj Paudyal, Capital […]
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