Science Ascend - Biannual Scientific Journal

Biannual journal of FIRE Araştırma Eğitim Ltd. Şti. on recent research in astronomy/astrophysics, relevant developments, key upcoming conferences and interesting focus articles, as well as interviews with key people.

This page presents the flagship journal of FIRE-AE, Science Ascend! Science Ascend reviews selected topics from the previous six month in astrophysics , provides key information on upcoming confereces/workshops, focus articles on hot topics in space and astrophysics, as well as conducts and publish interviews with key people.



Science Ascend Volume 3 Issue 1: January, 2026

Science Ascend Volume 3 Issue 1: January, 2026

Science Ascend Volume 2 Issue 1: July, 2025

Science Ascend Volume 2 Issue 1: July, 2025 (The first biannual issue)

Science Ascend Issue 10: November 11, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 10: November 11, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 9: November 04, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 9: November 04, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 8: October 28, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 8: October 28, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 7: October 21, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 7: October 21, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 6: October 14, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 6: October 14, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 5: October 7, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 5: October 07, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 4: September 30, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 4: September 30, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 3: September 23, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 3: September 23, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 2: September 16, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 2: September 16, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 1: September 09, 2024

Science Ascend Issue 1: September 09, 2024

Conferences, Workshops, and Schools

Below is a living table of astronomy workshops, conferences, symposiums, and schools.

Conference Subm. Deadline Appl. Deadline Decision Start End Fee Virtual Capacity Audience Contact
GMAP Winter School 1/21/2026 26-Jan-2630-Jan-26 Europlanet MembershipFully Online Europlanet Membersinfo@planetarymapping.eu
Astroinformatics 2026 2/9/20262/9/2026 23-Feb-2627-Feb-26 220–550 Euros Everyoneai-2026@uni-koeln.de
The 3rd International Online Conference on Universe (IOCU 2026) 12/17/20251/12/2026 4-Mar-266-Mar-26 FreeFully Online iocu2026@mdpi.com
APS Global Physics Summit 15-Mar-2620-Mar-26 75–1325 USDHybrid Everyone
Exploring the Intersection of Science and Instrumentation with ERIS and HARMONI 1/16/20262/16/2026 16-Mar-2618-Mar-26 Everyonerdave@ed.ac.uk
Ariel: Science, Mission & Community 2026 2/15/2026 17-Mar-2619-Mar-26 275–350 EuroNo Everyoneopenconference2026@arielmission.space
RAPID Response: Hot-wiring the Next Generation of Time-Domain Science 1/14/20263/20/2026 23-Mar-2627-Mar-26 FreeHybrid Relevant professionals
THESEUS CONFERENCE 2026 – Transient High Energy Sky and Early Universe Surveyor 1/31/20261/15/20262/10/2026 24-Mar-2626-Mar-26 320–400 EuroNo Everyoneenrico.bozzo@unige.ch
Amplitudes, Strong-Field Gravity and Resummation 1/31/2026 7-Apr-2617-Apr-26 Mostly PhDsevent@nordita.org
Tracking the evolution of planetary systems and planets 1/15/2026 15-Apr-2622-Apr-26 FreeNo COST European countries memberswgeppert@fysik.su.se
ISGAC 2026 1/15/20264/20/2026 20-Apr-2622-Apr-26 299–1099 USDNo isgac@spectrumconferences.com
Massive Black Hole Spin Workshop 1/19/20261/19/2026 21-Apr-2624-Apr-26 Hybrid sopa.events@ed.ac.uk
EGU General Assembly 1/15/2026 3-May-268-May-26 160–525 EuroHybrid Everyone
Astrobiology Science Conference AbSciCon 2026 1/14/2026 17-May-2622-May-26 TBDHybrid Everyonehttps://forms.agu.org/contact-us/
Traversing the Galactic Center in Space and Time 1/15/20264/30/2026 18-May-2622-May-26 350–400 EuroNo Everyoneinfo.gc2026@muni.cz
The Olympian Symposium 2026 – The Evolution of ISM Across Cosmic Times 1/30/20264/30/2026 18-May-2622-May-26 300–490 EuroNo Everyonetbisbas@zhejianglab.com
Multi-wavelength approach to the AGN structures 1/31/2026 18-May-2622-May-26 15000–40000 JPYNo120 Everyonetorus2026_loc@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Nordic Baltic Astronomy Days 1/31/2026 26-May-2629-May-26 100–150 Euro Nordic-Baltic Graduates and beyond
CITE@40 Conference 27-May-2629-May-26
GALACTIC BARS, BULGES AND DISKS 1-Jun-265-Jun-26 info@astrolipari2026.com
Zoom-in Views of Galaxy Disks Across Cosmic Time: Bridging Simulations and Observations 1/10/2026 1-Jun-2619-Jun-26 Hybrid event@nordita.org
The X-Ray Universe 2026 2/20/20266/5/2026 8-Jun-2611-Jun-26 Everyonexru2026@cosmos.esa.int
CMF2IMF? THE ORIGIN OF THE STELLAR INITIAL MASS FUNCTION 1/31/20263/11/20262/25/2026 8-Jun-2612-Jun-26 EveryoneCMF2IMF@eso.org
CASCA MIL 2026 9-Jun-2611-Jun-26
Solar Wind 17 3/16/20262/28/2026 14-Jun-2619-Jun-26 550–850 GBPNo Everyone
CESRA 2026 4/12/2026 15-Jun-2619-Jun-26 TBD More European focusedsamuel.krucker@fhnw.ch
Cool Stars 23 15-Jun-2619-Jun-26 coolstars23tokyo@gmail.com
WE-Heraeus-Seminar: Galactic Frontiers 2026 3/11/20263/11/2026 15-Jun-2618-Jun-26 FreeNo
High Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology in the era of all-sky surveys 3/31/20265/10/2026 15-Jun-2619-Jun-26 150–300 EuroNo Everyoneheacoss2026@gmail.com
AstroTech Summer School 2/2/2026Late March, 2026 22-Jun-2626-Jun-26 FreeNo Undergrads and Grads in Astronomy, CompSci, Physics, or Engineering (US)astrotech@ucsc.edu
FornaX collaboration meeting 2026 4/20/2026 22-Jun-2627-Jun-26 100 EuroNo mpierre@cea.fr, ekoulouridis@noa.gr
Simulation Based Inference for Galaxy Evolution 2026 3/2/20265/22/2026 23-Jun-2626-Jun-26 TBDNo
Exoplanets 6 1/31/20266/1/2026 29-Jun-263-Jul-26 750–900 EuroNo
European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting 1/31/20261/31/2026 29-Jun-263-Jul-26 eas2026@kuonitumlare.com
Supermassive Black Holes and Blue Notes 2/15/20264/1/20263/15/2026 29-Jun-263-Jul-26 Everyone
CosPA2026 and ACGRG13 joint 3/10/2026 6-Jul-2610-Jul-26 TBDNo acgrgcospa2026@gmail.com
TASC10/KASC17 6-Jul-2610-Jul-26
How Stars Move Around and What They Tell Us About Galaxies’ Masses 3/2/2026 6-Jul-2610-Jul-26 200–350 Euro galaxydynamics2026@eso.org
AGN FEEDBACK ACROSS ALL SCALES AND TIME 1/15/20264/15/2026 6-Jul-2610-Jul-26 Hybrid Everyoneagn-faast@eso.org
Exploring the Aromatic Universe in the JWST Era TBDTBD 6-Jul-2610-Jul-26 TBDTBD Everyonearomaticuniverse1@gmail.com
High-Resolution Exoplanet and Stellar Characterization Today and in the ELT Era 1/15/20265/15/20263/6/2026 6-Jul-2610-Jul-26 75–405 EuroNo Everyonehors3s@granadacongresos.com
Photometric Surveys of Southern Stars 7/12/2026 12-Jul-2617-Jul-26 0–7250 ZARNo Delegates and Studentscheryl@singergroup.co.za
Dark Matter and Stars: Multi-Messenger Probes of Dark Matter and Modified Gravity 5/30/20266/12/2026 13-Jul-2615-Jul-26 TBDNo Everyoneicdms26@soton.ac.uk
Debris Disk Connections 3/22/20266/15/2026 13-Jul-2617-Jul-26 TBDTBD TBD
Gravitational Lensing at the turning point: Current Discoveries, New Frontiers 13-Jul-2617-Jul-26 350 EuroNo Everyone
New Frontiers in Strong Gravity IV 19-Jul-2631-Jul-26
2026 Sagan Summer Workshop Exoplanets with Roman Surveys: Microlensing and Transits mid July-2026 20-Jul-2624-Jul-26 Free EveryoneSagan_Workshop@ipac.caltech.edu
UK & Ireland Accretion Discs Meeting 2026 20-Jul-2622-Jul-26 taj30@cam.ac.uk
ESO SUMMER SCHOOL WRITING AND COMMUNICATING YOUR SCIENCE 6/14/2026 20-Jul-2624-Jul-26 150 EurosNo Everyonescientific_writing_26@eso.org
Near Field Cosmology in the Era of Big Data: Local Group and Beyond 3/1/20265/15/20264/1/2026 20-Jul-2624-Jul-26 150–250 CADNo Everyone
Discs on the Exe TBDTBDTBD 27-Jul-2631-Jul-26 TBDTBD TBD
COSPAR 2026 2/13/20265/17/2026 1-Aug-269-Aug-26 240–990 EuroHybrid Everyonecospar.loc2026@inaf.it
24th European Workshop on White Dwarfs 4/20/20267/25/20265/30/2026 3-Aug-267-Aug-26 TBDHybrid Everyoneeurowd-2026@ista.ac.at
Substellar Astrophysics 2/15/20262/15/20263/1/2026 10-Aug-2614-Aug-26 300–400 EuroNo Everyonesubstellar@iac.es
Rise_Time 2026: Explosive Astrophysics in the Era of High-Cadence Astronomy TBDTBDTBD 12-Aug-2614-Aug-26 FreeNo Everyoneabigail@purdue.edu
IAU Symposium 408: Unraveling the joint lives of Stars and Exoplanets TBDTBDTBD 17-Aug-2621-Aug-26 TBDTBDTBD TBDiaus408@uliege.be
Cologne-Bonn Symposium on the habitats of massive stars across cosmic time 4/15/20266/30/2026 17-Aug-2621-Aug-26 TBDTBDTBD TBD
Listening to the Cosmos: New Frontiers in Gravitational Wave Physics 4/30/2026 24-Aug-2626-Sep-26 andrea.mitridate@nanograv.org, michele.redi@fi.infn.it
Tidal Disruption Events and Nuclear Transients in Crete vol. 2 TBDTBDTBD 24-Aug-2628-Aug-26 350–450 EuroNoTBD TBD
Spectral-Timing-Polarimetry in the eXTP Era 3/1/20266/1/20264/1/2026 31-Aug-262-Sep-26 250–300 EuroNo Everyoneextp2026@gmail.com
Cosmic Dust 5/10/20265/10/20265/31/2026 31-Aug-264-Sep-26 12000 JPYNo50 Everyonedust-inquiries@cps-jp.org
Clouds over the Pyrenes 1/15/20265/1/20263/1/2026 6-Sep-2619-Sep-26 450 EuroNo50 Everyoneoscar.jimenez_arranz@fysik.lu.se
Building Galaxies from Scratch: Advances and Challenges in Simulating Galaxy Evolution 4/15/20267/15/20266/1/2026 7-Sep-2611-Sep-26 TBDTBDTBD Everyonebugs2026-request@mpia-hd.mpg.de
Building Blocks of Cosmic Structure – AG Annual Meeting 2026 5/31/2026TBDTBD 7-Sep-2611-Sep-26 TBDHybridTBD Everyoneag2026@astronomische-gesellschaft.de
17th European VLBI Network Symposium and Users' Meeting 5/31/20269/1/2026 14-Sep-2618-Sep-26 375–390 PoundsNo~200 Everyoneevn-symposium.2026@manchester.ac.uk
IAC 2026 2/28/2026TBDTBD 5-Oct-269-Oct-26 TBDTBDTBD Everyoneinfo@iac2026.org
SPAICE 2026 3/1/2026TBD6/1/2026 19-Oct-2623-Oct-26 TBD spaice.conference@gmail.com
The 1st International Online Conference on Symmetry 5/24/202610/15/20266/21/2026 20-Oct-2622-Oct-26 FreeFully Online Everyoneiocsym2026@mdpi.com
Star Clusters as Guides to Galaxies – IAU Symposium 411 TBDTBDTBD 22-Nov-2627-Nov-26 TBDTBDTBD TBD
IAU General Assembly 2027 10-Aug-2719-Aug-27 iauinfos@iap.fr

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