FEATURED NEWS ITEMS

The Eleventh Issue of the IAU Catalyst is Now Available Online

28 Oct 2024 - Announcement

Call for Applications for New IAU National Members as Observers

IAU officials after XXXII GA closing press conference

15 Aug 2024 - Press Release

IAU XXXII General Assembly Concludes

The meeting makes history as first General Assembly held in Africa and first to be fully open access

08 Aug 2024 - Press Release

Satellite Mitigation Project Led by IAU CPS Wins Major Grant

The initiative is developing tools to accurately predict when satellites will cross the sky

IAU Officials at the XXXII General Assembly

06 Aug 2024 - Press Release

IAU XXXII General Assembly Commences in Cape Town

The IAU’s first General Assembly in Africa brings together leading astronomers and launches public celebration of astronomy

The IAU's mission is to promote and safeguard astronomy in all its aspects (including research, communication, education and development) through international cooperation.

Science is best advanced when there is mutual trust, respect and integrity, and when it is conducted in environments free from harassment. The IAU expects all members to uphold the IAU Code of Conduct.

PRESS RELEASES

15 Aug 2024 IAU XXXII General Assembly Concludes

08 Aug 2024 Satellite Mitigation Project Led by IAU CPS Wins Major Grant

06 Aug 2024 IAU XXXII General Assembly Commences in Cape Town

11 Jun 2024 IAU Announces Winners of 2024 Prizes for Astronomy Outreach, Development and Education

ANNOUNCEMENTS

14 Nov 2024 The Eleventh Issue of the IAU Catalyst is Now Available Online

28 Oct 2024 Call for Applications for New IAU National Members as Observers

18 Oct 2024 Call for Nominations for the 2025 Gruber Cosmology Prize

14 Oct 2024 Call for New Individual and Junior Members for 2025

SCIENTIFIC DATES & DEADLINES

17 November 2024-22 November 2024 IAUS 395, Stellar populations in the Milky Way and beyond,
Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2 June 2025-6 June 2025 IAUS 397, Exploring the Universe with Artificial Intelligence (UniversAI),
Athens, Greece

9 June 2025-13 June 2025 IAUS 396, Massive Galaxies Across the Universe,
Naples, Italy

16 June 2025-20 June 2025 IAUS 398, Compact Objects and Binaries in Dense Star Clusters,
Seoul, Korea, Rep of

ADMINISTRATIVE DATES & DEADLINES

1 December 2024-1 December 2024 DEADLINE for Submission of Full Proposals for 2026 Symposia

1 December 2024 Letters of Intent Proposing to Host the IAU General Assembly in 2030 Should Reach the IAU GS Before December 1, 2024

15 December 2024 DEADLINE for Nominations for the Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize

15 December 2024-15 December 2024 DEADLINE to Accept Applications for IAU Membership

PLANETARY SURFACE FEATURE NEWS

Names Approved for Mercury: Codesido, Wu Shujuan, El Husseini, Freire, Asawa, Halim, Bilokur, and Le Guin
Thu, Nov 14, 2024 00:00:00
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the names Codesido, Wu Shujuan, El Husseini, Freire, Asawa, Halim, Bilokur, and Le Guin for eight craters on Mercury. For more information, please see the H-3, H-5, H-7, and H-15 nomenclature maps in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.

WG SMALL BODIES NOMENCLATURE BULLETINS

WGSBN Bulletin Volume 4, #15

Ed. WG Small Bodies Nomenclature

4 Nov 2024

MINOR PLANET ELECTRONIC CIRCULARS

2024-W46 2017 DE168
2024 November 21

2024-W45 2023 UP43
2024 November 21

2024-W44 2001 DS106
2024 November 21

2024-W43 2024 WL
2024 November 21

ASTRONOMY FOR THE PUBLIC

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) was founded in 1919. Its mission is to promote and safeguard the science of astronomy in all its aspects, including research, communication, education and development, through international cooperation. Its Individual and Junior Members — structured in Divisions, Commissions, and Working Groups — are professional astronomers from all over the world, at the Ph.D. level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy. The IAU has 12720 Individual and Junior Members in 110 countries worldwide. Of those countries 87 are National Members. In addition, the IAU collaborates with various scientific organizations all over the world.