17 May 2022: The Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize, which is co-sponsored by the IAU, recognises scientists whose discoveries have driven fundamental advances in our understanding of the Universe. The 2022 prize has been ...

11 May 2022: The International Astronomical Union is pleased to announce the founding of a new branch office of the Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE): the OAE Node France at CY Cergy ...

2 May 2022: The IAU Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) has released its 2022 Call for Proposals for projects that aim to use astronomy to advance sustainable development. The OAD’s mission ...

19 April 2022: The Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE) is pleased to announce the second round of its astrophotography contest, in a joint endeavour with OAE Center Italy as co-sponsor. Following the ...

14 April 2022: The Telescopes for All project, which brings astronomy to underserved communities around the world, is now welcoming proposals for 2022. The initiative is run jointly by the IAU Office for ...

5 April 2022: Are you interested in a hands-on exploration of black holes for your middle-school students? Or a way of demonstrating the size of the Sun relative to that of the Earth ...

1 April 2022: From 12 to 16 September 2022, Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Commission C2 — Communicating Astronomy with the Public (CAP) and the IAU Office for Astronomy ...

14 March 2022: On 16 March 2022 the OAE Center Italy will hold a public outreach event called “Let’s light up the skies of the world”. The OAE Center Italy is coordinated ...

1 March 2022: The European Astronomical Society (EAS), the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the African Astronomical Society (AfAS), the Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA) and the Korean Astronomical ...

21 February 2022: The IAU, together with partner organisations, has submitted a new Working Paper to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), seeking to protect dark and ...

17 May 2022: The IAU PhD Prize recognises the outstanding scientific achievements of astronomy PhD students around the world. Each of the IAU’s nine divisions awards a prize to the candidate it ...

11 May 2022: The Gruber Foundation Fellowships 2022 have been awarded to Kunyang Li (at the time at Georgia Technology Institute, US), Itai Linial (at the time at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ...

31 March 2022: In issue 6 of the IAU Catalyst, we can read our IAU President Debra Elmegreen’s welcome speech at the XXXI Virtual General Assembly Business Meeting in August 2021. Mamta ...

28 February 2022: The deadline for early-bird registration for the XXXI IAU General Assembly (IAUGA2022) has been extended to 28 March 2022, in light of the current status of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...

17 February 2022: The Gruber Foundation (TGF) invites applications for the Gruber Fellowship 2022, a prestigious programme that supports young astronomers in the early stages of their research careers, promoting the science of ...