21 October 2019: The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters invites nominations for the 2020 Kavli Prize. The prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in three fields of science: astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience ...

14 October 2019: The Gruber Cosmology Prize honours a leading cosmologist, astronomer, astrophysicist or scientific philosopher for theoretical, analytical, conceptual or observational discoveries leading to fundamental advances in our understanding of the Universe ...

4 October 2019: Applications are now open for the next intake of new IAU Junior Members, a category of membership first introduced at the IAU XXX General Assembly in August last year. Eligible ...

4 October 2019: Applications are now open for the next intake of new IAU Individual Members. As announced earlier this year, the admission, which was previously a triennial occurrence, will now take place ...

28 November 2019: The IAU has selected Haus der Astronomie (HdA), an astronomy outreach centre based in Heidelberg, Germany, as the location for its new Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE). First announced ...

22 November 2019: The most distant object ever to have been visited by a spacecraft has been given a new name: Arrokoth. The object, (486958) 2014 MU69,  became widely known by its nickname ...

22 November 2019: The 43rd International School for Young Astronomers, ISYA2020Mex, will take place in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico, from 8-26 June, 2020, at the Autonomous University of Chiapas (UNACH). The ...

12 November 2019: At the end of October 2019 the New Zealand Starlight Conference took place in Tekapo. Endorsed by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), the independently organised meeting invited all people concerned ...

31 October 2019: The 26th issue of the Communicating Astronomy with the Public journal is out now! In this issue of CAPjournal you can find the latest information about diversity across astronomy and ...

8 October 2019: The International Astronomical Union (IAU) enthusiastically congratulates the three recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 announced today. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award this ...

27 September 2019: On 25 September 2019 the three recipients of this year’s Shaw Prize were presented with their awards at a ceremony in Hong Kong, with astronomer Edward C. Stone among ...