Indonesia has the first Planetarium in Southeast Asia, the Jakarta Planetarium which opened in 1969.
Indonesia has a number of active volcanoes that are considered as natural laboratories for planet scientists.
Indonesia became one of the countries involved in NASA's mission to Planet Mars in 2018.
There are two asteroids named according to the name of Indonesia, namely Asteroid 1914 Indonesia and Asteroids 1943 Indonesia.
Indonesia has a number of observatory used to observe celestial bodies, such as the Bosscha observatory in Bandung and the Lapan observatory in Rancabungur.
In 2014, Indonesia hosted the 5th Planetarium Asia International Conference which was attended by Planetarium experts from all over the world.
Indonesia has a famous astronomer, Prof. Thomas Djamaluddin, known as the father of Indonesian astronomy.
NASA and the Indonesian Space Agency (LAPAN) have worked together in various Earth and Astronomy observation projects.
Indonesia has a number of archeological sites that reveal knowledge about ancient astronomy, such as Borobudur Temple and Prambanan Temple.
Indonesia is one of the countries participating in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, the largest astronomy radio observation project in the world.
