{"id":32775,"date":"2021-10-19T09:24:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T15:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/physics\/?p=32775"},"modified":"2024-07-03T09:17:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T15:17:37","slug":"professor-jackson-partners-with-nasa-to-protect-idahos-starry-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/physics\/blog\/2021\/10\/19\/professor-jackson-partners-with-nasa-to-protect-idahos-starry-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Jackson partners with NASA to protect Idaho&#8217;s starry sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_32776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32776\" style=\"width: 880px\" class=\"wp-image wp-image--caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32776 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/422\/2021\/10\/SkyReserve.jpg\" alt=\"Nature landscape\" width=\"880\" height=\"660\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"width: 880px\">Matt Guilhem \/ Boise State Public Radio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You may remember\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestatepublicradio.org\/environment\/2017-08-14\/first-dark-sky-reserve-in-the-u-s-could-be-in-idaho\">some of our reporting<\/a>\u00a0on how a very large piece of central Idaho was turned into a\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/idahodarksky.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dark sky reserve<\/a>. Stretching from Ketchum to above Stanley, the reserve is a partnership designed to keep the sky as dark as possible so people can come and experience the wonder of the starry night sky.<\/p>\n<p>A new collaboration has pulled together to help protect the reserve,\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/nasa-to-award-funds-activating-science-for-america-s-learners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bring NASA into more Idaho classrooms,<\/a>\u00a0use stem to teach the next generation of students and so much more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Joining\u00a0<em>Idaho Matters<\/em>\u00a0today to talk about the new &#8220;Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve Stem Network&#8221; are\u00a0Kristen Erickson, NASA&#8217;s Director for Science Engagement and Partnerships,\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.astrojack.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Jackson,<\/a>\u00a0astronomy professor at Boise State University Department of Physics and Principal Investigator for \u201cThe Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve STEM Network&#8221;, and Carol Cole, president of the Idaho Dark Sky Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>The full discussion can be found by visiting the <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestatepublicradio.org\/show\/idaho-matters\/2021-10-12\/1m-partnership-with-nasa-works-to-protect-idahos-starry-sky\">original article<\/a> at Boise State Public Radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may remember\u00a0some of our reporting\u00a0on how a very large piece of central Idaho was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":32776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1519,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cidsrsn","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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