Latest News

The most impressive solar eclipse visible from the UK in almost 30 years can be enjoyed by people across the country on Wednesday 12 August. Around 90-96 per cent of the Sun will be covered by the Moon shortly after 6pm, with the precise time varying...

Full time, fixed term (3 years) | London (hybrid working) Salary: circa £40,000 per annum The Royal Astronomical Society is seeking a Policy Officer to play a key role in strengthening the future of astronomy, space, and planetary science in the UK...

Full time, fixed term (3 years) | London (hybrid working) Salary: circa £40,000 per annum Location: Burlington House, Piccadilly, London The Royal Astronomical Society is seeking a Policy and Outreach Officer to lead a high profile campaign to...

The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is saddened to hear of the death of Professor Ralph A.M.J. Wijers, who was a member of the Editorial Board of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). Professor Wijers passed away at the age of...

The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is shocked and dismayed to hear that the UK's iconic Jodrell Bank Observatory is at risk of closure amid a slew of catastrophic budget cuts. This deeply troubling development is one of several heavy blows to UK...

UK astronomers are a step closer to playing a leading role in NASA's search for alien life in the coming decades, after receiving £3million to continue developing one of the core instruments of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). The "exciting"...

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is delighted to announce the winner of the 2026 MNRAS Student Prize. The annual prize recognises papers that, in the view of the MNRAS Editorial Board, are the best submitted in a given 12...

Astronomers searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence may have been missing alien signals in part of the radio spectrum that has not recently been explored. Most radio SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) surveys have focused on...

Amateur astrophotographers are invited to share their images capturing the wonder of astronomy for a new photography competition being launched to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). First...

Millions of people across the UK marvelled at the spectacular Northern Lights that lit up the night sky in May 2024. But while the display captivated skywatchers, the geomagnetic storm behind it also served as the biggest test in a generation of the...

What we do on the Moon now will set a precedent for preserving parts of the entire Solar System as we move out into it, according to astrophysicist and leading space debris expert Dr Jonathan McDowell. He was speaking during a debate in which experts...

Mysterious high-speed "bullets" – clumps of possibly oxygen-rich gas travelling at up to 20 million miles per hour – have been discovered shooting out of the rarest stellar explosion in our galaxy. They were spotted after a dust of debris surrounding...