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A Glimpse of the future

A Glimpse of the future

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Artistic rendering of a black hole

Artistic rendering of a black hole

Hubble

Matter falling into a black hole at 30 percent of the speed of light

Research Highlights

A UK team of astronomers report the first detection of matter falling into a black hole at 30% of the speed of light, located in the centre of the billion-light year distant galaxy PG211+143. The team, led by Professor Ken Pounds of the University…

Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins Special Breakthrough Prize

News

Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell at the launch of the International Year of Astronomy in 2009.Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell, a former President of the Royal Astronomical Society, was central to the discovery of radio pulsars when a research student…

Dr Emma Chapman

RAS Research Fellow Dr Emma Chapman wins Athena Prize

News

RAS Research Fellow Dr Emma Chapman. Credit: E. ChapmanDr Emma Chapman, who holds an RAS research fellowship at Imperial College London, has won the Royal Society's Athena Prize for her work in driving nationally impactful policy changes concerning…

Dr Sheila Kanani talks about the AI robot Cimon on the International Space Station

Sheila Kanani talks about the new AI robot on the International Space Station

An illustration of the structure of a greasy carbon molecule, set against an image of the galactic centre, where this material has been detected.

Grease in space

One black hole or two? Dust clouds can explain puzzling features of active galactic nuclei

Announcements

Awards and Grants

Call for RAS Research Fellowships 2019

News

Dr Sarah Rugheimer wins the Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship

Journals

Policy update: Excess page charge for MNRAS papers exceeding 20 pages

Dr Emma Chapman

News

RAS Research Fellow Dr Emma Chapman wins Athena Prize

Events and Dates for the Diary

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Sep 2018

Open House at the Royal Astronomical Society 2018

Saturday, 22 of September 2018 - 10:00 - 17:00

RAS Public Events

06

Oct 2018

Make Space! @RAS

Saturday, 06 of October 2018 - 12:00 - 17:00

RAS Public Lectures and Events

12

Oct 2018

Venus: Exploring Earth’s Sibling Planet

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

12

Oct 2018

The Gaia DR2 Astronomy Revolution

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

12

Oct 2018

RAS Ordinary Meeting

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

16

Oct 2018

RAS Public Lecture: Adventures in Space

Tuesday, 16 of October 2018 - 13:00 - 14:00

RAS Public Events

16

Oct 2018

RAS Public Lecture: Adventures in Space

Tuesday, 16 of October 2018 - 18:00 - 19:00

RAS Public Events

September 2018

Grease in space

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Cometographia

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Abbreviated Titles of Sources of Obituaries

Library Regulations

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Lantern slide depicting the Solar System in motion

Biographies and portraits of astronomers

Fritz

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Johann Karl Friedrich

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Meade Lafayette

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Carl Venceslas

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