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Easter Closure 2025

The Royal Astronomical Society will be closed on Friday 18 th April and will re-open on Wednesday 23 rd April for Easter.

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Video: How and when to see Lyrid meteor shower

Stargazers will have a chance to enjoy one of the oldest known meteor showers over the next week, as the Lyrids bring their fast and bright 'shooting stars' to the night sky. Although not as plentiful as the Perseids in August or...

The final SPIRE Dark Field image map created by combining the Blue (250 micrometres), Green (350 micrometres) and Red (500 micrometres) SPIRE camera channels together, each channel stacking a total of 141 individual images on top of each other.

'Hidden galaxies' could be smoking gun in universe riddle

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Computational astrophysicist awarded RAS Research Fellowship

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Video: How and when to see partial solar eclipse from UK

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The giant radio jets stretching six million light-years across and an enormous supermassive black hole at the heart of spiral galaxy J23453268−0449256, as imaged by the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope.

Cosmic anomaly hints at frightening future for Milky Way

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This image shows examples of gravitational lenses that Euclid captured in its first observations of the Deep Field areas.

UK science uncovers mysteries of dark universe with Euclid data

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From left to right, Professor Dr Michael Kramer, former President of the German Astronomical Society, Professor Isobel Hook, Lancaster University, Professor Mike Lockwood, President of the Royal Astronomical Society, and Miguel Berger, German Ambassador to the UK.

Supernovae 'pioneer' receives Caroline Herschel Medal

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Professor Dr Karl Martin Menten, 1957-2024

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GJI Student Paper Award Winners 2024

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MNRAS Student Prize

Four circles of images of constellations, William, Caroline and John Herschel.

Astronomy through the Herschels

Image from the Solar Dynamics Observatory mission of the solar disk with multiple sunspots, which appear dark compared with their surroundings. Credit: HMI/SDO/NASA

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Solar activity likely to peak next year, new study suggests

Artist's impression of the Cassini spacecraft near to Saturn..JPG

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Using eclipses to calculate the transparency of Saturn’s rings

Events and Dates for the Diary

May 2025

Environmental and Agricultural Geophysics

Friday, 09 of May 2025 - 10:30

RAS Meetings

May 2025

Early science with Euclid Q1

Friday, 09 of May 2025 - 10:30

RAS Meetings

May 2025

RAS AGM (Fellows Only) and Presidential Address 2025

Friday, 09 of May 2025 - 16:00

RAS Meetings

May 2025

Friends of RAS (only) Lecture: Realising the two largest radio telescopes in the world: update and timeline to science! Dr Shari Breen, Square Kilometre Array Observatory

Thursday, 15 of May 2025 - 13:00

Friends of the RAS

April 2025

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				Communicating astronomy at historic observatories Advancing Space Weather Forecasting: Bridging Gaps in Machine Learning April A&G Highlights Meeting
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	How Do Massive Stars Live and Die? - at 1PM How Do Massive Stars Live and Die? - at 6PM		Friends of RAS (only) Lecture: The Material Culture of Ancient Greek Astronomy Prof. James Evans, University of Puget Sound
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