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RAS Quilt Project - an update

The RAS bicentennial quilt project officially launched at the beginning of October 2019. Since then the society has: Hosted three stitching sessions at the offices in Burlington House where participants have worked on the solar system…

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UPDATE: Planetarium in central London for RAS bicentenary

***UPDATE Monday 17th February: We now expect the planetarium to be open from 10 a.m. on Tuesday 18th February*** The second half of February will see cutting-edge astrophysics and tours of the night sky come to the…

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Royal Mail stamps celebrate RAS bicentennial

Mary Somerville features in Google Doodle

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Coming this November: National Astronomy Week to mark best view of Mars until 2033

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Artist’s impression of gamma-ray burst with orbiting binary star

Stars need a partner to spin Universe’s brightest explosions

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Leading astronomers and geophysicists honoured in RAS bicentenary year

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

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

Research Highlights

Hyper-fast star ejected by supermassive black hole

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Announcements

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RAS Quilt Project - an update

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UPDATE: Planetarium in central London for RAS bicentenary

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Royal Mail stamps celebrate RAS bicentennial

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Mary Somerville features in Google Doodle

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Coming this November: National Astronomy Week to mark best view of Mars until 2033

Research Highlights

Stars need a partner to spin Universe’s brightest explosions

Events and Dates for the Diary

Feb 2020

Friends of the RAS (only) Lecture: The Secret Signal Hidden in Every Solar and Stellar Flare

Wednesday, 26 of February 2020 - 13:00

Friends of the RAS

Mar 2020

Novel astrophysical probes of dark matter

Friday, 13 of March 2020 - 9:30

RAS Meetings

Mar 2020

The near-Sun solar wind at solar minimum

Friday, 13 of March 2020 - 10:00

RAS Meetings

Mar 2020

RAS Ordinary Meeting

Friday, 13 of March 2020 - 16:00

RAS Meetings

February 2020

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				UK Solar System Atmospheres Community Meeting Galactic Disc and Halo Dynamics towards Gaia EDR3 RAS Ordinary Meeting	UPDATE: Planetarium in central London for RAS bicentenary
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	Gravitational waves and spacetime fireworks: A new era in astronomy Gravitational waves and spacetime fireworks: A new era in astronomy
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		Friends of the RAS (only) Lecture: The Secret Signal Hidden in Every Solar and Stellar Flare