SpaceCon by Antares

20/09/2026

20/09/2026

🌌 ASTRO•ART 2026 — DEADLINE EXTENDED!

Good news! We're giving you more time to create and submit your artwork.

🎨 New Submission Deadline: September 26, 2026

Theme: “A New Perspective on the Solar System”

Create. Explore. Inspire. 🌌

📌 Submit here: https://forms.gle/UG3gpVHC2QaAYvcx5

19/09/2026

🔭 A new window to the night sky!

As part of our partnership support, ANTARES STEM Incorporated donated a Newtonian Telescope to San Gabriel National High School for educational use and astronomy enrichment activities.

May it support the school's growing interest in astronomy and give more learners the opportunity to observe, explore, and discover the night sky.

We're excited to see how the telescope will support your students' astronomy journey!

See you at our Astronomy Club Training! 🔭

We look forward to supporting your students as they learn more about astronomy and begin their journey as young sky observers.

18/09/2026

🚨 FINAL CALL!

Only TWO DAYS left to submit your AstroArt entry.

Don't wait until the last moment—share your creativity with the world now!

🌠 Your universe deserves to be seen.

Check the guidelines here: https://antares-stem.com/2026-astroart-poster-making-contest-100-hours-of-astronomy-x-spacecon-by-antares

Submission Form: https://forms.gle/ndq3XSfnfTSR3SjR6

15/09/2026

⏰ Time is running out!

Only 5 days left to submit your AstroArt masterpiece.

Make sure your artwork is complete, original, and aligned with the theme before submitting.

🎨 Don't miss your chance to shine!

14/09/2026

Where did the elements in our bodies come from?

From hydrogen forged in the Big Bang to carbon, oxygen, iron, and even gold created through stellar processes, the atoms around us have a cosmic history.

At SpaceCon by ANTARES, we bring this story closer through our Real Elements Display — connecting the elements we can see and touch to the stars and events that created them.

Where Your Elements Came From (APOD: 2026 Sep 14)
Image Credit: NASA's GSFC, SVS
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260914.html

Explanation: The hydrogen in your body and present in every molecule of water came from the Big Bang. There are no other appreciable sources of hydrogen in the universe. The carbon in your body was made by nuclear fusion in the interior of stars, as was the oxygen. Much of the iron in your body was made during supernovas of stars that occurred long ago and far away. The gold in your jewelry was likely made from neutron stars during collisions that may have been visible as short-duration gamma-ray bursts or gravitational wave events. Elements like phosphorus and copper are present in our bodies in only small amounts but are essential to the functioning of all known life. The featured periodic table is color coded to indicate humanity's best guess as to the nuclear origin of all known elements. The sites of nuclear creation of some elements, such as copper, are not really well known and are continuing topics of observational and computational research.

https://www.nasa.gov/
https://www.nasa.gov/goddard/
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Starship Asterisk* • APOD Discussion Page
https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=260914