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A bibliometric study is a method used to evaluate the productivity of scientific results in quantitative terms. Bibliometricians apply mathematical and statistical methods to quantify scholarly communications. Using the Bibliometrix program, a database compiled from SCOPUS and Web of science was studied to study the different scientific and literary behaviours of rural tourism development, tourism sustainability, and outdoor activities. In the main database steps, 161 articles were analysed, of which 61 were SCOPUS articles, and 100 were Web of Science articles. As per this database, the relationship between rural tourism with sustainable tourism and outdoor activities, through a bibliometric analysis, looks to study the annual scientific production, the research impact, the authors, and articles most relevant to the themes of research trends over the years. Several interesting and important conclusions were obtained from these results for developing the themes. The results of this study indicate that sustainable tourism and rural tourism have extreme relevance to the studies carried out. Hence, rural tourism and outdoor activities are increasingly sustaining a relationship of partnership, much due to the influences of COVID-19. © 2022 IEEE Computer Society. All rights reserved.
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The Unistellar network is today made of more 5,000 digital telescopes—the eVscope, the eQuinox, and the recently released eVscope 2. These powerful, easy-to-use, smart devices allow backyard astronomers to enjoy the dark sky while also contributing to scientific projects in partnership with the SETI Institute. We believe that science can reap an immense harvest from continuous observations of the night sky using these eVscopes while we also give laypeople, students, and teachers the opportunity to experience the thrill of the next frontier, space exploration. Here we present outreach activities organized by our network, including on-line events made necessary by COVID-19 restrictions in 2020. This paper includes a discussion of our education programs, which aim to connect to our network’s teachers with students from underrepresented groups in the US who are enrolled in community colleges. Finally, we will describe several scientific results generated by our network related to the study of exoplanets, asteroids, and comets. Copyright © 2021 by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). All rights reserved.