Sorry, this entry is only available in European Spanish.

Sorry, this entry is only available in European Spanish.

Sorry, this entry is only available in European Spanish.

On July 23rd, a group of Sahrawi children who are spending the summer in Valencia as part of the “Vacaciones en Paz” (Holidays in Peace) program enjoyed an evening of astronomical and ecological activities at Casa Penya (Sagunt) thanks to the Amanar project and the collaboration of Acció Ecologista Agró, Fundación Sapiencia, and the University of Valencia Astronomical Observatory. The nearly 30 participating children enjoyed the eclipse workshop led by Isabel Cordero, a member of Sapiencia and a professor at the UV. The Observatori contributed with a live recreation of the eclipses in which the children used masks to simulate becoming the Earth or the Sun themselves, and then launched rockets into space (well, almost). The final touch was provided by the astronomer Enric Marco (UV) with an astronomical observation with a telescope.

Last Friday, June 14, we were able to enjoy the conference “Supernovas extremas: la furia de la naturaleza desencadenada” given by our colleague Miguel Ángel Aloy under the astronomical dome of the rectorate building...

(Español) El próximo jueves 6 de junio, a las 18:00, en el Museo de Historia Natural de la UV inauguramos la exposición que hemos organizado con todos los trabajos que participan en el concurso anual del Aula del Cel.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) and the award-winning science podcast Radiolab have teamed up to build a new naming contest for one of Earth’s quasi-moons. People worldwide will have the chance to leave their mark on our sky with official recognition from the world’s authority for assigning names to objects in our Solar System and beyond.

¡¡¡ SOLD OUT !!! The Astronomical Observatory has already put tickets on sale for public visits to the Aras de los Olmos Observatory. Here we leave the link so you can make your purchase:...

(Español) El pasado viernes 10 de mayo se produjo en nuestro planeta una intensa tormenta geomagnética que se ha manifestado en auroras visibles a latitudes insospechadas, como la de nuestro observatorio en Aras de los Olmos. Os dejamos aquí el maravilloso vídeo realizado por nuestros compañeros Vicent Peris y Alicia Lozano.

(Español) Los próximos días 8, 9 y 10 de mayo, el Observatori Astronòmic participará en el I Encuentro Nacional de Colecciones Patrimoniales Universitarias, organizado por el vicerrectorado de Cultura de la Universitat de València, en el que los expertos debatirán sobre el pasado, presente y futuro de las colecciones patrimoniales universitarias.