4 October 2018: The International Astronomical Union would like to extend a warm welcome to its 1235 new Individual and Junior members, who were formally accepted into the Union on 31 August 2018 ...

4 October 2018: During its XXX General Assembly in Vienna (in August 2018), the International Astronomical Union (IAU) put forward a draft resolution to rename the Hubble law as the “Hubble–Lemaître law ...

2 October 2018: The approval at the IAU XXX General Assembly, in Vienna (August 2018) of the proposed amendments to the IAU Statutes, Bye-Laws and Working Rules has introduced a new category of ...

28 September 2018: The programme of IAU scientific meetings (Symposia, Focus Meetings, Division Meetings, Regional Meetings) is one of the most important instruments for IAU to pursue its goal of promoting astronomy through ...

26 September 2018: The Gruber Foundation invites nominations on behalf of those individuals whose achievements in the fields of cosmology, genetics, and neuroscience make them suitable candidates for recognition through the 2019 Gruber ...

5 October 2018: The Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union has today officially approved the naming of two craters on the Moon to commemorate the 50th anniversary of ...

27 September 2018: The Astronomy Outreach Newsletter 2018 #18 is now online. It is produced by the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach and brings to the general public the latest information about events ...

13 September 2018: The Astronomy Outreach Newsletter 2018 #17 is now online. It is produced by the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach and brings to the general public the latest information about events ...

6 September 2018: The 2018 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics was awarded on 4 September 2018 to Ewine van Dishoeck from Leiden University, The Netherlands. The prize is awarded for her pioneering work in ...

5 September 2018: Carolina Ödman-Govender has been recognised for her pioneering work in astronomy outreach, development and education with the award of an IAU Prize by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) called the ...