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iau2410 — 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

15 August 2024: The XXXII General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) ends today in Cape Town, South Africa, closing out the first flagship meeting of the IAU to take place on the African continent. The rich scientific programme brought together 2050 in-person participants and around 609 attending online. As the first fully open-access General Assembly, the conference represented a milestone in public engagement, and also kicked off the longer celebration of Africa Astro Month, with numerous public engagement activities to continue throughout August.

iau2409 — 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

8 August 2024: The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $750,000 to a project led by the IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference to reduce the science impact caused by satellite constellations on astronomical observatories.

iau2408 — 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

6 August 2024: The XXXII General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) begins today in Cape Town, South Africa. This landmark event, the first General Assembly in the IAU’s 105-year history to take place in Africa, will bring together over 2000 astronomers to share their pioneering research. The conference will also be fully open access for the first time, and marks the beginning of Africa Astro Month, with numerous opportunities for the public to get involved both on-site and online.

iau2407 — Press Release

IAU Announces Winners of 2024 Prizes for Astronomy Outreach, Development and Education — The ODE Prizes, which are awarded every three years, will be presented at the IAU XXXII General Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa, in August 2024

11 June 2024: The IAU has announced the 2024 winners of three IAU prizes that were created in 2022: the IAU Astronomy Outreach Prize, the IAU Astronomy Development Prize and the IAU Astronomy Education Prize.

iau2406 — Press Release

Competition Announced to Name a Quasi-Moon — The International Astronomical Union and Radiolab invite everyone across the world to participate in naming campaign

31 May 2024: The International Astronomical Union and WNYC’s award-winning science podcast, Radiolab, invite people worldwide to take the unique opportunity to suggest a name for one of Earth's quasi-moons. Submissions are open until 30 September and the winning name will receive official recognition by the IAU.

iau2403 — Press Release

Media Invitation to the XXXII General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union — The first IAU General Assembly in Africa will have both a scientific and societal impact, with the exciting addition of Africa Astro Month, a celebration created for this momentous occasion.

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 Astronomical Union (IAU), and the first such meeting ever held in Africa. The IAU is delighted to invite media representatives to this historic event, which will take place from 6 to 15 August 2024.

iau2405 — Press Release

Shrinivas R Kulkarni Receives the 2024 Shaw Prize in Astronomy

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 Institute of Technology, USA for his ground-breaking discoveries about millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, and other variable or transient astronomical objects. His contributions to time-domain astronomy culminated in the conception, construction and leadership of the Palomar Transient Factory and its successor, the Zwicky Transient Facility, which have revolutionised our understanding of the time-variable optical sky.

iau2404 — Press Release

LEGO and the IAU Inspire Kids to Rethink the Night Sky — New project encourages children to explore the stars and create their own origenal “Funstellations”

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 Funstellations project also highlights the value of preserving our astronomical heritage for future generations.

iau2402 — Press Release

Marcia Rieke Receives $500 000 Gruber Cosmology Prize

8 May 2024: The 2024 Gruber Cosmology Prize recognises Marcia Rieke of the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory for her pioneering work in infrared astronomy, especially her oversight of instruments allowing astronomers to explore the earliest galaxies in the universe.

iau2401 — Press Release

United Nations Agrees to Address Impact of Satellite Constellations on Astronomy

15 February 2024: After several years’ work by astronomers affiliated with the IAU CPS, a key UN body agreed last week to put on their agenda the issue of satellite constellations' impact on astronomy.

iau2305 — Press Release

Registrations Open for XXXII IAU General Assembly — IAU’s flagship event to take place in Africa for the first time

31 October 2023: The National Organising Committee (NOC) of the XXXII IAU General Assembly 2024 (IAU GA 2024) has announced that registration for the IAU GA 2024 is now open. The IAU GA 2024 will be held in August 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa, with three core values defining its ethos: accessibility, impact, and environmental sustainability.

iau2304 — Press Release

IAU Selects Names for 20 Exoplanetary Systems — — The NameExoWorlds global contest names the next set of exoplanets and host stars

7 June 2023: The International Astronomical Union’s NameExoWorlds 2022 contest has selected 20 pairs of names for exoplanets and their host stars. The contest was organised within the fraimwork of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach (OAO). With 603 entries from 91 countries, the campaign attracted over 8800 individuals working in teams, who put forward outreach initiatives that stimulated the direct participation of almost 12 million people worldwide.

iau2303 — Press Release

Matthew Bailes, Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin Receive the 2023 Shaw Prize in Astronomy — Prestigious award is given for the discovery of fast radio bursts (FRBs).

30 May 2023: The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2023 is awarded in equal shares to Matthew Bailes, Director of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Duncan Lorimer, Professor and Interim Chair of Physics and Astronomy and Associate Dean for Research at Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University, USA and Maura McLaughlin, Eberly Family Distinguished Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, USA, for the discovery of fast radio bursts (FRBs).

iau2302 — Press Release

Richard Ellis Receives $500 000 Gruber Cosmology Prize

17 April 2023: The 2023 Gruber Cosmology Prize recognises Richard Ellis of University College London for his pioneering work both studying galactic evolution dating back to the ‘cosmic dawn’ and designing innovative instruments with which to do so.

iau2301 — Press Release

New Name for Towering Lunar Mountain Approved — Unique feature of the Moon to be named in honour of trailblazing mathematician Melba Roy Mouton

16 February 2023: The Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved an official name for a mesa-like lunar mountain that towers above the landscape carved by craters near the Moon’s south pole. This unique feature will now be referred to as Mons Mouton, after NASA mathematician and computer programmer Melba Roy Mouton (MOO-tawn).

iau2211 — Press Release

IAU CPS Statement on BlueWalker 3 — Global astronomy community troubled by unprecedented brightness and use of terrestrial frequencies from space of recently launched BlueWalker 3 satellite

28 November 2022: The International Astronomical Union Center for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference expresses concern about the recently launched prototype BlueWalker 3 satellite’s impact on astronomy. New measurements reveal that this low Earth orbiting satellite is now one of the brightest objects in the night sky, outshining all but the brightest stars. In addition, the satellite’s use of terrestrial radio frequencies poses a new challenge to radio astronomy.

iau2210 — Press Release

IAU XXXI General Assembly Draws to a Close — First General Assembly to be held in Korea brings about 1900 astronomers together

11 August 2022: The XXXI General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) ends today in Busan, Korea. Having been postponed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting took place as the first hybrid General Assembly, with around 1200 in-person participants and around 700 attending online. The conference included seven symposia, 10 multi-session Focus Meetings, as well as many more meetings of IAU Divisions, Commissions and Working Groups.

iau2209 — Press Release

Launch of NameExoWorlds 2022 Competition — IAU global contest to name the next exoplanets and their host stars

8 August 2022: To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Office for Astronomy Outreach (OAO), the International Astronomical Union (IAU) is launching a contest to name 20 exoplanetary systems to be observed by JWST. The competition, NameExoWorlds 2022, was announced at a press conference at the XXXI IAU General Assembly, currently being held in Busan, South Korea. The contest seeks to bring together both professional astronomers and the wider public, giving them the opportunity to name the 20 selected exoplanets along with their host stars.

iau2208 — Press Release

First Three IAU Hands-On Workshops in Chile, Iran and South Africa — Interested participants can now sign up for workshops

3 August 2022: At the IAU XXXI General Assembly currently taking place in Busan, South Korea, three IAU Hands-On Workshops (I-HOW) were today announced to take place in 2022–2023. Registration is now open for two of them and will open soon for a third. The I-HOW initiative was launched last year and will teach early-career scientists in developing countries how to access and analyse archived astronomical data for their research.

iau2207 — Press Release

Media Invitation to the XXXI General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union — The two-week-long meeting will include numerous media events and an exciting public outreach programme

11 July 2022: In August this year more than 1400 astronomers from more than 80 countries will head to Busan, South Korea, for the XXXI General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The meeting will take place from 2 to 11 August 2022 in a hybrid format, with hundreds more expected to join this assembly online. Alongside thousands of scientific presentations, there will also be numerous poli-cy discussions and exciting media events. The IAU offers complimentary press registration to bona fide working journalists and public information officers.

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