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Press Mentions
A collection of some of the mentions of the IAU in international media
- 19 June 2026, WIRED Middle East - AI Could Help Scientists Search the Solar System for Alien Technology
- 27 May 2026, Sky at Night Magazine - 11,000 new asteroids discovered by a brand new observatory, including some that skim close to Earth
- 25 May 2026, ARMENPRESS - International Astronomical Union’s CAP2026 conference opens in Yerevan
- 22 May 2026, Lithuanian National Radio and Television - Famous astronomer on life in space: we are looking for earthly life because it worked on our planet [Prof. Willy Benz]
- 22 May 2026, Manila Bulletin - How looking up helps us look within: How noctourism is helping people find calm in a warming world
- 19 May 2026, PressReader - New moons found around Jupiter and Saturn
- 19 May 2026, American Association for the Advancement of Science - Filippenko, Nomoto, and Woosley receive $500,000 Gruber Cosmology Prize for their studies of supernovae
- 6 May 2026, CGTN - Asia-Pacific Space Summit: Hong Kong hosts regional meeting of the International Astronomical Union
- 5 May 2026, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong - HKU LSR Organises APRIM 2026 to Advance Space Research and International Collaboration
- 4 May 2026, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Speech by PSITI at opening ceremony of Asia-Pacific Regional International Astronomical Union Meeting 2026
- 4 May 2026, China Daily - Hong Kong blasts off to be Asia-Pacific space science hub
- 27 April 2026, Vilnius University: Global Astronomy Leaders Meet at Vilnius University to Discuss Science Policy and International Cooperation [IAU Executive Committee meeting]
- 22 April 2026, Vilnius University - The Universe Doesn’t Care What We Like: Nobel Laureate Prof. Brian Schmidt on an Expanding Universe [Prof. Brian Schmidt]
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