Student Astronomers at Harvard-RadcliffeSTAHR

Ad Astra! For over a thousand generations, the night sky has been an integral part of the human experience – we’ve found thirty thousand year old representations of the Moon and the constellations, ancient peoples built monuments to align with the heavens, and myths of every culture seek to describe and explain the wonder of the night sky. Nowadays, light pollution and busy schedules make it harder for us to step back and appreciate it all, but we know more about the stars and planets than at any other point in our history, and a star-filled sky still has a profound power to humble and inspire.