Artist’s impression of gamma-ray burst with orbiting binary star

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Stars need a partner to spin Universe’s brightest explosions

When it comes to the biggest and brightest explosions seen in the Universe, University of Warwick astronomers have found that it takes two stars to make a gamma-ray burst. New research solves the mystery of how stars spin…

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Leading astronomers and geophysicists honoured in RAS bicentenary year

The Royal Astronomical Society is pleased to announce the winners of its medals and prizes for 2020, the bicentenary of its foundation. Each year the Society recognises significant achievement in the fields of astronomy and geophysics through these…

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The RAS at 200: celebrating our bicentenary

In 2020 the Royal Astronomical Society will be 200 years old. We want our bicentenary to be a celebration for everyone connected to the RAS: our Fellows, our staff, and the organisations we work with. Over the next 12 months we will be…

Digital rendering of the Sentinel-1 satellite in orbit, projecting a radar beam onto the Earth.

Space-based radar suggests North Korean nuke equivalent to '17 Hiroshimas'

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Hyper-fast star ejected by supermassive black hole

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Galactic fountains and carousels: order emerging from chaos

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National Astronomy Meeting 12-17 July 2020: save the date!

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Stormy cluster weather could unleash black hole power and explain lack of cosmic cooling

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HERON survey fishes out detail in ghostly galaxy outskirts

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Announcements

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Stars need a partner to spin Universe’s brightest explosions

News

Leading astronomers and geophysicists honoured in RAS bicentenary year

News

The RAS at 200: celebrating our bicentenary

News

National Astronomy Meeting 12-17 July 2020: save the date!

Research Highlights

Stormy cluster weather could unleash black hole power and explain lack of cosmic cooling

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2019 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for cosmology, exoplanets discoveries

Events and Dates for the Diary

Feb 2020

UK Solar System Atmospheres Community Meeting

Friday, 14 of February 2020 - 10:00

RAS Meetings

Feb 2020

Galactic Disc and Halo Dynamics towards Gaia EDR3

Friday, 14 of February 2020 - 10:00

RAS Meetings

Feb 2020

RAS Ordinary Meeting

Friday, 14 of February 2020 - 16:00

RAS Meetings

Feb 2020

TBC

Tuesday, 18 of February 2020 - 13:00

RAS Public Lectures and Events

January 2020

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				Radiation belt modelling in the post Van Allen Probes era Radiation hydrodynamics: Implementation and application RAS Ordinary Meeting
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	Only a matter of time: Is time-travel science or science fiction? Only a matter of time: Is time-travel science or science fiction?
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