Astrophysical Activity Revisited
It’s Halloween, and the Blueshift team wants to keep you in the holiday spirit – but with an astronomical twist. We’re running a costume contest, we posted a gallery of spooky astronomy, and now we...
View ArticleContest: 2nd Annual Halloween Costume Contest Results
Thank you so much for your entries for our space/science Halloween costume contest! We were really sorry to not be able to take entries from kids this time, but we hope we’ll be able to get the...
View ArticleShow us your space-themed costumes!
Unfortunately we’re not able to host our annual Halloween costume contest this year… but we still want to see your NASA/space/astronomy-themed costumes! We’ve set up a Flickr group that you can add...
View ArticleSpaceCrafts: Build your own JWST costume!
For the past couple of years, we’ve run a Halloween costume contest – and we’ve seen some pretty amazing costumes! We also occasionally get a peek at costumes (in-progress and finished) on Twitter or...
View ArticleSpooky Astronomy, part 4
It’s one of my favorites times of year – the Halloween season! And with Halloween comes our annual Spooky Astronomy post. This time I’ve been saving images up all year, so hopefully you’ll see...
View ArticleReminder: Show Us Your Space Costumes!
Just a reminder now that we’re past Halloween… if you dressed up in a space or astronomy-themed costume, please share your photos with us! To get you inspired, here is how Dirk Schoellner’s kids, Brian...
View ArticleOur 3rd Annual Halloween Costume Contest
That’s right, it’s back! A little late, but better than never! We weren’t able to hold this last year due to the timing of the shutdown, but we’ve gotten the go ahead to have our costume contest this...
View ArticleSpooky Astronomy, part 5
Welcome back for Spooky Astronomy! Over the years, we’ve shared our favorite Halloween-ish images to get into the spirit [no pun intended] of the season! Past Spooky Astronomy posts: 2010, 2011, 2012,...
View ArticleSpaceCrafts: Realistic Rockets and Other Adventures in Space Costuming for Kids…
Last year at Halloween, Dirk Schoellner tweeted a shot of one of his sons dressed up for Halloween – as the James Webb Space Telescope costume. We, of course loved it, so the Schoellners did a tutorial...
View ArticleContest: 3rd Annual Halloween Costume Contest Results
Thank you so much for your entries for our space/science Halloween costume contest! We were really sorry to not be able to hold the contest last year, and this year, it took us a bit to get the...
View ArticleSpaceCrafts: Making a James Webb Space Telescope Costume
Note: A childhood friend of mine came for a visit this summer with her science-obsessed seven-year-old, Oren. He was so taken with what he saw that he wanted a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) costume...
View ArticleSpaceCrafts: Making a Hubble Space Telescope Costume
You may have seen our recent blog post by a high school friend of Maggie’s who helped her son make a James Webb Space Telescope costume for Halloween this year. When the Schoellners put together a...
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