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RAS voices concern over threats to US academic freedom

The Royal Astronomical Society has endorsed a statement highlighting "grave" concerns about threats to academic freedom and international research collaboration in the United States. It follows recent restrictions on science and...

Professor Jim Wild, of Lancaster University, has been elected as President-Elect of the Royal Astronomical Society.

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Space physicist becomes RAS President-Elect

A space physicist who studies the links between the Sun, the Earth and Mars has been elected as President-Elect of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). Professor Jim Wild, of Lancaster University, will serve in the role for 12...

A composite image of the RAS Bicentennial Quilt (left), a patch from the quilt depicting the Lovell Telescope (top right), its companion quilt (inset), a homage to astronomer Ellen Baker’s spectacular 1876 Solar System quilt, and a photo of two children in personalised hand-crafted Martian spacesuits, which will also be on display at Jodrell Bank's ‘A Stitch in Space Time’ summer exhibition.

RAS Bicentennial Quilts to go on display at Jodrell Bank

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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

Research Highlights

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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Announcements

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RAS voices concern over threats to US academic freedom

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Space physicist becomes RAS President-Elect

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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

Events and Dates for the Diary

May 2025

Fire and Fury: Volcano Diplomacy in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) - 1PM

Tuesday, 20 of May 2025 - 13:00

RAS Public Lectures and Events

May 2025

Fire and Fury: Volcano Diplomacy in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) - 6PM

Tuesday, 20 of May 2025 - 18:00

RAS Public Lectures and Events

Jul 2025

Friends of RAS (only) Dr Megan Argo

Thursday, 17 of July 2025 - 13:00

Friends of the RAS

Oct 2025

AGN-Driven Multiphase Outflows: Toward Consensus Between Theory and Observation

Friday, 10 of October 2025 - 10:30

RAS Meetings

May 2025

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
28	29	30	1	2	3	4

5	6	7	8	9	10	11
				Early science with Euclid Q1 Environmental and Agricultural Geophysics RAS AGM (Fellows Only) 2025 Presidential Lecture 2025
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
			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
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
	Fire and Fury: Volcano Diplomacy in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) - 1PM Fire and Fury: Volcano Diplomacy in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) - 6PM
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