Science news articles about 'international astronomical union'

  • International Year of Astronomy 2009

    The International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) has been launched by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ...
  • Launch of the International Astronomy Year, at UNESCO in Paris

    ... the International Year of Astronomy by the UN General Assembly in collaboration with the International Astronomical Union. ESA is participating in the opening ceremony taking place in Paris 15 and 16 ...
  • We have a 'right to starlight,' astronomers say

    The public's "right to starlight" is steadily being eroded by urban illumination that is the bane of astronomers everywhere, the International Astronomical Union said on Friday.
  • How like Earth are alien planets?

    ... ,” says Sara Seager of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who attended the International Astronomical Union meeting in Boston. “It marks the beginning of the detailed exploration of super- ...
  • Plutoid chosen as name for solar system objects like Pluto

    Almost two years after the International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly introduced the category of dwarf planets, the IAU, as promised, has decided on a name for transneptunian dwarf ...
  • National Briefing | Science and Health: Not a Planet, but a Plutoid

    The International Astronomical Union announced the creation of the term “plutoid” for a dwarf planet beyond the orbit of Neptune.
  • Dwarf planet near Pluto named for Polynesian god

    ... (Reuters) - A dwarf planet orbiting beyond Neptune has been designated the third plutoid in the solar system and given the name Makemake, the International Astronomical Union said on Saturday.
  • Dwarf Planet Named for Hawaiian Goddess

    The International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced the name of the solar system's fifth dwarf planet.
  • Star count goes global

    ... project" of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, a global effort initiated by the International Astronomical Union and the U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to ...
  • Astronomy's bright future

    ... Martin Rees, the UK's Astronomer Royal, Tim de Zeeuw, Director General of the European ... astronomy." Catherine Cesarsky, President of the International Astronomical Union, underlines her wish during ...
  • Illinois declares that Pluto is still a planet

    ... . Welcome to one of those stories.In 2006, you'll remember that the International Astronomical Union announced that Pluto was to be expelled from the planetary club, reducing the number of planets in ...
  • Earth-Based Solar Eclipse Research

    ... story of the international journal Nature (June 11 issue). Pasachoff, who is chair of the International Astronomical Union's Working Group on Solar Eclipses, was invited to write the article as part ...
  • Scientists capitalize on extended solar eclipse

    ... Expedition Leader Jay Pasachoff, Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy at Williams and chair of the International Astronomical Union's Working Group on Solar Eclipses. "Everyone saw all the coronal ...
  • Surface features on Titan form like Earth's, but with a frigid twist

    ... to be presented at the XXVII General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Wind, rain, volcanoes, tectonics and other Earth-like ...
  • Tiny flares responsible for outsized heat of sun's atmosphere

    ... Center, Greenbelt, Md. on August 6 at the International Astronomical Union General Assembly meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. "Coronal loops are the fundamental building ...

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