FEATURED NEWS ITEMS

14 Oct 2016 - Announcement

IAU PhD Prize to Recognise Excellence in Astrophysics

26 Sep 2016 - Announcement

Letters of Intent for Scientific Meetings in 2018

05 May 2016 - Press Release

Recipients of 2016 Gruber Cosmology Prize Announced

08 Feb 2016 - Press Release

IAU Receives Prestigious Edinburgh Medal

The Edinburgh Medal has been awarded jointly to Kevin Govender of the Office of Astronomy for Development and to the IAU

PRESS RELEASES

24 Nov 2016 IAU Formally Approves 227 Star Names

05 May 2016 Recipients of 2016 Gruber Cosmology Prize Announced

08 Feb 2016 IAU Receives Prestigious Edinburgh Medal

15 Dec 2015 Final Results of NameExoWorlds Public Vote Released

ANNOUNCEMENTS

30 Jan 2017 IAU’s reaction to the US executive order banning access from seven countries

24 Jan 2017 Astronomy Outreach Newsletter 2017 #26 (January #2)

23 Jan 2017 The IAU Office of Astronomy for Development Newsletter #15 is available online

12 Jan 2017 Astronomy Outreach Newsletter 2017 #25 (January #1)

SCIENTIFIC DATES & DEADLINES

20 February 2017-24 February 2017 IAUS 331, SN 1987A, 30 Years Later,
Saint-Gilles-les-Bains, La Réunion Island, France

20 March 2017-24 March 2017 IAUS 332, Astrochemistry VII – Through the Cosmos from Galaxies to Planets,
Puerto Varas, Chile

24 April 2017-28 April 2017 IAUS 330, Astrometry and Astrophysics in the Gaia Sky,
Nice, France

22 May 2017-25 May 2017 MEARIM 2017: Fourth Middle-East and Africa Regional IAU Meeting,
Addis ababa, Ethiopia

ADMINISTRATIVE DATES & DEADLINES

27 February 2017-1 March 2017 OM_2017, Officers Meeting 2017, Paris, France

30 June 2017 Annual fee invoice, Annual fee - 1st reminder

13 October 2017 Annual fee invoice, Annual fee - 2nd reminder

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

PLANETARY SURFACE FEATURE NEWS

MINOR PLANET ELECTRONIC CIRCULARS

2017-C19 2016 FS6
2017 Feb. 2

2017-C18 2012 UU136
2017 Feb. 2

2017-C17 2004 AY1
2017 Feb. 2

2017-C16 DAILY ORBIT UPDATE (2017 FEB. 2 UT)
2017 Feb. 2

ASTRONOMY FOR THE PUBLIC

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