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Maria Santos Coelho (left) and Alex Walls (right) have jointly won the 2026 RASTI Student Prize.
Winners of 2026 RASTI Student Prize revealed
A planetary scientist focusing on Saturn's largest moon and a radio astronomer at the UK’s iconic Jodrell Bank have been named as joint winners of the inaugural RAS Techniques and Instruments (RASTI) Student Prize . Maria Santos Coelho, who is...
Promotional graphic for the 2027 Caroline Herschel Medal.
Apply or nominate now for 2027 Caroline Herschel Medal
Nominations are now open for the 2027 Caroline Herschel Medal, an award which celebrates exceptional women astrophysicists in the UK and Germany. The award not only honours individual excellence but also highlights the important role of women in...
Job vacancy: Education and Outreach Officer
Full-time, permanent | London (hybrid – 3 days/week in office) | 35 hours per week | Salary: £40,000 About the role The Royal Astronomical Society is seeking a creative and proactive Education and Outreach Officer. Based in London at our Burlington...
A global photography competition called RAStroPhoto is being launched to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS).
Entries now open for RAStroPhoto competition
The Royal Astronomical Society is delighted to announce that entries are now open for RAStroPhoto, a global photography competition commemorating the bicentenary of one of the world's largest and most prestigious astronomy journals. Monthly Notices...
Temporary closure of RAS HQ
The offices of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) will be closed to all Fellows, Friends and members of the public from 2 November 2026 to 4 January 2027 while essential maintenance works take place. What this means for events During this period a...
Graphic promoting new partnership between the Royal Astronomical Society, the Royal Meteorological Society and the Afro-Caribbean Commercial Science Network.
RAS marks Black History Month with new EDI partnership
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) and the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) are joining forces this Black History Month to strengthen collaboration and knowledge exchange around equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) across the science community...
Graphic with a QR code promoting the event 100 Hours Under One Sky.
Celebrate the night sky with '100 Hours' of stargazing
Take advantage of the dark autumn evenings to join in a worldwide celebration of the night sky next month. You don't have to be an expert or an avid astronomy enthusiast, '100 Hours Under One Sky' is an initiative for stargazing beginners in the UK...
Call for Applications: RAS Research Fellowships
The Royal Astronomical Society is pleased to invite applications for its RAS Research Fellowships. The Society intends to award two fellowships, providing outstanding early-career researchers with the opportunity to pursue independent research at a...
This image captures the ancient planetary nebula ejected by Sakurai's Object when the star died for the first time. The star itself is not visible, as it was captured before it began brightening again.
'Born-again' star offers rare chance to watch stellar evolution in real time
Astronomers have confirmed that one of the fastest-changing stars ever observed has entered a new stage of its evolution, offering a rare opportunity to watch a star's life unfold on human timescales. Using the European Southern Observatory's Very...
Front covers of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Geophysical Journal International and RAS Techniques and Instruments.
RAS journals make an impact
The Royal Astronomical Society is delighted to announce that the Impact Factor for its flagship journal Monthly Notices has increased from 4.8 to 5.2 in Clarivate's 2026 edition of Journal Citation Reports. It now ranks in percentile 77.3 (Quartile 1...
An artist’s impression of a star engulfing a planet. The blue line traces the path of the planet as it spirals toward the star and ultimately collides with it.
'Fingerprints' inside the Sun could reveal if it once swallowed a planet
It is thought the Sun may have engulfed a super-Earth-sized planet early in its history. Now a new study has gone a step further by suggesting that such an event may have left behind detectable clues inside our star which could still be visible today...
The sweep of Twinkle’s FoR and location of currently known exoplanets (red) and TESS objects of interest (blue).
RAS papers to celebrate Europlanet Science Congress
To mark the Europlanet Science Congress 2026 taking place in The Hague (6-11 September 2026), the Royal Astronomical Society is delighted to celebrate some of the papers published in its journals during the past year. First off is the 'ASTEP...