International Year of Astronomy 2009 raises millions of eyes to the skies : As the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) reaches its six-month milestone, over a million people have already looked at the sky through a telescope for the first time, and even more have newly engaged in astronomy.

Call for proposals for free Galileoscopes: The IYA2009 invites countries, organisations and individuals to submit calls for proposals for free Galieoscopes. This call is solely intended to countries organisations or individuals who were not able to afford their own Galileoscopes.

IYA2009 Presentations: The IYA2009 Secretariat has prepared several presentations that outline some of the main topics of the IYA2009, namely: Astronomy Highlights during IYA2009; What is Astronomy? and recently a presentation about the main astronomical achievements during 1609, year that was indeed a historic year for astronomy!

Galilean Nights: Galilean Nights will see amateur and professional astronomers around the globe taking to the streets and pointing their telescopes to the wonders that Galileo observed 400 years ago.

The Cosmic Diary is six months old today!: Thanks to the dedication of the Cosmic Diary bloggers, the site now has over 1000 posts and almost 100 000 visitors.

The latest IYA2009 Brochure is now out! : TheIYA2009 Brochure version 4 is now out! Latest information about IYA2009 Cornerstone Projects, Special projects, Task Groups and the Global project.

Worldwide broadcast for July’s solar eclipse: To allow astronomers and the public all around the world to witness this spectacle eclipse, the Chinese Astronomical Society, supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, will be hosting a live broadcast of the 2009 eclipse.

IYA2009 Twitter feed reaches over 3000 followers: The official IYA2009 Twitter feed, @astronomy2009, now has over 3000 followers. This is a great success for the venture, and the number is set to increase even more.

The International Conference of Young Astronomers: Scientific meeting of undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students of astronomy and physics as well as more advanced astronomers.

IYA2009 News Round-up: IYA2009 is making some headlines!