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Artistic rendering of a black hole

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Call for grant applications - August 2018 round

Awards and Grants

Call for grant applications - August 2018 round The RAS welcomes applications for funding under its ongoing grants scheme. The deadline for the next round of grants is 15 August 2018. Applications should normally be for sums between £250 and £5,000…

One black hole or two? Dust clouds can explain puzzling features of active gala…

Research Highlights

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), believe clouds of dust, rather than twin black holes, can explain the features found in active galactic nuclei (AGNs). The team publish their results today (14 June) in a paper in…

Congratulations Sir James Hough and Haley Gomez MBE!

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The Royal Astronomical Society congratulates Professor (Sir) James Hough of the University of Glasgow, and Professor Haley Gomez (MBE) of the University of Cardiff, who are both recognised in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours list. The MBE medal,…

Call for nominations for 2019 medals and prizes

First interstellar immigrant discovered in the Solar System

Droids beat astronomers in predicting survivability of exoplanets

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Call for grant applications - August 2018 round

News

Congratulations Sir James Hough and Haley Gomez MBE!

Awards and Grants

Call for nominations for 2019 medals and prizes

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Professor Sheila Rowan FRAS FRS MBE elected a Fellow of the Royal Society

Events and Dates for the Diary

Jun 2018

#RASreach2018!

Wednesday, 27 of June 2018 - 9:30 - 17:00

RAS Public Lectures and Events

Oct 2018

Venus: Exploring Earth’s Sibling Planet

Friday, 12 of October 2018 - 10:30 - 15:30

RAS Meetings

Oct 2018

The Gaia DR2 Astronomy Revolution

Friday, 12 of October 2018 - 10:30 - 15:30

RAS Meetings

Oct 2018

RAS Ordinary Meeting

Friday, 12 of October 2018 - 16:00 - 18:00

RAS Meetings

Nov 2018

Space Dust and space Debris in the vicinity of the Earth

Friday, 09 of November 2018 - 10:30 - 15:30

RAS Meetings

Nov 2018

The Dark Energy Survey: more than Dark Energy

Friday, 09 of November 2018 - 10:30 - 15:30

RAS Meetings

Nov 2018

RAS Ordinary Meeting

Friday, 09 of November 2018 - 16:00 - 18:00

RAS Meetings

June 2018

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		The Future Of High-Resolution Imaging in the Visible and IR
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			Friends of RAS (only) Lecture: Volcanoes in Space
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		#RASreach2018!