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★ The CoAstro in the european “space”

CoAstro was one of the few projects that had the privilege of being presented at the “Space Talks” promoted by the “Ecsite Space Group“.

The Space Group improves and extends communication about space science by helping science centres, space professionals and non-specialists to develop collaborative projects and events.

Ecsite’s vision is to foster creativity and critical thinking in European society, emboldening citizens to engage with science. Its mission is to inspire and empower science centres, museums and all organisations that engage people with science, and to promote their actions. The network gathers more than 350 organisations in Europe and world-wide.

CoAstro virtual presentation can be seen HERE. It echoes in the final report of the event available HERE.

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★ CoAstro go to college

On November 20 and 24, CoAstro was invited to participate in two classes: one from the Master degree in Science Teaching and Dissemination (at the Faculty of Sciences) and the other at the Training Course “Science Communication for Non-expert Audiences“ (at the Faculty of Engineering).

These classes were important moments to share and discuss, with students, the characteristics of citizen science and, in particular, the characteristics of CoAstro´s citizen science.

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★ One CoAstrian´s test

On July 2020, our “Condo Administrator” was tested with his thesis entitled “Citizen Science: public engagement in astronomy research and dissemination”. The mains members of the PhD Juri were Dr. João Manuel Fernandes and Dr. Pedro Russo. The Jury, chaired by Dr. António Porto, also included Dr. Paulo Simeão and Dra. Carla Morais (thesis supervisor).

After almost three hours of fruitful reflection on the work, the PhD degree, in Teaching and Dissemination of Sciences, was obtained.

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★ CoAstro on a new platform

July 2020 brought one more good news: CoAstro was validated as a citizen science project by SciStarter. This is one of the largest worldwide platforms dedicated to citizen science.

CoAstro can be seen on this platform HERE. However, for this, it had to be previously evaluated, in order to verify its relevance for citizen science.

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CoAstro breaking news

Over time CoAstro has been in several media news: