Names Released 2025

A few highlights of 2025: we released exactly 40 new star names and created info cards for them which were posted on our social media channels.

The above lists show a random selection. of names with the images of them produced for the public.

The distribution of the names we adopted from January to November is shown on the map below: There was an intentional focus on finding names in the northern hemisphere, as the cultural astronomers for the southern hemisphere (on Earth) need more time to secure their research.