Journals

About the RAS journals

The RAS publishes results of original research in its major journals, Geophysical Journal International (GJI), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) and RAS Techniques and Instruments (RASTI). Astronomy & Geophysics (A&G) is the Society's full-colour news and reviews magazine, distributed to all Fellows.

MNRAS publishes the results of original research in astronomy and astrophysics, including work which is observational, theoretical or concerned with astronomical instrumentation and software.

Until the end of 2025, MNRAS Letters published short but timely articles in astronomy and astrophysics. Letters are now published in MNRAS, with the MNRAS Letters archive available to view online.

GJI publishes research on all aspects of theoretical, computational, applied and observational geophysics.

RASTI is a peer-reviewed journal which provides an international forum for high-quality papers covering data science, software, and instrumentation, in astrophysics and geophysics.

Journal News

Professor Ralph A.M.J. Wijers, 1964–2026

Daisaburo Kido, of the University of Tokyo.

2026 MNRAS Student Author Prize winner announced

A global photography competition called RAStroPhoto is being launched to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS).

RAStroPhoto competition launched to mark MNRAS bicentenary

The front cover of The Sun as a Star, an online collection of papers celebrating our growing understanding of the Sun over the past two centuries.

New online collection celebrates growing understanding of our Sun

Editorial Boards & Team

Meet the team of Editors and Assistant Editors who work on our journals.

Meet the team

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