Announcements

Lancaster University interns win poster presentation for EDI summer project
Evie, Emily and Megan stand in front of their prize winning poster. Jim Wild Licence type None (RAS Media) Diversity officer, Sheila Kanani,…
Garry Hunt
RAS Fellows Garry Hunt and Guy Hurst receive national honours
Two Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society received awards in the first Birthday Honours announced by King Charles III. Professor Garry Hunt is made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to Space Science and Busines…
Professor Nick Kaiser
Professor Nick Kaiser, 1954-2023
The Royal Astronomical Society would like to express its deepest sympathy to the family, friends and colleagues of cosmologist Professor Nicholas (Nick) Kaiser, who has died at the age of 68. Kaiser began his study of astronomy at the University of…
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2023 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship winner announced
The winner of the 2023 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship is Dr Marie Van de Sande! Dr Van de Sande is an astrochemist. She presently holds a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship at Leeds, and in September 2023 will move to become an Oort F…
Bullying and Harassment Report 2023
Bullying and Harassment in Astronomy and Geophysics - report and recommendations
  In Spring 2020, the RAS carried out a survey around bullying and harassment. The report summarises the experiences of bullying and harassment and related perceptions of workplace culture for astronomers, solar system scientists and geophysicists.…
Philip Sadler & Owen Gingerich fill up a sundial with water on the roof of the Harvard University Observatory, April 25, 1995.
Owen Gingerich FRAS, 1930-2023
The Royal Astronomical Society offers its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Professor Owen Gingerich, who has died at the age of 93. Born in Iowa in the United States to a Mennonite Christian family, Gingerich grew up in Kansas. H…
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Vacancy: RAS Diversity Support Officer: fixed-term contract
The Royal Astronomical Society is looking for a fixed term Diversity Support Officer for nine months. Term: 9 months, 0.4 FTE, £125 per day, equivalent of c. £32k pro rata. The RAS, founded in 1820, encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, s…
Duncan Lorimer
RAS Fellow Duncan Lorimer shares Shaw Prize
Duncan Lorimer FRAS, Professor and Interim Chair of Physics and Astronomy and Associate Dean for Research at Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University is a joint recipient of the 2023 Shaw Prize in Astronomy, awarded for the dis…
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RAS welcomes Astronet roadmap for 12 years of European astronomy
Astronet is a network of European funding agencies and research organisations, working together on international strategic planning for astronomy. The network has now published a roadmap for European astronomy from 2022-2035. Teams of leading astron…
Professor Brian Warner in ceremonial robes after receiving the award of DSc (honoris causa) from the University of Cape Town in 2009
Brian Warner, 1939-2023
The RAS offers its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Professor Brian Warner, who has died at the age of 83. He was one of the most distinguished astronomers in South Africa, and his name is synonymous with astronomy at the Univers…
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Bob Mizon MBE FRAS, 1946-2023
The Royal Astronomical Society is sorry to hear of the recent death of leading light pollution campaigner Bob Mizon. A talented amateur astronomer, he helped to establish the Commission for Dark Skies and his work received global recognition. Mizon…
The bicentenary patchwork quilt laid out on a table, with a women working on stitching it together. It features embroidered squares depicting galaxies, planets and other celestial objects.
RAS Bicentennial Quilt Update
Finally, three and a half years after starting the RAS bicentennial quilt project, we're delighted to announce the completion of the patchwork quilt!  Since the last update: The 100 patchwork squares were stitched together to form the top of the…