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RAS reflects on 50 years since Apollo 11

Half a century ago the Apollo 11 lunar module touched down on the surface of the Moon. The NASA spacecraft made its descent on 20 July 1969, four days after its launch from the Kennedy Space Center. Six and a half hours later, astronaut Neil...

A model showing light (red/yellow) penetrating the surface of the human breast (white triangles). Credit: T. Harries

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Astronomers help wage war on cancer

Techniques developed by astronomers could help in the fight against breast and skin cancer. Charlie Jeynes at the University of Exeter will present his and Prof Tim Harries team’s work today (3 July) at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 2019…

Image showing the galaxy cluster Abell1689. Credit: NASA/ESA

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Deep-CEE: The AI deep learning tool helping astronomers explore deep space

Galaxy clusters are some of the most massive structures in the cosmos, but despite being millions of lightyears across, they can still be hard to spot. Researchers at Lancaster University have turned to artificial intelligence for assistance,...

Member of Basingstoke Astronomical Society has his eyes on the sky. Credit: Dstl

Collision Course: Amateur Astronomers Play a Part in Efforts to Keep Space Safe

Example images showing three example CMEs in ranked order of subjective complexity increasing from low (left-hand image) through to high (right-hand image). Credit: NASA Heliospheric Imager data courtesy of RAL Space, made available by the UK Solar System

Citizen scientists discover cyclical pattern of complexity in solar storms

Space Weather causes years of radiation damage to satellites using electric propulsion

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Careers event - Glasgow

Eimear Gallagher at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

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Winner of the Patricia Tomkins Undergraduate Prize 2019

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Winners of the 2018 RAS thesis prizes

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Professor David Southwood awarded CBE

Events and Dates for the Diary

Sep 2019

Friends of RAS (only) Lecture: Moon: Art, Science, Culture

Tuesday, 10 of September 2019 - 18:00

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The space rock that hit the Moon at 61,000 kilometres an hour

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RAS reflects on 50 years since Apollo 11

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Deep-CEE: The AI deep learning tool helping astronomers explore deep space

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