Want to get started in science and research? Here I’ve compiled some links to resources I’ve found especially helpful in my journey.

YouTube Channels

General science and math

• Veritasium
• Quanta Magazine (and their magazine)
• Domain of Science
• Numberphile
• 3Blue1Brown
• Welch Labs

Astronomy and (astro)(physics)

• PBS Space Time
• Dr. Becky
• Tibees
• Kyle Kabasares
• Cool Worlds
• Anton Petrov
• Up and Atom
• Looking Glass Universe

Podcasts

• Behind the Science featuring Filipino research
• Liknayan
• Ask Theory by FlipScience
• astro[sound]bites
• Radiolab
• Science Vs
• Philosophize This!
• Sean Carroll’s Mindscape
• Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

Teaching and Learning Astronomy

• Astrobites 
• WorldWideTelescope
• Rubin Observatory’s classroom-ready interactive investigations
• Zooniverse
• NASA HEASARC’s resources for teachers

Keeping Up with Astronomy Research

• Astrobites 
• Astronomical League of the Philippines Talk Series
• Caltech Astronomy Public Lecture Series
• Harvard & Smithsonian | Center for Astrophysics Colloquium
• Carnegie Astronomy Lecture Series
• arXiv.org

Techniques in Astronomy Research

• LSST-DA Data Science Fellowship
• Statistical Methods in Astrophysics (UChicago)
• Scientific Computing in Astrophysics (Yale)
• A beginner’s guide to working with astronomical data
• Astrostatistics (Vanderbilt)
• Intro to Bayesian Reasoning and Methods
• astropy
• astroML

Programs and Scholarships

• Scholarships Corner
• Opportunities Corners
• Applying to grad school in astronomy/astrophysics by AstroBetter
• Astrobites’ Guide to Graduate School
• M. Victoria Carpio-Bernido Research Fellowship

Summer Programs

• Research opportunities compiled by the Americal Astronomical Society (mostly targeted to US students)
• ESO Summer Research Programme (open to internationals!)
• Student Summer Internship at MPIA (open to non-EU students)
• Leiden/ESA Astrophysics Program for Summer Students (open to internationals, but only specific countries)
•  Academia Sinica Summer Student Program (open to internationals)
• International School for Young Astronomers (for students from astronomically-developing countries)
• Blue Marble Young Scientist Program (virtual internship, open to internationals)

Conferences

• Philippine Space Science and Astronomy Research Conference
• Jagna Space Encounters (for Filipinos)
• Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas
• Samahang Pisika ng Visayas at Mindanao
• Pinoy Scientists (sometimes hosts in-person events)

Communities

• Pinoy Scientists
• Philippine Astronomical Society
• SEDS Philippines
• Manila Street Astronomers
• Space Generation Advisory Council