James Josephides.

Artistic rendering of a black hole

Research Highlights

Artificial solar eclipses in space could shed light on Sun

Recreating artificial solar eclipses in space could help astronomers decipher the inner workings of our Sun much quicker than if they had to wait for the celestial show on Earth. The plan, part of a UK-led space mission to be...

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How airports like Heathrow and Gatwick could help aliens spot Earth

Radar systems used by civilian airports and military operations are inadvertently revealing our existence to potential advanced alien civilisations, new research shows. The study explored how hidden electromagnetic leakage might...

RAS reopens Burlington House HQ

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An artist’s impression of dust and tiny grains in a protoplanetary disc surrounding a young star (left) alongside an e-MERLIN map showing the tilted disc structure around the young star DG Tauri (top right) and the HL Tau disc captured by e-MERLIN is shown overlaid on an ALMA image, revealing both the compact emission from the central region of the disc and the larger scale dust rings (bottom right).

The birth of a solar system revealed by planet 'pebbles'

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Dr Sophia Vaughan (left), Dr Sihui Zhong (middle) and Graeme McGhee (right) are the 2024 Thesis Prize winners.

Max Planck astronomer among 2024 Thesis Prize winners

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Astronomers pulled from James Webb Space Telescope’s data to analyse a sample of 111 disc galaxies, like the ones shown here.

JWST digs into structural origins of disk galaxies

Research Highlights

A black and white portrait of Professor Sir Francis Graham Smith. He rests his chin on his hand and smiles at the camera. He is wearing glasses, a shirt, tie and blazer.

Sir Francis Graham-Smith, 1923–2025

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Dr Victoria Fawcett

Quasar scientist wins 2025 Caroline Herschel Lectureship

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Announcements

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RAS reopens Burlington House HQ

A black and white portrait of Professor Sir Francis Graham Smith. He rests his chin on his hand and smiles at the camera. He is wearing glasses, a shirt, tie and blazer.

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Sir Francis Graham-Smith, 1923–2025

Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell (left) has been appointed a Companion of Honour for services to astronomy and physics and to diversity. Three other RAS Fellows including Dennis Ashton (top right) Professor Lyndsay Fletcher and Professor Raman Prinja (bottom right) were also recognised in the King's Birthday Honours.

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Ex-RAS president among four Fellows in King's Birthday Honours

Graphic promoting the RAS Awards 2026 with the Society's medals in front of a background image of the Cartwheel galaxy from JWST and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.

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RAS Awards 2026: Nominations now open

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RAS voices concern over threats to US academic freedom

Professor Karl Menten

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Professor Dr Karl Martin Menten, 1957-2024

Events and Dates for the Diary

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Jul 2025

Friends of RAS (only) Dr Megan Argo: Astronomy - the next 200 years

Thursday, 17 of July 2025 - 13:00

Friends of the RAS

10

Oct 2025

AGN-Driven Multiphase Outflows: Toward Consensus Between Theory and Observation

Friday, 10 of October 2025 - 10:30

10

Oct 2025

UKIArray: Geophysically instrumenting the UK and Ireland

Friday, 10 of October 2025 - 10:35

10

Oct 2025

A&G Highlights Meeting October 2025

Friday, 10 of October 2025 - 16:00

July 2025

Outreach & Education

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Careers, Education, Outreach

RAS Inclusion booklet

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RAS200

RAS200: Report of the Royal Astronomical Society’s bicentennial programme of outreach and engagement

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

Education, Outreach

Astronomy through the Herschels

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