Dear GAACsters, We are now a week away from the astronomical science writing contest's March 15 deadline. All high-school students (grades 9-12) are welcome to submit written pieces related to astronomy ... https://galacticinquirer.net/2024/09/astronomical-science-writing-contest/ And the best of luck! Bill Waller -- William H. Waller, Ph.D. Astronomer, Educator, Writer, Editor IAU/OAE National Astronomy Education Coordinator 243 Granite Street Rockport, MA 01966 (978) 546-2096 U.S. Astronomy Education Clearinghouse <https://williamhwaller.wixsite.com/my-site> (1) Earth & Space Reports - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKrjxN5fU9jGuOfooHc-dMg> <http://galacticinquirer.net> <http://sites.google.com/site/sciencegazette> <http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/cosmicfrontier> <https://www.wallerarts.net> <https://a.co/d/9p6e4KU> <https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-0364-0353-9> <https://a.co/d/0Jmtb3i>

Dear GAACsters, Here is some news from The Galactic Inquirer, beginning with an extended deadline for the astronomical science writing contest. Please spread this news especially! *News at Winter’s End from The Galactic Inquirer* Having spotted our first crocuses here in Cape Ann, MA, we can now begin to shuffle off winter’s snowy slumber and welcome the warming liveliness of springtime. In this time of profound transitions, both meteorological and sociological, *The Galactic Inquirer* has a variety of new pieces worthy of your perusal. *Deadline for astronomical science writing contest extended to April 15:* *The Galactic Inquirer *is co-hosting a pilot astronomical science writing contest for high-school students. As of the March 15 deadline, we have received submissions from around the world that span multiple writing genres. However, we still need more entries to make the contest more competitive, so we are extending the deadline from March 15 to April 15 … https://galacticinquirer.net/2024/09/astronomical-science-writing-contest/ *New article on planet formation:* Oregonian Bill Stride has penned the third introductory article in his “Sticking Close to Home” series on the Solar System. This time, he has focused on the physics of forming planets … https://galacticinquirer.net/2025/02/sticking-close-to-home-3-forming-planets/ *News from recent scientific meetings:* *TGI *co-editor Bill Waller covered both the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) and the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). These two meetings happened to sample the mood among scientists before and after the inauguration of Donald Trump and the subsequent gutting of government agencies. Bill’s article reflects on these profound changes while providing scientific highlights from both meetings ... https://galacticinquirer.net/2025/03/dispatches-from-the-cosmos-winter-2025/ *New paper on the environmental circumstances of intense star-forming activity in M33:* This research article by Tony D. Weinbeck and William H. Waller deeply delves into the environmental circumstances associated with the rich star-forming activity churning in the Triangulum Galaxy (M33). In “Multi-Spectral Imagery of the Multi-Phase ISM in M33,” they find that the giant star-forming regions contain multiple phases of emitting dust grains, complex organic molecules, and ionized gas – with the emitting dust most concentrated towards the centers of these giant HII regions. They also find compelling evidence for spatial variations in the dust and molecular gas that are consistent with an overall radial decline in the galaxy’s elemental abundances … https://galacticinquirer.net/2025/03/multi-spectral-imagery-of-the-multi-phase-ism-in-m33/ On Sat, Mar 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM William Waller <williamhwaller@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear GAACsters, > > We are now a week away from the astronomical science writing contest's > March 15 deadline. All high-school students (grades 9-12) are welcome to > submit written pieces related to astronomy ... > https://galacticinquirer.net/2024/09/astronomical-science-writing-contest/ > > And the best of luck! > > Bill Waller > > -- > William H. Waller, Ph.D. > Astronomer, Educator, Writer, Editor > IAU/OAE National Astronomy Education Coordinator > 243 Granite Street > Rockport, MA 01966 > (978) 546-2096 > > U.S. Astronomy Education Clearinghouse > <https://williamhwaller.wixsite.com/my-site> > (1) Earth & Space Reports - YouTube > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKrjxN5fU9jGuOfooHc-dMg> > <http://galacticinquirer.net> > <http://sites.google.com/site/sciencegazette> > <http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/cosmicfrontier> > <https://www.wallerarts.net> > > <https://a.co/d/9p6e4KU> > <https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-0364-0353-9> > <https://a.co/d/0Jmtb3i> > > > -- William H. Waller, Ph.D. Astronomer, Educator, Writer, Editor IAU/OAE National Astronomy Education Coordinator 243 Granite Street Rockport, MA 01966 (978) 546-2096 U.S. Astronomy Education Clearinghouse <https://williamhwaller.wixsite.com/my-site> (1) Earth & Space Reports - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKrjxN5fU9jGuOfooHc-dMg> <http://galacticinquirer.net> <http://sites.google.com/site/sciencegazette> <http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/cosmicfrontier> <https://www.wallerarts.net> <https://a.co/d/9p6e4KU> <https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-0364-0353-9> <https://a.co/d/0Jmtb3i>