Announcements

Professor David Southwood awarded CBE
Professor David Southwood. Max Alexander / RAS Professor David Southwood, President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 2012-14, has been made Commander of the Mos…
Lancaster rooftops
NAM 2019: Second media announcement
Around 500 astronomers and space scientists will gather at Lancaster University, from 30 June – 4 July, for the Royal Astronomical Society National Astronomy Meeting 2019 (NAM 2019). The conference is the largest annual astronomy and space science ev…
Photograph of Dr Anna Lisa Varri. Winner of the 2019 Caroline Herschel Lectureship Prize
Winner of 2019 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship announced
The winner of the 2019 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship is Dr Anna Lisa Varri. Dr Varri (UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the School of Physics and Astronomy and School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh) is an outstanding researcher who works a…
ESO night sky above La Silla observatory in Chile
RAS statement on Starlink satellite constellation
The Royal Astronomical Society notes with concern the launch of the new SpaceX Starlink constellation of satellites into low-Earth orbit, and the potential impact of this and other programmes on views of the night sky and on astronomical research. S…
Logo for the RAS National Astronomy Meeting 2019
NAM 2019: First media announcement
Around 500 astronomers and space scientists will gather at Lancaster University, from 30 June – 4 July, for the Royal Astronomical Society National Astronomy Meeting 2019 (NAM 2019). The conference is the largest annual astronomy and space science ev…
Election results 2019: new RAS Council
The results of the 2019 RAS elections were announced at the Annual General Meeting of the Society on Friday 10 May.   The following Fellows were elected to serve on Council, the governing body of the Society:   President Elect: Emm…
Astronomy Forum, November 2018
The Astronomy Forum met on 23 November 2018. You can see the presentations and notes from the meeting at the foot of this page.
Plan S: Implementation and Feedback: RAS response (2019)
The response from the Royal Astronomical Society to the cOAlition S consultation on the implementation of Plan S, to move to full and immediate Open Access to publications from publicly funded scientific research.
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Leading astronomers and geophysicists honoured by Royal Astronomical Society
The Royal Astronomical Society is pleased to announce the 2019 winners of its awards, medals and prizes. Each year the RAS recognises significant achievement in the fields of astronomy and geophysics through these awards.   The announceme…
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RAS thanks GJI Outstanding Reviewers 2018
The RAS expresses its thanks to eleven reviewers recognised by the editorial board of Geophysical Journal International, its leading academic journal in the field of geophysics.   The editorial board wishes to acknowledge the outstanding work…
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Professor Riccardo Giacconi, 1931-2018
The Royal Astronomical Society offers its condolences to the friends and family of X-ray astronomer and Nobel laureate Professor Riccardo Giacconi, who has died at the age of 87 Prof. Giacconi pursued the study of X-ray astronomy, developing instrum…
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UK students compete in China at 12th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics
The UK team returned this week from the 10-day long 12th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) in Beijing, having won 2 Silver medals and 2 Honourable Mentions. Started in 2006, the International Olympiad on Astronomy…