BRICS Astronomy Working Group Meeting 2024 The 10th BRICS Astronomy Working Group (BAWG) Workshop and Meeting was hosted in hybrid format by Kazan Federal University, supported by the Russian Ministry…
BRICS Astronomy at the International Astronomical Union General Assembly!
The BRICS Astronomy community is thrilled to announce that they will be exhibiting at the 32nd International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly, held in Cape Town, South Africa! This is…
SAVE THE DATE: 10TH ANNUAL BRICS ASTRONOMY WORKSHOP
Please save the date for the 10th Annual BRICS Astronomy Working Group Workshop scheduled to take place on 9 – 13 September 2024 at the Kazan Federal University in Kazan City, Russia. …
BRICS Astronomy Magazine Issue 2
Press Release For Immediate Release The highly anticipated second edition of BRICS Astronomy magazine is now available for all to explore and enjoy. Following the success of the inaugural edition,…
Multi-messenger Astronomy in the BRICS Framework
The BRICS Programme focuses on two key areas: 1) the scientific advance, within the BRICS partners, of the rapidly expanding domain of wide-field multi-wavelength imaging sky surveys and the detection…
“Astronomy for a better world” session at the Science Forum South Africa
In this session we explore how the multiple facets of astronomy can be used as a tool for sustainable development. Modern astronomy tests the limits of our human ingenuity when…
The 9th Annual BRICS Astronomy Working Group Meeting
The 9th Annual BRICS Astronomy Working Group (BAWG) Workshop took place at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) in Cape Town, hosted by the Inter-University Institute for Data-Intensive Astronomy (IDIA)….
BRICS Astronomy Working Group Hackathon: Clustering Astronomical Data with Machine Learning
The BRICS Astronomy Working Group workshop was succeeded by a two-day hackathon held on 18 – 19 October 2023 at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) in Cape Town, South…
Empowering Dreams, Igniting Futures: Reflecting on the 3rd Annual Harry Gwala District Science Week
The 3RD Annual Harry Gwala District Science Week The 3rd annual Harry Gwala District Science Week was a truly heart-warming event that took place from the 15th to the 19th…
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Mission of the BRICS Astronomy Working Group
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The mission of the BRICS Astronomy Working Group is to promote cooperation between BRICS member countries in the field of astronomy and enabling technologies through joint activities of government, universities, research institutions, and industry, as relevant, to develop astronomical sciences, generate new knowledge, train human capital, develop new technologies and applications, and improve public understanding of science.