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Down to Earth: RAS Supermassive episode 7 out now!

Part of our bicentenary celebrations, the RAS Supermassive podcast celebrates the best of astronomy and geophysics. Join astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst and science journalist Izzie Clarke to hear about the…

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Your response: results of the RAS Ordinary Meeting survey

The results of the recent survey about how to run the RAS Ordinary Meetings in the 2020-2021 session are in. We had a total of 905 responses, and the main outcomes are summarised below: 97% were quite or very interested in attending…

Artist's impression of a supernova ejecting its star

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Supernova blast sends survivor star hurtling across the Galaxy

An exploding white dwarf star blasted itself out of its orbit with another star in a ‘partial supernova’ and is now hurtling across our galaxy, according to a new study from the University of Warwick and reported in the journal Monthly Notices of…