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WORLD SCIENCE DAY FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
10 November 2009
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Celebrated each year on 10 November, World Science Day for Peace and Development provides an opportunity to shine the spotlight on the contribution science makes to achieving sustainable development and enhancing the prospects for peace.
In his message to mark World Science Day this year, UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura observes that, ‘at this time of global economic and environmental distress, one of the most hopeful signs for the future is the push for a transition to a green economy.’
Read the Director-General’s message.
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This year, the poster pays tribute to the International Year of Astronomy, which ends in December.
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The Witch Head
If you look closely at this year’s poster (above), you may be able to recognize the pointed nose and jutting chin of the Witch Head Nebula. Here she is in all her glory in the Eridanus Constellation, basking in the light of her massive neighbouring star, Rigel, which is 40,000 times brighter than our Sun. Light streams from Rigel across 40 light-years to illuminate the Witch Head Nebula; this light is then reflected a further 775 light-years to reach us on Earth.
Believe it or not, this image was produced by an amateur! Today, amateur astrophotographers can produce dazzling digital images of the cosmos that trump what professional observatories were producing when film still reigned supreme. From his home in Pennsylvania (USA), Steve Mazlin acquired the data for this three-panel mosaic image from the Star Shadows Remote Observatory located in New Mexico. This entailed 15 hours of data collection through several different filters, followed by many additional hours on the computer ‘processing’ the data into the image you see.
Download the poster
Join in the celebration by downloading or printing the poster for your own use: EN - FR - ES - HG.
If you would like another language to feature on the poster, download this blank version. It can be opened in Illustrator. The text required should then be added in another layer, using the same font: DINMittelschriftStd
Read about the history of World Science Day
Learn more about astronomy
If you would like to read about some of the latest discoveries in astronomy or how to prepare a human mission to Mars, click here to read the January, July and October issues of UNESCO’s journal, A World of Science.
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The Faisalabad Science Center, in Pakistan, will celebrate World Science Day on 10th November 2009 with a tribute to International Year of Astronomy. Local Schools would set up stalls to exhibit their Projects, Essay Writing Competition Winners would be given Prizes and there would be a Planetarium Show
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The Gujarat Science City, India, functioning as an effective science education and popularization platform is celebrating the World Science Day with the theme:'Communicating Science for Societal Development' on 10th November 2009. The celebration has been designed as a series of activities for the students, teachers and the general public.
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The Lovely Professional University, the Largest University in India, with current strength of 24,000 students will celebrate the World Science Day by organizing various activities to foster peace and development and re-iterate its commitment for Green Education.
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Director-General's message
