30 May 2024: In August this year, Cape Town, South Africa will become the international capital of astronomy as scientists from across the world gather for the XXXII General Assembly of the International ...

27 May 2024: The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2024 is awarded to Shrinivas R Kulkarni, George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy at the California ...

24 May 2024: From 23 May to 31 July, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and LEGO Group are joining forces to encourage kids all over the world to reimagine the night sky. The ...

13 May 2024: The Gruber Foundation (TGF) Fellowships 2024 have been awarded to Aldana Grichener, Jonathan Alexander Quirola Vásquez, and Honghui Liu. Applications for TGF Fellowship 2025 are now open. Each year, The ...

22 May 2024: The IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE) is pleased to announce that abstract submission and registration are now open for the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, which ...

13 May 2024: The IAU PhD Prize recognises the outstanding scientific achievements of astronomy PhD students worldwide. Each of the IAU’s nine Divisions awards a prize to the candidate it identifies as ...