The Europlanet Northern Europe Hub is pleased to announce the launch of the Liisi Oterma Medal, a new award created to recognise and celebrate outstanding contributions by women in planetary science and astronomy across the Nordic-Baltic region. The medal is named after Liisi Oterma (1915–2001), the Finnish astronomer and pioneer in the study of comets…
The Association of Spanish Scientists in the Baltic Countries (ACEBaltic) announced the First Edition of the Antonia Ferrín Moreiras Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Astronomy and Astrophysics. The award honors the legacy of Dr Antonia Ferrín Moreiras, a pioneer of astronomy in Spain, and recognizes outstanding doctoral research carried out at universities in…
The Association of Spanish Scientists in the Baltic Countries (ACEBaltic) is pleased to announce the First Edition of the Antonia Ferrín Moreiras Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Astronomy and Astrophysics in the Baltic Countries.This award honors the legacy of Prof. Dr Antonia Ferrín Moreiras, a pioneer of Astronomy as the first Spanish woman to be…
Dr. Kazimieras Černis, a researcher at the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy of the Faculty of Physics at Vilnius University (VU), named the asteroid in honour of St. Casimir, the first saint and patron saint of Lithuania.