Congratulations Yael Naze!

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I am very happy to know Dr. Yael Naze has won the EuroPlanet Outreach Award 2012 for her extraordinary involvement for astronomy outreach in different communities. You can find the full stay here.

Congratulations Yael, looking forward to hear more good news in coming days :)

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