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EAS News
EAS Annual Meeting, 23-27 June, 2025, Cork, Ireland
The 2025 EAS Annual Meeting in Cork is approaching quickly. The total number of accepted abstracts is 2509, including: 164 invited talks, 952 contributed talks, 480 ePosters with a short presentation and 913 ePosters. In addition, during the week of the conference, we will have an excellent opportunity to listen to 6 plenary talks, 6 prize award talks and ceremonies. This year the EAS Annual Meeting will provide a platform to discuss the science vision of European astronomy beyond 2040. You can find the programme overview with all sessions, their invited speakers and their scientific organising committee members (SOC) on the meeting webpage. On Tuesday evening, Robert Nemiroff will deliver a public talk on 30 years of Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD).
Currently, we expect 1500 participants in person and about 500 virtual.
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All Plenary Sessions and Symposia will be streamed, including interdisciplinary special sessions such as SS47: Beyond awareness: Reducing the carbon footprint of European astronomy, and SS48: European-African collaboration for the construction and support of existing and future African astronomical facilities. The
online platform for the ePosters will remain available for a month after the conference. Eighty students and young scientists from Europe and beyond will be volunteering at the meeting. We are also delighted that childcare services will be available.
We are extremely thankful to our sponsors and exhibitors sponsors and exhibitors, together with EAS Organisational Members, they offer a precious and instrumental contribution towards the success of the EAS 2025 conference. Looking forward to seeing you all in Cork very soon!
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Awardees of the 2025 EAS Prizes for senior researchers
Each year outstanding science achievements in European astronomy are celebrated with awards to scientists involved in ground-breaking advances. This year the EAS committees selected the awardees for the Tycho Brahe Medal, Lodewijk Woltjer Lecture, and Jocelyn Bell Burnell Inspiration Medal. The winners are:
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1) The 2025 Tycho Brahe Medal is awarded to Dr Karl-Friedrich Schuster from IRAM, France, for his many contributions leading to advances in technology for millimeter astronomy and his leading role in enabling the ambitious NOEMA (Northern Extended Millimeter Array) upgrade.
2) The 2025 Lodewijk Woltjer Lecture is awarded to Prof. Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard from Aarhus University, Denmark,
for his pioneering work and impact in the fields of helio- and asteroseismology.
3) The 2025 Jocelyn Bell Burnell Inspiration Medal is awarded to the
arXiv platform for its impact on astrophysical research thanks to the open, free and world-wide distribution of scientific articles.
The winners, or representatives thereof, will receive their prizes and give plenary lectures at the EAS 2025 meeting in Cork.
The 2025 MERAC Prizes for the Best Early Career Researchers
Each year the EAS, in collaboration with the MERAC foundation, awards prizes to recognise and support young astronomers. One year early career researchers (ECR) are awarded, and the second year - the best PhD thesis.
This year the MERAC Prizes go to ECR in the traditional three categories as follows:
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The Theoretical Astrophysics prize goes to Prof. Johan Samsing from Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen University, Denmark, for his seminal contributions to the understanding of how binary black holes merge in the Universe.
The Observational Astrophysics award is given to Dr Matt Nicholl from Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom, for his work on explosive transients, compact object mergers and tidal disruption events.
The New Technologies (Multi-messenger) prize goes to Dr Katharine Mulrey from Radboud University, the Netherlands, for her work on the detection of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos through their radio signals.
They will all receive their prize and give a plenary lecture at the EAS 2025 meeting in Cork.
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EAS has a New Organizational Member at the Affiliate level: Europlanet
Europlanet
is a non-profit international association, registered in Belgium, that aims to promote the advancement of planetary science for the benefit of the community.
Europlanet was established through a series of projects funded by the European Commission (EC) between 2005 and 2024, aiming to create infrastructure, services and networks to support the planetary science community in Europe and globally.
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Europlanet connects researchers and infrastructure from five continents, fostering new connections and research collaborations. Their core services include transnational access to facilities, virtual access services and tools, training and other services to support the community. Their 10 Regional Hubs build stronger networks of academics and industry related to planetary science and exploration at regional and national levels. The Europlanet Early Career (EPEC) network is organised by early-career researchers, for early-career researchers, and includes volunteers from across the Europlanet international community. An active Discord community facilitates discussion, highlights job opportunities, and provides multiple ways to engage with peers. The Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) is Europe's largest annual meeting on planetary science, regularly attracting 1200 participants, and serves as an international showcase for the planetary community.
Europlanet is governed by an elected Executive Board and our activities are supported by Committees and Working Groups drawn from our membership. Currently, we have around 450 active individual members and 10 organisational members (with the aim of reaching 20 by the end of the year).
EAS is looking forward to joining actions with new organisational affiliate member Europlanet.
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Affiliated Societies: Czech Astronomical Society
The Czech Astronomical Society (CAS) was founded in 1917 and aims to support the development of astronomy in Czechia, the collaboration between professional and amateur astronomers, and public outreach of astronomy. Most of the current 700 members are amateurs, and many of them are involved in research in time-domain and solar-system astronomy. For example, in 2024, the Variable Star and Exoplanet Section organized an international professional-amateur meeting on binary stars. On the professional astronomy side, CAS is responsible for maintaining connections with the IAU and EAS and supports the profession by awarding several prizes for research and outreach achievements.
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Major outreach efforts of CAS include running a website on astronomy news in the Czech language (astro.cz), organization of the Astronomical Olympiad, astrophotography contests, specialized bulletins and newsletters, and organization of seminars, expeditions, and other group events. CAS is also actively involved in addressing light pollution in the country. Many of these activities are conducted in collaboration with a dense domestic network of public observatories and planetaria.
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Affiliated Societies: Polish Astronomical Society
The Polish Astronomical Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Astronomiczne, PTA) was founded in 1923 in Toruń as an organization of professional astronomers. It is a modern, scientific society with around 300 members at present. The PTA organizes the Meetings of the Polish Astronomical Society, which are major conferences held in various astronomical institutes all over the country every two years. PTA awards three prizes every two years and announces them during the Opening Ceremony of the meetings. The most prestigious prize is the Medal of Bohdan Paczyński awarded for outstanding achievements in astronomy. The Medal of Włodzimierz Zonn is awarded for outstanding achievements in communicating astronomy and science popularisation. The third award is the Youth Prize which is awarded to young scientists. The PTA has published the Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society since 2014.
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The Polish Astronomical Society is also very active in communicating astronomy. It is a publisher of the Urania magazine (together with the Polish Society of Amateur Astronomers, PTMA), which is one of the oldest in the world among popular astronomy magazines. The Urania editorial office also maintains the website, the largest Polish website about astronomy and space with a monthly audience of around 100,000 users.
The PTA is also a producer of the TV documentary series Astronarium which started in 2014. 189 episodes of Astronarium have been produced until 2024. The movie shows modern astronomical and space topics, explained by scientists and engineers. All Astronarium episodes are broadcast in the Polish Television (TVP), and are also available in YouTube.
The Polish Astronomical Society also publishes books, for example about the history of astronomy in Poland and biographies of astronomers. One of the latest books is Astronomical Guide to Poland which is an astro-tourism guide to sites in Poland related to astronomy and space. There is also a study about Polish astronomical institutes, centres and facilities, under the title
Polish Astronomical Facilities, with an English version also available.
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