Artwork for the play The Lightest Element, about astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.

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The Lightest Element: Unheralded astronomer the focus of new play

She changed how we see the Universe and the stars within it. But despite being one of the most eminent astronomers of the 20th Century, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin is not as widely known to the public as some of her peers. The...

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Comet A3: How and when to see Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

Stargazers will have the chance to spot what could be the most impressive comet of the year over the coming weeks. Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) has generated so much excitement about how bright and visible it might be that it has...

Images of actors playing Caroline and John Herschel, visitors looking at exhibits in the Royal Astronomical Society library, and queues of people outside New Burlington House.

Herschels join hundreds of people for RAS Open House

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Gamma-ray bursts (like the one depicted in this artist’s impression) are the most violent explosions in the Universe, releasing more energy than the Sun would in 10 billion years.

Huge gamma-ray burst collection ‘rivals 250-year-old Messier catalogue’

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Satellite image showing a wadi crossing a road within part of the Zooniverse interface that allows the pictures to be marked.

From supernova-spotting to foiling floods

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Dr Rosemary Fowler with her daughter Mary Fowler.

Physics pioneer, 98, honoured 75 years after discovery

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Professor Gilles Chabrier (left) and Professor John-Michael Kendall (right) pick up their Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medals, along with other prize winners (inset).

Winners of 2024 RAS Awards receive their prizes at NAM

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Scientists say it is now possible to predict the precise speed a coronal mass ejection (shown left in an artist's impression) is travelling at and when it will smash into Earth (bottom right moving in our direction) – even before it has fully erupted from the Sun (top right).

New dawn for space storm alerts could help shield Earth's tech

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Four circles of images of constellations, William, Caroline and John Herschel.

Astronomy through the Herschels

Image from the Solar Dynamics Observatory mission of the solar disk with multiple sunspots, which appear dark compared with their surroundings. Credit: HMI/SDO/NASA

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Solar activity likely to peak next year, new study suggests

Artist's impression of the Cassini spacecraft near to Saturn..JPG

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Using eclipses to calculate the transparency of Saturn’s rings

Events and Dates for the Diary

Oct 2024

Black holes and AGN in the era of the Event Horizon Telescope, JWST, and the Rubin Observatory.

Friday, 11 of October 2024 - 10:30

RAS Meetings

Oct 2024

Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics in the Solar Atmosphere and Interior

Friday, 11 of October 2024 - 10:30

RAS Meetings

Oct 2024

October A&G Highlight's Meeting

Friday, 11 of October 2024 - 16:00

RAS Meetings

Oct 2024

Our Observable World: The Resonance of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt’s Life and Work at 1pm

Tuesday, 15 of October 2024 - 13:00

RAS Public Lectures and Events

October 2024

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				Black holes and AGN in the era of the Event Horizon Telescope, JWST, and the Rubin Observatory. Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics in the Solar Atmosphere and Interior October A&G Highlight's Meeting
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	Our Observable World: The Resonance of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt’s Life and Work at 1pm Our Observable World: The Resonance of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt’s Life and Work at 6pm
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			Friends of RAS (only) Lecture: Einstein's aftermath: dark energy, black holes and the Big Bang. Speaker: Chris Clarkson, Queen Mary University of London