Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026On September 22-23, #Exo4Edu had a #TPM in Bucharest, Romania! 🇷🇴 Partners gathered at the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy to talk about Exo4Edu's achievements and next steps. There was also time to visit the biggest astronomical library in Romania and its historical telescopes. 📚 🔭 010
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026📡 #EXOPLANETS101 with #Exo4Edu! 🪐 In 2013, astronomers announced a new record-holder for the smallest known #exoplanet orbiting a main-sequence star. #Kepler-37b is a true lightweight. In terms of size, it is smaller than Mercury and has a radius only slightly larger than Earth's Moon. 011
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026We are thrilled to announce a new edition of the teacher training “From Earth to Space” for 2026/2027! 🪐 👉 If you're interested, let us know so we can bring it to your region! Learn more at 🔗️ nuclio.org/da-terra-ao-espaco-investigacao-com-dados-cientificos-reais-em-contexto-educativo-2026-27 🔗️ 010
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 14/08/2026#Exo4Edu was at #GHOU2026! 🪐 Carlos Santos presented the project at the conference in Logroño, Spain, sharing how it is bringing the exciting world of exoplanet science into classrooms. A huge thank you to the GHOU community for the questions and curiosity about Exo4Edu. 💫 000
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 27/07/2026🌍 From 6–11 July, 16 educators from Albania, France, Romania and Portugal gathered in Durrës for the Exo4Edu Summer School! 🇦🇱 They explored hands-on activities and co-created lesson plans to bring exoplanets into their classrooms 🚀🔭 @obs-paris-psl.bsky.social 🔗More info: exo4edu.eu/exo4edu-summ... 021
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 13/07/2026📜 #Exo4Edu #SummerSchool 2026: Day 5 After a session on astronomical heritage and exoplanet education, participants presented their learning scenarios. The school ended with the distribution of certificates and the group photo. 📸 These teachers are now ambassadors for #exoplaneteducation! 🪐 011
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Day 4 of the #Exo4Edu #SummerSchool: ✅ The morning was reserved for presentations, in which the teachers shared the activities and resources they had been working on during the week. In the afternoon, the group had a cultural visit to Kruja and a social dinner to celebrate the week. 🇦🇱 011
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Day 3 on the #Exo4Edu #SummerSchool was all about the search for life beyond Earth! 🪐 On the one hand, our teachers learned about #exobiology and what makes a planet habitable; on the other, they learned how to use the Exo4Edu educational tools (including the #Exo3D visualizer!) in the classroom. 010
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Day 2 in the #Exo4Edu #SummerSchool was all about how we find exoplanets! 🎓 The day was centred around student-first teaching strategies, #exoplanet detection and hands-on workshops. And, in the evening, participants took part in a skygazing session! ☄️ Swipe to see some photos from yesterday! 📸 010
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The #Exo4Edu Summer School 2026 is here! ☀️🌊 On Day 1, after welcoming our teachers, we kicked things off with an overview of the #SummerSchool programme and an ice-breaking activity to get to know each other and let go of some of the initial nerves. Follow along for daily updates! 📸 010
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The #Exo4Edu Summer School will take place in the beautiful city of #Durrës, #Albania! ☀️ Founded over 2,700 years ago, Durrës is Albania’s main port and second-largest city. It is home to remarkable historical sites such as the Roman Amphitheatre 🏛️ and the ancient city walls. See you there! 👋 031
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Would you like to bring #exoplanets to your classroom? 🪐 If yes, then join #Exo4Edu! We disseminate knowledge about exoplanets to secondary school teachers and students, while improving STEAM competencies. Make your classroom a gateway to distant worlds. 👉 Join us at exo4edu.eu/join-exo4edu/ 000
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Our summer school starts in less than a month, and all the partners are already preparing! 🥳 For a week in July, the coastal city of Durrës 🇦🇱 will be the meeting place for 16 educators who want to bring exoplanets to secondary school students. Who is excited for the #Exo4Edu Summer School? 🙋♀️ 011
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 02/06/2026This week, we share a new #Exo4EduTeacher in action: At "Ymer Dishnica" High School, Teacher Donika Nakollfski presented Exo4Edu resources to students and teachers alike. 🪐 These were also shared with the professional Physics network, to be used with students throughout the region! 021
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Another week, another #Exo4EduTeacher in action! ✨ Recently, teacher Asulla Jorgji took three 11th-grade classes at Kolegji Preka in Albania, on a journey into the world of exoplanets. 🪐 Students were asked "Do you believe there is life somewhere else out there?", and 90% answered YES! #Exo4Edu 000
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 21/05/2026👀 We know everyone likes to hang out in different corners of the internet, so here's where you can find us: ➡️ @exo4edu on Facebook and Instagram ➡️ @exo4edu.bsky.social on Bluesky ➡️ or on the website exo4edu.eu Follow us on your favourite platform and don’t miss any project updates! 🔔 #Exo4Edu 010
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 05/05/2026🌟 #Exo4EduTeacher Anerta Çapuni at Ernest Koliqi International School used AR visualizations & Mentimeter quizzes to teach exoplanets to A-Level Physics students. A fantastic example of how technology can bring exoplanet science to life in the classroom! #Exo4Edu #Albania #Exoplanets #AR #STEM 020
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 15/04/2026#Exo4EduTeachersInAction! 🌟 Just days after completing #Exo4Edu training, Romanian teacher Adrian Temelescu led his 5th-grade class through "Detectives of Distant Worlds" – a hands-on exoplanet activity! #TeachersInAction #Romania #Exoplanets #STEM 000
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Read more at: exo4edu.eu/outcomes-of-...exo4edu.euOutcomes of the Training School in RomaniaOn February, 21 selected educators took part in the inaugural Romanian national training session of Exo4EDU Romania. 000
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 10/04/2026📢 #Exo4Edu Romania completes its first national teacher training! 21 educators gained hands-on skills to bring exoplanet science into their classrooms. 🔔 Stay tuned, as we will be sharing some of these activities in our series "Exo4Edu Teachers in Action"! 🌟 100
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 02/04/2026🔗 Read the full newspiece on Exo4Edu’s website: exo4edu.eu/university-s...exo4edu.euUniversity students guide younger pupils through experimental learningEducational initiatives on exoplanets are facilitated by research opportunities provided by Exo4EDU Romania. 010
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 02/04/2026The pupils: ✅ Learned about exoplanets ✅ Calculated how many years it would to take to reach real exoplanets ✅ Observed Saturn, Vega & the Pleiades through a telescope This is Exo4Edu in action! 🪐 💪 100
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 02/04/2026🌠 #TBT with #Exo4Edu! 🇷🇴 On Dec 10, students from Babeș-Bolyai University guided 7th graders through an exoplanet learning experience at the Cluj Astronomical Observatory. 🪐☄️🔭 110
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 24/03/202620 teachers participated in the training, where they were introduced to the platform’s functionality and informed about topics related to astronomy. The session was considered valuable by the participants, as it provided useful information and resources to support students in learning astronomy! 💡🔭 010
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Our #Exo4EduTeachers continue to share the project and its resources everywhere they go! 🪐🪐 Recently, teacher Lindita Lohja from Albania led a training session on the Exo4Edu platform at the Physics Network meeting for lower secondary education at the “Edith Durham” School, in Shkodra. 100
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Two teachers from the first Albanian training course carried out their own #Exo4Edu activities! 🪐 This week, we showcase the activity by teacher Ornela Kurti, where the 10th grade students presented planetary systems before a jury and created their own 3D-based video explaining planetary motion. 🎓 011
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 05/03/2026The session included presentations on exoplanets, detection methods, a 3D visualization of the Solar System, and a guided tour of the platform. Participants showed great interest and engagement throughout. Next week, we will share the other. Follow Exo4Edu's social media to not miss it! 👀 000
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 05/03/2026After the first Albanian #Exo4Edu training course, 2 teachers carried out educational activities about the project! 🪐 Today, we share one of them: During Mathematics–Physics professional network, Aida Dedja (from Elbasan) presented the Exo4Edu platform and how it can be used as a learning resource. 100
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 05/03/2026The session included presentations on exoplanets, detection methods, a 3D visualization of the Solar System, and a guided tour of the platform. Participants showed great interest and engagement throughout. Next week, we will share the other. Follow Exo4Edu's social media to not miss it! 👀 000
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 26/02/2026If you teach a STEM subject in lower secondary or secondary school, contact your national partner to learn how to apply. 🔗 Check out Exo4Edu's website for more info: exo4edu.eu/exo4edu-summ...exo4edu.euExo4Edu Summer School 2026Dates: 6-11 July 2026 Venue: Durrës, Albania Join us in the beautiful city of Durrës, Albania, for a week-long program that will prepare you to bring the exciting world of exoplanets and the search fo... 011
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 26/02/2026🎓 The Exo4Edu Summer School 2026 is coming! 🗓️ 6-11 July | 🇦🇱 Durrës, Albania A 5-day immersive training for secondary STEM teachers to bring exoplanet science into the classroom. 26 hours of hands-on workshops, lectures, and collaboration with international peers. 110
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 20/02/2026#TBT with #Exo4Edu 🌠 Remember HD 143811 b? This unique circumbinary planet was discovered by a team including scientists from @obs-paris-psl.bsky.social! 👉 Dive deeper into this remarkable planet and its discovery here: lira.obspm.fr/First-image-... #Exoplanets #Astronomynews 010
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Follow @exo4edu.bsky.social for more astronomy milestones! 000
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 11/02/2026 📡 #EXOPLANETS 101 with #Exo4Edu 🪐 In 1999, astronomers from the San Francisco State University and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovered the first known multi-planet system around a Sun-like star. 🌟 The star Upsilon Andromedae was found to host not one, but multiple planets! 210
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Read the press release: observatoiredeparis.psl.eu/when-clouds-... #Exo4Edu #BrownDwarfs #Astronomyobservatoiredeparis.psl.euWhen clouds dictate the dynamics of brown dwarfs – Observatoire de Paris - PSL - Centre de recherche en astronomie et astrophysiqueIn an article published in the journal Nature Astronomy on January 19, 2026, a French scientific team led by researchers from the Paris Observatory – PSL and the CNRS modeled atmospheric dynamics and… 010
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 06/02/2026#Exoplanet news: @obs-paris-psl.bsky.social & CNRS just published a study modelling atmospheric dynamics and cloud formation on brown dwarfs. Since brown dwarfs are perfect analogues for directly imaged exoplanets, the model can be a new tool for interpreting giant exoplanet observations. 🔍 110
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 29/01/2026📡 EXOPLANETS 101 with #Exo4Edu 🪐 What makes a planet “just right”? It might be in the habitable zone: the area around a star where temperatures could allow liquid water on a planet’s surface. It’s a key idea in the search for life beyond Earth! 🔭 @observatoiredeparis.psl.eu.web.brid.gy 010
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 23/01/2026👉 Read more about it in the Astronomy & Astrophysics website: www.aanda.org/component/co...aanda.orgAstronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) is an international journal which publishes papers on all aspects of astronomy and astrophysics 010
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Exciting news in the #Exoplanet world! 🪐 Using mid-infrared spectroscopy with the #JWST, a team of researchers discovered a long-lived circumplanetary disk around the young, accreting exoplanet, Delorme 1AB b. This is one of the first JWST detections of a circumplanetary disk! 🔍 #Exo4Edu 100
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Registrations open for editions with face-to-face sessions in: 📍 Porto | 24 January - 23 May 2026 | 🔗 nuclio.org/da-terra-ao-... (link in Portuguese) 📍 Cascais | 31 January – 30 May 2026 | 🔗 nuclio.org/da-terra-ao-... (link in Portuguese)nuclio.orgDa Terra ao Espaço: Investigação com Dados Científicos Reais em Contexto Educativo - Porto 2026Modalidade: Oficina de formação Regime: b-learning Local presencial: Parque Biológico de Gaia DCP: 230, 420, 500, 510, 520 Nº de horas: 50h 010
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 16/01/2026📢 Calling all Portuguese teachers: new teacher training opportunity featuring Exo4Edu! 🇵🇹 🔎 This 50-hour, b-learning course, invites educators to explore resources and platforms that make it possible to bring real scientific data into the classroom. 🎟️ Free registration Save your spot today! 💫 110
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 07/01/2026New exoplanet orbiting a double star system discovered: HD 143811 b! 👉 Read the full article on @obs-paris-psl.bsky.social to learn more: observatoiredeparis.psl.eu/first-image-... #Exo4Edu #ErasmusPlus #Exoplanets #Astronomy #SpaceScience #HD143811 #Exoplanetnews 020
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Learn more about this book at (in French): 👉 www.editions-ellipses.fr/accueil/1674...editions-ellipses.frLes astronomes à la recherche de la vie extraterrestre - Que savons-nous vraiment ? Comment fait-on ? Quelles découvertes nous attendent ? 010
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 23/12/2025🚀✨ New book alert! "Les astronomes à la recherche de la vie extraterrestre" by Quentin Král (@obs-paris-psl.bsky.social) deep dives into the current state of research on life in the Universe, exploring exoplanets, missions like the James Webb Space, and major breakthroughs in the field.🌍🪐 #Exo4Edu 110
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 28/11/2025🌠 Today is a #TBT on #Exo4Edu! We’re looking back at the Astronomy Youth Peace AstroCamp 2025, where Prof. Mimoza Hafizi (Executive Director of the National Institute of Physics, Albania 🇦🇱) shared a lecture on exoplanets and Exo4Edu, sparking interest among Kosovar teachers and youth. 🪐 030
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 21/11/2025📡 #EXOPLANETS101 with #Exo4Edu! 🪐 🗺️ In May 2007, David Charbonneau and Heather Knutson created the first map of an exoplanet! Using data from the Spitzer Space Telescope, they mapped the surface of HD 189733 b, a hot Jupiter located 64 light-years away. 🔗 Source: NASA @obs-paris-psl.bsky.social 010
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 06/11/2025At the end of September, the #Exo4Edu team gathered at the @obs-paris-psl.bsky.social for its second face-to-face project meeting! 🔭 Partners from 🇫🇷 🇦🇱 🇷🇴 🇵🇹 came together to evaluate the progress and implementation of this exciting initiative. 👉 Read more about it on exo4edu.eu/exo4edu-seco... 041
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 29/10/2025On Sunday, 47 🇵🇹 teachers joined an engaging Exo4Edu workshop led by Gustavo Rojas (#GHOU) during the Portuguese Science on Stage Festival 2025! 🪐 The session explored how exoplanet research can be brought into the classroom. 💫 💫 #Exo4Edu #ErasmusPlus #SonSPT2025 #Exoplanets #TeacherTraining 020
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 24/10/2025🔗 Source: science.nasa.gov/exoplanets/h...science.nasa.govHow do exoplanets get their names? - NASA ScienceExoplanet names can look long and complicated at first, especially in comparison to names like Venus and Mars. But they have a logic behind them that is 011
Exo4Edu @exo4edu.bsky.social · 24/10/2025📡 #EXOPLANETS 101 with #Exo4Edu! 🪐 Do you know how exoplanets get their names? 🤔 Each one is named after the star it orbits, followed by a lowercase letter. The first planet discovered gets the letter “b”, then come c, d, and so on. 🔤 #ErasmusPlus #AstronomyEducation @obs-paris-psl.bsky.social 112
