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International Astronomical Union Press Releases

New Agreement Signed with UNESCO on Astronomy & World Heritage
(Friday, May 3, 2013)
Can One Buy the Right to Name a Planet? The IAU Responds to Recent Name-selling Campaign
(Friday, April 12, 2013)
Major Astronomy Meeting Draws to a Close
(Monday, September 3, 2012)
Kepler Discovers Planetary System Orbiting Two Suns
(Wednesday, August 29, 2012)
International Astronomical Union's Office of Astronomy for Development Makes Landmark Agreements
(Tuesday, August 28, 2012)
Launch of UNESCO-IAU Astronomical Heritage Web Portal
(Friday, August 24, 2012)
Science Magazine Honors Universe Awareness Program
(Thursday, August 25, 2011)
South African Minister of Science and Technology Launches the IAU Global Office of Astronomy for Development
(Monday, April 18, 2011)
Educational Astronomy Project Awarded 1.9M Euros
(Wednesday, February 9, 2011)
Cosmic Diary Anthology Released as a Free Book: Postcards from the Edge of the Universe
(Tuesday, September 7, 2010)
Ashes to Ashes, Dust To Dust
(Monday, March 29, 2010)
'Galilean Nights' Invites the World to Discover Our Universe
(Friday, September 18, 2009)
IAU0917: IAU General Assembly finishes with the launch of successor to the International Year of Astronomy
(Thursday, August 13, 2009)
Surface features on Titan form like Earth's, but with a frigid twist
(Thursday, August 6, 2009)
Gruber: $500, 000 Cosmology Prize Awarded for Work on Hubble Constant
(Wednesday, June 3, 2009)
The Portal to the Universe Opens its Doors
(Thursday, April 23, 2009)
Press Conference: International Year of AStronomy 2009 Highlights and Achievements
(Wednesday, April 22, 2009)
IAU releases milestone book and movie celebrating the telescope
(Thursday, January 29, 2009)
IAU0808: UNESCO and the IAU sign key agreement on Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative Oct 30, 2008, Paris
(Thursday, October 30, 2008)
Plutoid chosen as name for Solar System objects like Pluto
(Wednesday, June 11, 2008)
The International Astronomical Union announces the International Year of Astronomy 2009
(Sunday, October 29, 2006)
IAU names dwarf planet Eris
(Thursday, September 14, 2006)
IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution votes
(Thursday, August 24, 2006)
The IAU draft definition of 'planet' and 'plutons'
(Wednesday, August 16, 2006)
Two new Pluto moons named by the International Astronomical Union
(Friday, June 23, 2006)
Catherine Cesarsky - President Elect of the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
(Friday, July 25, 2003)
Position Statement International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group on Near Earth Objects (WGNEO)
(Saturday, January 5, 2002)
Additional Information on Asteroid 2000 SG344
(Sunday, November 5, 2000)
IAU Technical Review Team Assessment on Asteroid 2000 SG344
(Friday, November 3, 2000)
International Research on Near-Earth Objects
(Wednesday, October 11, 2000)
New evidence that galaxies formed early in the his
(Wednesday, August 16, 2000)
Astronomers sound wake-up call on light and radio pollution of the skies
(Wednesday, August 16, 2000)
Amateur and professional astronomers team up to capture elusive stellar outburst
(Tuesday, August 15, 2000)
Asteroids named for astronomers - and a historic telescope
(Tuesday, August 15, 2000)
Moons and craters named at IAU meeting
(Tuesday, August 15, 2000)
Astronomers plan world's largest telescope
(Tuesday, August 8, 2000)
Earth's New Neighbor: UT Austin Astronomers Announce Discovery of a New Planet
(Monday, August 7, 2000)
World's Astronomers Converge on Manchester
(Thursday, August 3, 2000)