FEATURED NEWS ITEMS

Final Results of NameExoWorlds Public Vote Released

14 Nov 2015 - Announcement

Attacks in Paris

Group photo of the IAU General Assembly 2015

15 Aug 2015 - Press Release

IAU XXIX General Assembly Draws to a Close

13 Aug 2015 - Press Release

IAU Signs Agreements for Five New Coordinating Offices of Astronomy for Development

PRESS RELEASES

08 Feb 2016 IAU Receives Prestigious Edinburgh Medal

15 Dec 2015 Final Results of NameExoWorlds Public Vote Released

15 Aug 2015 IAU XXIX General Assembly Draws to a Close

13 Aug 2015 IAU Signs Agreements for Five New Coordinating Offices of Astronomy for Development

ANNOUNCEMENTS

28 Apr 2016 IAU Membership Statistics 2016

26 Apr 2016 The skies are painted with unnumbered sparks, They are all fire, and every one doth shine

25 Apr 2016 Updated Rules and Guidelines for Scientific Meetings

22 Apr 2016 Astronomy Outreach Newsletter 2016 #8 (April #2)

SCIENTIFIC DATES & DEADLINES

18 July 2016-22 July 2016 IAUS 322, The Multi-Messenger Astrophysics of the Galactic Centre,
Cairns, Australia

12 September 2016-16 September 2016 IAUS 324, New Frontiers in Black Hole Astrophysics,
Ljubljana, Slovenia, the Republic of

3 October 2016-7 October 2016 LARIM 2016, XV Latin American Regional IAU Meeting,
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

4 October 2016-7 October 2016 IAUS 326, CANCELLED: Research in Astronomy Education: Far Reaching Impacts and Future Directions,
Heidelberg, Germany

ADMINISTRATIVE DATES & DEADLINES

3 May 2016-6 May 2016 Executive Committee Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico

15 September 2016-15 September 2016 Deadline for Letters of Intent for 2018 Symposia

15 December 2016-15 December 2016 Deadline for submission of Full Proposals for 2018 Symposia

20 August 2018-31 August 2018 XXX IAU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria

PLANETARY SURFACE FEATURE NEWS

MINOR PLANET ELECTRONIC CIRCULARS

2016-H68 2016 HX3
2016 Apr. 30

2016-H67 2016 HV3
2016 Apr. 30

2016-H66 DAILY ORBIT UPDATE (2016 APR. 30 UT)
2016 Apr. 30

2016-H65 2015 ME116
2016 Apr. 30

ASTRONOMY FOR THE PUBLIC

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