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RAS Fellow Duncan Lorimer shares Shaw Prize

Duncan Lorimer FRAS, Professor and Interim Chair of Physics and Astronomy and Associate Dean for Research at Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University is a joint recipient of the 2023 Shaw Prize in Astronomy...

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Astronomers discover last planets seen by Kepler Space Telescope

Astronomers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, with the help of citizen scientists, have discovered the last three planets that the Kepler Space Telescope gazed upon before...

Professor Brian Warner in ceremonial robes after receiving the award of DSc (honoris causa) from the University of Cape Town in 2009

Brian Warner, 1939-2023

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Bob Mizon MBE FRAS, 1946-2023

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This artist's impression of a quasar shows a bright orange and white disc of material centred around a small black circle. A jet of light emanates from this circle, white and blue in colour.

An X-ray look at the heart of powerful quasars

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The bicentenary patchwork quilt laid out on a table, with a women working on stitching it together. It features embroidered squares depicting galaxies, planets and other celestial objects.

RAS Bicentennial Quilt Update

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RAS Council Election Results 2023

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An artist's impression of a black hole accretion shows a large yellow disc shaped formation with a small black circle at the centre. The disc appears to be sucking in blue light that emanates from a blue sphere in the bottom left corner of the image.

Astronomers reveal the largest cosmic explosion ever seen

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Announcements

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RAS Fellow Duncan Lorimer shares Shaw Prize

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RAS welcomes Astronet roadmap for 12 years of European astronomy

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Brian Warner, 1939-2023

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Bob Mizon MBE FRAS, 1946-2023

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RAS Bicentennial Quilt Update

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RAS Council Election Results 2023

Events and Dates for the Diary

Jun 2023

RAS Fellow STEM Ambassadors Programme

Wednesday, 07 of June 2023 - 11:00

Jun 2023

Friends of RAS (only) Lecture. The quest for Cosmic Dawn: new insights from the JWST

Thursday, 29 of June 2023 - 13:00

Friends of the RAS

Jul 2023

Friends of RAS (Only) Lecture - First Stars and Sensationalism: Early Universe Research in the James Webb Space Telescope Era

Thursday, 20 of July 2023 - 13:00

Sep 2023

Friends of RAS (only) Lecture, Ziri Younsi TBA

Thursday, 21 of September 2023 - 13:00

June 2023

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			Friends of RAS (only) Lecture. The quest for Cosmic Dawn: new insights from the JWST