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RAS welcomes UK association to Horizon Europe and Copernicus

The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) welcomes today’s announcement of a deal to secure UK association to Horizon Europe, the €95.5 bn (£82 bn) European Union scientific research initiative, and to enable full UK access to data...

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Lord Rees and Professor Michele Dougherty win Royal Society medals

The Royal Astronomical Society congratulates Lord Rees of Ludlow, who has been awarded the Royal Society Copley Medal, and Professor Michele Dougherty of Imperial College London, who has won the Bakerian Medal and Lecture. The...

An artist's impression of a T Tauri star. The star appears in colours of red, purple, orange and yellow, and is obscured by dust clouds.

First observational evidence of gamma-ray emission in young Sun-like stars

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An image of a blue night sky with a single meteor visible in the centre of the frame.

Perseid meteor shower to light up August night sky

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An image of two merging galaxies. Both are light blue and cream in colour. Faint stars are seen in the background.

Galaxy mergers shed light on galactic evolution model

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An image showing two black wholes interacting in space - two black circles surrounded by stars and nebulae appear warped.

Using gravitational waves to hunt for dark matter

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An artist's impression of a black hole, a small black circular object surrounded by an orange disc of gas and material

Black hole ripples could help pin down expansion of Universe

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Four panels showing the stages of gravitational interactions between two black holes.

Quasar discs could host black hole collision events

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Announcements

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RAS welcomes UK association to Horizon Europe and Copernicus

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Lord Rees and Professor Michele Dougherty win Royal Society medals

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Call for Editor-in-Chief of GJI

Lancaster University interns win poster presentation for EDI summer project

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RAS Fellows Garry Hunt and Guy Hurst receive national honours

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Professor Nick Kaiser, 1954-2023

Events and Dates for the Diary

Oct 2023

Friends of RAS (only) Lecture, The Sun up close: results from the Solar Orbiter mission

Thursday, 12 of October 2023 - 13:00

Friends of the RAS

Oct 2023

Exploring a High-resolution Stabilised Spectroscopy Telescope Network

Friday, 13 of October 2023 - 10:30

RAS Meetings

Oct 2023

Geomagnetic Twin Satellites MSS-1: Progress and Future Plans

Friday, 13 of October 2023 - 10:30

RAS Meetings

Oct 2023

A&G Highlights Meeting - October 2023 Hybrid

Friday, 13 of October 2023 - 16:00

RAS Meetings

October 2023

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