Announcements

The Royal Astronomical Society is pleased to announce the 2018 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 announcements were…

Geophysical Journal International (GJI) is delighted to announce the winners of its Student Author Awards for 2017.  The awards are designed to recognise and acknowledge the best papers submitted to GJI by young scientists in the field. Ma…

The Royal Astronomical Society applauds astronaut Dr Helen Sharman, space scientist Professor Michele Dougherty and geophysicist Professor Kathy Whaler, recognised in the New Year's Honours list for 2018. Commander of t…

The UK astronomy and geophysics community is larger than ever, according to the results of the latest demographic survey from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), published in the December issue of Astronomy & Geophysics…

Professor Hiranya Peiris, one of the vice-presidents of the Royal Astronomical Society, is part of the team of winners of the 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. The scientists worked on the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe …

Philip Diamond, currently the Associate Director for Policy and Programmes at the Institute of Physics, will be the next Executive Director of the Royal Astronomical Society, beginning his new role in January 2018. Philip studied physics at universi…

The Society's offices in Burlington House are situated off London's Piccadilly, approximately half-way between Green Park and Piccadilly Circus underground stations. We are the first door on the left after you have walked under the archway.…