The Armenian Academy of Sciences, is an institution based in Aragatsotn, Armenia. The faculty mainly studies astronomy in the Byurakan Observatory. Institutions are structures and mechanisms of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of two or more individuals. ... Aragatsotn is one of the provinces (marz) of Armenia. ... A giant Hubble mosaic of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant. ... The Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, or Byurakan Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Armenian Academy of Sciences. ...