Category archives: EAS 2021

P R E S S   R E L E A S E  European Astronomical Society (EAS)——————————————————————————1 July 2021 Powerful X-ray emission from supermassive black holes could destroy the cradles of star formation Most massive galaxies, fundamental structures composed of over 10 billion stars, host supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at their centers, which can produce very strong …

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P R E S S   R E L E A S E  European Astronomical Society (EAS)——————————————————————————1 July 2021 ‘There is No Planet B’ — 2,750 astronomers worldwide demand climate action More than 2,750 professional astronomers from 87 countries have signed an open letter released on Earth Day, 2021, recognizing that there is no ‘Planet B.’ They …

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P R E S S   R E L E A S E  European Astronomical Society (EAS)—————————————————————————————————29 June 2021 Green light given for construction of world’s largest radio telescope arrays At a historic meeting of its Council last week, the recently formed SKA Observatory (SKAO) saw its Member States approve the start of construction of the SKA …

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P R E S S  R E L E A S E  European Astronomical Society (EAS)—————————————————————————————28 June 2021 An appetizer to the all-sky banquet – first eROSITA X-ray data now released to the public  As announced during the 2021 meeting of the European Astronomical Society, the German eROSITA collaboration will release the first set of …

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P R E S S  R E L E A S E  European Astronomical Society (EAS) ————————————————————————————— 21 June 2021 Biggest ever annual meeting of the European Astronomical Society (EAS) kicks off June 28th – Public talk by Lord Martin Rees, UK’s Astronomer Royal  The annual meeting of the European Astronomical Society will take place …

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M E D I A  A N N O U N C E M E NT European Astronomical Society (EAS)—————————————————————————————26 April 2021 The annual meeting of the European Astronomical Society will take place online for the second year in a row, from 28 June – 2 July 2021, hosted by Leiden University/Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands. Due to pandemic …

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PRESS RELEASE  European Astronomical Society (EAS)—————————————————————————————————3 July 2020  New EAS Inspiration Prize for Contributions beyond Scientific Research The EAS Council has decided to award a new prize that will recognize astronomers whose contribution to the community goes beyond scientific research. The new prize has been announced by Prof. Roger Davies, President of the European Astronomical Society …

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PRESS RELEASE  European Astronomical Society (EAS)—————————————————————————————————2 July 2020 Discovery of a luminous galaxy reionizing the local intergalactic medium 13 billion years ago Astronomers have discovered a luminous galaxy caught in the act of reionizing its surrounding gas only 800 million years after the Big Bang. The research, led by Romain Meyer, PhD student at UCL in London, …

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PRESS RELEASE  European Astronomical Society (EAS)———————————————————————30 June 2020  Astronomy on Tap Going Virtual and Viral Astronomy on Tap (AoT), the world-wide outreach phenomenon, which has been conquering local pubs and the hearts of many people, has now gone virtual and viral. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions on public life, AoT satellites proactively moved their …

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PRESS RELEASE  European Astronomical Society (EAS)——————————————————————29 June 2020 Array of radio telescopes reveals explosion on the surface of a hot dead star An international group of researchers observed a source of variable gamma rays identified in 2010 by the NASA satellite Fermi. They used a technique called VLBI, that combines data from several radio telescopes …

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PRESS RELEASE  European Astronomical Society (EAS)———————————————————————29 June 2020 First measurement of spin-orbit alignment on planet Beta Pictoris b Astronomers have made the first measurement of spin-orbit alignment for a directly-imaged exoplanet, namely on the Beta Pictoris system. Beta Pictoris b is a 11 Jupiter-mass planet that orbits a young star on a similar orbit as Saturn …

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PRESS RELEASE European Astronomical Society (EAS)—————————————————————— 29 June 2020 The beautiful mess in Abell 2255 An international team of astrophysicists led by Andrea Botteon from Leiden University, the Netherlands, has shed light on one of the most intricate objects of the radio sky: the galaxy cluster Abell 2255. Thanks to the incredible detailed images obtained with the …

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EAS 2020: Biggest Online Astronomy Meeting of the Year Over 1600 astronomers and space scientists will gather online from 29 June – 3 July 2020, for the annual meeting of the European Astronomical Society (EAS). The virtual meeting will also host NAC 2020, from July 1-3: the 75th Conference of the Royal Netherlands Astronomy Society (NAC).  Due to Covid-19 the EAS decided …

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Media Announcement European Astronomical Society (EAS)—————————————————————————————————10 June 2020 Over 1500 astronomers and space scientists will gather online from 29 June – 3 July 2020, for the annual meeting of the European Astronomical Society (EAS). The virtual meeting will also host NAC 2020, from July 1-3: the 75th Conference of the Royal Netherlands Astronomy Society (NAC).  Due to Covid-19 the EAS decided …

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Tycho Brahe Medal The 2020 Tycho Brahe Medal is awarded to Prof. Stefano Vitale (University of Trento, Italy) for leading the LISA Pathfinder mission which has demonstrated with extraordinary precision the technology required for the future Laser Interferometer Space Antenna whose fundamental aim is to observe low frequency gravitational waves from space. Lodewijk Woltjer Lecture The 2020 …

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The European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting (formerly known as EWASS) will gather around 1200 astronomers and space scientists at the Event & Convention Center and Holiday Inn, 29 June – 3 July 2020. Hosting NAC 2020 (July 1-3, 2020), 75th Conference of the Royal Nederlandse Astronomenclub (NAC).