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Job vacancy: Publishing Assistant
Full-time, permanent | London (hybrid – 1 day/month in office) | 35 hours per week | Salary: £33,000-£35,000 About the role The Publishing Assistant will provide efficient editorial, marketing and administrative support to the Royal Astronomical...
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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...
This figure illustrates the different distributions of dust (blue), gas (green) and ions (red) in 3I/Atlas.
Secrets of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas revealed
UK astronomers have uncovered new clues about the origin of 3I/Atlas – only the third known object from beyond our Solar System ever spotted in our cosmic neighbourhood. In a new paper published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society...
Impassioned MP debate amplifies desire to protect UK science
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) welcomes the support of MPs and the powerful statements made during discussions in Parliament about cuts to research funding for fundamental physics and astronomy. The strength of feeling at the debate in...
Astronomy cuts to be discussed at Westminster
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) welcomes an upcoming debate at the Houses of Parliament about cuts impacting astronomy and encourages all Fellows to contact their MPs to urge them to attend. It will take place on Tuesday 1 September from 1-1...
Graphic promoting RAS Open House 2026.
Explore the RAS with Open House self-guided tours
The Royal Astronomical Society is delighted to welcome visitors to Burlington House as part of this year's Open House Festival. Free self-guided tours of the Society's HQ will take place on Saturday 19 September 2026, from 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm. Last...