Dr. Alceste Bonanos, senior researcher at the Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing of the National Observatory of Athens, was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Commission. The project has a duration of 5 years, a budget…

On October 5th, both the 2.3-meter Aristarchos and 1.2-meter Kryoneri telescopes took part in observations of the occultation of Neptune's moon Triton, for a campaign led by Dr. Bruno Sicardy and the "Lucky Star" team of the Paris Observatory, France. The RISE2 fast-frame…

IAASARS/NOA is leading the research project ASPECS (Advanced Solar Particle Events Casting System), funded by the European Space Agency ( ESA ) that will develop an pre-operational web based tool which will advance the technology development of a Solar Particle…

The National Observatory of Athens and the Cultural Society of Youth in Kryoneri are hosting a public event for Asteroid Day 2017 on Friday, June 30 at Kryoneri Observatory. Starting at 8pm, visitors will be given a tour of the…

Using a system developed under an ESA contract, the Greek NELIOTA project has begun to detect flashes of light caused by small pieces of rock striking the Moon's surface. NELIOTA is the first system that can determine the temperature of…

On Tuesday, January 31st, at 1:30pm, IAASARS held its vasilopita cutting ceremony on the occasion of the New Year. Over 80 members of the Institute celebrated the New Year with the traditional cutting of the vasilopita, followed by a luncheon.

IAASARS is organizing the international citizen-science campaign "Globe at Night" in Greece in 2017. The campaign aims to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution by inviting citizen-scientists, and especially students, to measure & submit their own night…