Image of Arp220 from the Hubble Space Telescope showing the large scale structure of the merging system.

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Clever trick to cook stars like Christmas puds detected for first time

The missing ingredient for cooking up stars in the same way you might steam your Christmas pudding has been spotted for the first time by astronomers. Much like a pressure cooker has a weight on top of its lid to keep the pressure...

This graphic offers a glimpse of the history of the Universe, as we currently understand it.

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Dark energy 'doesn’t exist' so can't be pushing 'lumpy…

One of the biggest mysteries in science – dark energy – doesn't actually exist, according to researchers looking to solve the riddle of how the Universe is expanding. For the past 100 years, physicists have generally assumed that...

Christmas and New Year closure 2024

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GJI Student Paper Award Winners 2024

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University of Aberdeen's Dr David Cornwell doing seismology-related outreach, which forms part of planned grant activities funded by the RAS.

RAS hands out over £160k in grants in 2024

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Earth-bound asteroids ‘could be tracked more precisely’ with new equation

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WEAVE data overlaid on a James Webb Space Telescope image of Stephan's Quintet, with green contours showing radio data from LOFAR.

2 MILLION mph galaxy smash-up seen in unprecedented detail

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Amount of stars (white) produced in universes with different dark energy densities. Clockwise, from top left, no dark energy, same dark energy density as in our Universe, 10 and 30 times the dark energy density in our Universe.

A formula for life? New model calculates chances of intelligent beings in our Universe and beyond

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Announcements

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GJI Student Paper Award Winners 2024

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MNRAS Student Prize

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

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RAS Council 2024 nominations are now open!

Events and Dates for the Diary

Jan 2025

Dynamos, Dynamics, and the Solar Cycle at Cycle 25 Maximum

Friday, 10 of January 2025 - 10:30

RAS Meetings

Jan 2025

Gravitational Wave Analysis in the Era of Machine Learning

Friday, 10 of January 2025 - 10:30

RAS Meetings

Jan 2025

January A&G Highlight's Meeting

Friday, 10 of January 2025 - 16:00

RAS Meetings

Jan 2025

Save the Date: Light Pollution and its Impacts

Thursday, 30 of January 2025 - 9:00

RAS Public Events

December 2024

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
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2	3	4	5	6	7	8
		John Brown Memorial Lecture
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
				Exploring the low-surface-brightness universe with next-generation instruments Blowing Hot and Cold: Exploring the Plumes of Io and Enceladus December A&G Highlight's Meeting
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
	Look up! Working together to bring astronomy to people across the UK - at 1pm Look up! Working together to bring astronomy to people across the UK - at 6pm
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