11 August 2026 Registration is open for the 6th Testing Gravity conference at SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver, January 27-30, 2027. Like the previous meetings in this series, TG2027 will feature the latest updates from the gravitational wave detectors, laboratory tests, cosmological surveys and other experiments, as well as discussions of recent theoretical advances. Testing Gravity remains a topical theme because of the unexplained nature of Dark Matter and Dark Energy and t

12 August 2026 The CASCA/ACURA Thirty Meter Telescope Advisory Committee (CATAC) and the CASCA Ground-based Astronomy Committee (GAC) have completed the consolidation of the Very Large Optical/Infrared Telescope (VLOT) survey results and their deliberations on all available information, resulting in the following recommendations: 1. Following the majority view expressed in the survey responses, together with subsequent deliberations by CATAC and GAC, including the inform

11 August, 2026 Dear Gemini Users, A reminder: the Fast Turnaround (FT) proposal deadline is at the end of this month, 31 August, at 12:00 (noon) Hawai'i Standard Time. Accepted proposals will be active in the queue from 1 October to 31 December 2026. Proposals for both Gemini North and Gemini South will be accepted this month. This is the third FT Call of 2026B. As of last month, Canada had 18.8 hours of nominal (80%-ile) time on North, and 12.2 hours on South. Availabl