The Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing is organizing the 19th Summer School entitled "The Universe, and the latest discoveries" from 1 to 3 September 2014 for students attending the last two years of high-school, in the…

The observing schedule for the period August-October 2014 is now available on the Helmos Observatory site, along with the list of approved proposals.

The Hellenic Astronomical Society (Hel.A.S.), in collaboration with the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) and the Research Center for Astronomy and Applied Mathematics (RCAAM) of the Academy of Athens, under the initiative to offer knowledge and scientific training to the…

Discover science in everyday life in the 1st Athens Science Festival. From 30 April to 4 May in the Technopolis City of Athens, the first Athens Science Festival invites you to explore the science around you. It is organized by…

The Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications, and Remote Sensing of the National Observatory of Athens is pleased to announce the 2014 Call for Proposals for the 2.3m Aristarchos telescope. The observing period is between August 1st 2014 and October…

This public outreach activity of IAASARS and the National Observatory of Athens targets schools of the Athens metro area that can not bring their students to the Visitor Center of Penteli. It offers the possibility to host for a day…

On Monday, January 27th, at 1pm, IAASARS held its vasilopita cutting ceremony on the occasion of the New Year. Over 50 members of the Institute celebrated the New Year with the traditional cutting of the vasilopita, followed by a luncheon.

Launched on 19 December 2013, Gaia reached its nominal operating position on January 15, 2014. The spacecraft orbits around the L2 Lagrangian point which is located 1.5 million kilometers beyond the Earth, along the Sun-Earth line in the direction opposite…

IAASARS/NOA through the research project FORSPEF (FORecasting Solar Particle Events and Flares), funded by the European Space Agency ( ESA ), will develop an application that will provide real- time forecasts of solar flares and solar energetic particle events. The…