The life and death of stars
- © NASA/ESA/ESO/Wolfram Freudling et al. (STECF)
- From the Ashes of the First Stars
2009 is the International Year of Astronomy. In the Natural Sciences' quarterly journal, Brazilian astronomer Beatriz Barbuy reveals some of the secrets of the life – and death – of stars, including how to tell their approximate age and what fate lies in store for the Earth as our own Sun ages. (More)
Photo Gallery
Two astrophysicists win Kalinga Prize for Popularization of Science
Galilean Nights: 22 - 24 October 2009
South Eastern European Practical School on Spectroscopy for Young Researchers
Astrophysics & Astrodynamics in the Balkan Countries
International symposium “Astronomy and its Instruments. Before and After Galileo”
Telescope donation from Explore Scientific
Second Iberoamerica Graduate School of Astrobiology: Origins from the Big Bang to Civilizations
21st Century longest solar eclipse
"Cosmos" - a journey to the ends of the Universe
12th Marcel Grossmann Meeting
The essential is invisible to our eyes
George Fitzgerald Smoot, Nobel laureat in physics
Dark Side of the Universe: Toward a New Cosmological Paradigm
IYA2009: At the Edge of Solar System
The Rôle of Astronomy in Society and Culture
Opening Ceremony: IYA2009
Press Conference: Launch of the International Year of Astronomy
Astronomy at the Crossroads of Science and Culture
"Sun Rings" with the Kronos Quartet
UNESCO Montevideo launches a website on the occasion of IYA2009
Catherine Cesarsky : This is the golden age of astronomy
UNESCO designated as the lead agency for the International Year of Astronomy 2009
