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The RAS at 200: celebrating our bicentenary

In 2020 the Royal Astronomical Society will be 200 years old. We want our bicentenary to be a celebration for everyone connected to the RAS: our Fellows, our staff, and the organisations we work with. Over the next 12 months we will be organising a…

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Building Closure

The RAS building will be closed on Friday 20th and from Tuesday 24 December, re-opening at 9:30 on Friday 3 January. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Digital rendering of the Sentinel-1 satellite in orbit, projecting a radar beam onto the Earth.

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Space-based radar suggests North Korean nuke equivalent to '17 Hiroshimas…

North Korea withdrew from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 2003. It subsequently developed nuclear weapons, with five underground nuclear tests culminating in a suspected thermonuclear explosion (a hydrogen bomb) on 3...

Hyper-fast star ejected by supermassive black hole

Galactic fountains and carousels: order emerging from chaos

National Astronomy Meeting 12-17 July 2020: save the date!

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The RAS at 200: celebrating our bicentenary

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National Astronomy Meeting 12-17 July 2020: save the date!

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Stormy cluster weather could unleash black hole power and explain lack of cosmic cooling

Events and Dates for the Diary

Dec 2019

X-ray Astrophysics from XMM-Newton to Athena: The heritage of XMM and opportunities of Athena

Friday, 13 of December 2019 - 10:00

RAS Meetings

Dec 2019

Cometary science with Rosetta: Striking, timely, and more to come!

Friday, 13 of December 2019 - 10:00

RAS Meetings

Dec 2019

RAS Ordinary Meeting

Friday, 13 of December 2019 - 16:00

RAS Meetings

Dec 2019

Small stellar systems, big astrophysical questions

Tuesday, 17 of December 2019 - 13:00

RAS Public Lectures and Events

December 2019

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Space-based radar suggests North Korean nuke equivalent to '17 Hiroshimas…

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