IYA2009 Features

GalileoMobile: New IYA2009 Special Project: GalileoMobile is an itinerant science education project bringing the Year of Astronomy to young underprivileged people across South America, to foster a will of learning by exciting wonder about our Universe.

An amazing week for astronomy: There are many incredible events occurring during the International Year of Astronomy 2009, but this week in particular has seen a flurry of high-profile astronomy stories!

The International Year of Astronomy is bound for space : The launch of the IYA2009 logo and motto with Herschel and Planck is just one of the many activities in which ESA is participating in recognition of the International Year of Astronomy 2009.

ESA announces workshop for science teachers: The European Space Agency invites teachers of science at secondary school to register to attend a Galileo Teacher Training Program Workshop to be held at the NEMO Science Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from 29 June to 1 July 2009.

United Nations support space science education: The UN Office for Outer Space Affairs has congratulated staff and students on the successful conclusionn of the Sixth Postgraduate Course on Space and Atmospheric Science at the UN-affiliated Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP). The Course is a contribution to IYA2009, and emphasises the importance of education and research in astronomy and space science.

2009: A year full of astronomical stamps! : IYA2009 promises to have a number of astronomy related items released. Especially so since the annual PostEurop EUROPA series (with its 40+ member agencies) has selected "Astronomy" as its theme.

Third Falakyati Mela in Okara, Pakistan: More than 1,500 attendees, an hour of presentation and another for live lunar and planetary views, extremely enthusiastic students with their parents and teachers, very well organized and publicized..and a wonderful host! This is the KSS’ third Falakyati Mela in the city of Okara. Those who were there, would agree that we will probably not see any better this whole year.

IYA2009 Boosts GLOBE at Night to Record Number of Dark-Skies Observations: The global citizen-science campaign GLOBE at Night 2009 recorded 80 percent more observations of the world's dark skies than the program's previous record-including double the number of digital measurements-thanks in large part to active participation and publicity from the network of 140 countries currently celebrating the International Year of Astronomy 2009

Touching the Edge of the Universe: world premiere: ESA will present the world premiere of Touching the Edge of the Universe, a stunning new planetarium show, starting 7 May 2009 at 30 planetaria in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.