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The University of St Andrews hosts one of the world's largest astronomy meetings this week.
One of the world's largest astronomy meetings will come to the UK for the first time next week when delegates from 26 countries gather at the University of St Andrews.
"Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun", held from Monday 21 July until Friday 25 July, will be attended by around 350 international astronomers.
The conference is the 15th in a long-standing series that has run since 1980, and will be the first held in the UK.
For citizens and visitors to St Andrews this week, a highlight of the meeting will be a free public lecture entitled "Habitable worlds: How common are they?" in the School of Physics and Astronomy at 8pm on Wednesday 23rd July.
For more information visit the conference webpage at http://star-www.st-andrews.ac.uk/coolstars15/