The Ceylon Astronomical Association which was founded in June 1959, (later known as Sri Lanka Astronomical Association) and now revived as the Astronomical Association of Lanka (AALK) is a not-for-profit association founded by Sir Arthur C. Clarke and late Herschel Gunawardene.

It is for the purpose of pursuing the study of astronomy and promoting the education of astronomy and related sciences. The revived Association’s goals would include usage of internet to carry research on astronomy and related sciences among university students and others.

Ceylon Astronomical Association has a quite a bit of history to narrate. Please refer to History and About Us pages for more information.

SLAA monthly lecture - Our Search for Cosmic Origins by Prof. Chandra Wickramasinghe.

The monthly lecture series of Sri Lanka Astronomical Association will be launched with the lecture: Our Search for Cosmic Origins by Prof. Chandra Wickramasinghe – astronomer and director of Cardiff Center for Astrobiology.
The lecture will argue that there is compelling evidence for the theory that life emerged in a cosmic context and was distributed throughout the Universe from a single event of origination.
Astronomical and biological evidence will be presented to support the thesis that "we are aliens".
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Guest Lecture: Our Search for Cosmic Origins
Speaker: Prof. Chandra Wickramasinghe
Director, Cardiff Center for Astrobiology
Carduff University, Wales, UK
Date: 4th March 2010
Time: 11am – 12noon
Venue: ENTC-1, Dept. of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa
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For more information please contact Thilina Heenatigala; General Secretary of Sri Lanka Astronomical Association at 0716 245 545

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