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Lund Observatory is a network of professionals in southern Sweden - mainly from Lund University, but also from Malmö University, The Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), as well as private companies and organizations - working within…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/lund-observatory- 2024-11-14

Astronomdagarna is a conference that gathers astronomers from across Sweden. It was held in Lund during October 2-4, 2024, with over 120 people attending.  The national conference Astronomdagarna is held every other year, with different…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/article/astronomdagarna-2024- 2024-10-08

A half-day conference of presentations and panel discussion. There are advanced, concrete plans to establish space stations on the Moon and Mars, and to set up mining industries on asteroids and other celestial bodies. Countries new to the…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/EotW- 2024-10-17

End of the World 26 November 2024 Astronomdagarna2024 2 - 4 October 2024

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/Conferences- 2024-10-17

20 September 2025 11:00 to 23:30 | Event for children and young people Astronomers will be arranging several activities for the public on Culture Night.  11:00 - 16:00Planetarium shows starting every 20th minute (in Swedish):   "Ljusets…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/culture-night-2025- 2025-08-12

23 June 2025 16:30 to 18:00 | Exhibition The Lund University Planetarium will be hosting a Vera C Ruben Observatory First Light event on Monday June 23rd at 16:30.   This is a joint event together with ALVA and Astronomisk Ungdom. …

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/vera-c-ruben-first-light-event- 2025-06-16

2 September 2025 10:00 to 11:00 | Seminar Alice Mori, PhD student at Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy Abstract: In the hierarchical mass assembly framework, the accretion history of the Milky Way is crucial to understand its…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/chemical-decoding-kinematic-substructures-galactic-halo- 2025-09-01

29 October 2025 13:00 to 14:30 | Seminar Mark J. Reid, Senior Radio Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, part of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Abstract: The Bar and Spiral Structure Legacy (BeSSeL)…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/mapping-milky-way-3d- 2025-10-20

30 October 2025 15:00 to 17:00 | Lecture/talk The next Space Humanities Seminar in our series on evidence in astrobiology will be presented by Christopher Cowie, University of Durham, on Thursday 30th October at 15.00-17.00 CET. Abstract:…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/knowledge-eliminative-abduction-search-extraterrestrial-life- 2025-10-29

26 May 2026 10:00 to 29 May 2026 18:00 | Conference The Nordic and Baltic astronomical communities will be holding a joint international meeting next spring in Turku, Finland, 26th–29th May. The abstract submission deadline is on Jan 31st,…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/nordic-baltic-astronomy-days-2026- 2025-10-29

5 November 2025 15:00 to 17:00 | Seminar Space Humanities Seminar: Kajsa Törmä, Umeå University, will give a presentation with the title “Linguistic perspectives on outer space” Abstract: In this presentation, Kajsa Törmä discusses how…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/linguistic-perspectives-outer-space- 2025-11-03

26 November 2025 13:15 to 14:30 | Seminar Danielle de Brito Silva, Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University Abstract: Dwarf galaxies are excellent laboratories for studying galaxy evolution…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/chemical-abundances-fossil-records-dwarf-galaxy-evolution- 2025-11-11

16 March 2026 09:30 to 20 March 2026 15:00 | Lecture/talk There will be several talks about space research at the upcoming NMT days.   The NMT days are aimed at high school students and registration is required via www.nmt.lu.se. Astronomy…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/nmt-days- 2025-11-17

A new instrument on the four-metre VISTA telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile has recently captured its first starlight. This marks the beginning of a new era in astronomy, as researchers prepare to map the sky in…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/article/new-eye-universe-opens-chile- 2025-11-17

3 December 2025 15:00 to 17:00 | Seminar Space Humanities Seminar: Erik Persson, Department of Philosophy, Lund University, will give a presentation titled: ”The evidential value of biosignatures and the probability of life” Zoom link:…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/space-humanities-seminar-evidential-value-biosignatures-and-probability-life- 2025-12-01

17 December 2025 15:00 to 17:00 | Seminar The curious case of K2-18b: a story of promises and expectations On Wednesday, 17th December, it is time for the last Space Humanities Seminar of 2025.This time, Danilo Albergaria, Leiden…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/space-humanities-seminar- 2025-12-12

24 February 2026 15:15 to 16:00 | Seminar Neutron star mergers as laboratories for extreme physicsWith Dr. Stephan Rosswog, Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics, Hamburg Observatory, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/neutron-star-mergers-laboratories-extreme-physics- 2026-01-09

12 March 2026 13:15 to 14:00 | Seminar Lund Observatory Seminar given by Jonathan Tan from Chalmers. About the eventLocation:TBDContact:jens [dot] hoeijmakers [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se Save the event to your calendar

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/lund-observatory-seminar-jonathan-tan- 2026-03-05

21 April 2026 15:15 to 16:00 | Seminar  Seminar given by Dante Lauretta from LPI University of Arizona.  This is a joint Lund Observatory / Rydberg event. About the eventLocation:RydbergContact:jens [dot] hoeijmakers [at] fysik [dot] lu …

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/lund-observatoryrydberg-seminar-dante-lauretta- 2026-01-13

11 February 2026 15:00 to 17:00 | Seminar "Space Law – Astrobiology’s enabler (not spoiler)" The next Space Humanities Seminar will take place on Wednesday this week, 11th February 15.00-17.00 CET.Professor Kai Uwe Schrogl, former…

https://www.lundobservatory.lu.se/calendar/space-humanities-seminar-0- 2026-02-09