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The Sun, the Earth, the Moon’s shadow and ‘totality’
How can the Moon, which is roughly 2,000 miles across, block the light of the Sun, which is about 865,000 miles across? It depends on

GLAS entering its sixth year of STEM education
GLAS celebrates five years of science teaching and science fun

Cleaning up clutter for sharper cosmic images
GLAS Intern Avery Metzcar, a University of Chicago astrophysics major, spent her entire summer internship following in the footsteps of Hubble research astronomer Dr. Amanda

Putting sound to the rhythm of light
Period folding is a process for tracking and graphing the light curve of a variable star. It can be a difficult concept to grasp for

Monitoring Geneva Lake water quality
GLAS Education is experimenting with a water quality monitor anchored in eight feet of water off the shore of Williams Bay. GLAS intern Dylan Hulke

Measuring photons using photographs
Imagine simply scanning a photograph with an app to determine whether a light or light fixture is dark skies friendly.GLAS interns Sydney Simon and Olivia