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Action on light pollution is long overdue, campaigners will say at a panel event today (3 July) at the National Astronomy Meeting in Cardiff. The panellists call for UK governments and local authorities to put policies in place to restore our view of...
Solar astronomers discover ‘shooting stars’ on the Sun’s corona
A team of astronomers from several European institutions led by Northumbria University in Newcastle has discovered ‘shooting stars’ on the Sun. Observations from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter (SolO) have revealed never-before-seen...
‘Sandwich’ discovery offers new explanation for planet formation
Scientists have made a new discovery on how small planets might form. Researchers at the University of Warwick investigated the ‘birth environment’ of planets – areas of gas and dust that swirl around a central star – known as the protoplanetary disc...
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Solar scientists are using deepfake AI images to unravel the mysteries of the Sun’s atmosphere. The research, being presented at the National Astronomy Meeting this week, was carried out as part of a collaboration between Northumbria University and...
RAS welcomes Earth Space Sustainability Initiative
The Royal Astronomical Society welcomes the launch of the Earth Space Sustainability Initiative (ESSI), announced in London today at the Global Leaders on Space Sustainability Symposium. ESSI is underpinned by a Memorandum of Principles, signed by...
RAS Fellows Garry Hunt and Guy Hurst receive national honours
Two Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society received awards in the first Birthday Honours announced by King Charles III. Professor Garry Hunt is made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to Space Science and Business...
Professor Nick Kaiser, 1954-2023
The Royal Astronomical Society would like to express its deepest sympathy to the family, friends and colleagues of cosmologist Professor Nicholas (Nick) Kaiser, who has died at the age of 68. Kaiser began his study of astronomy at the University of...
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2023 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship winner announced
The winner of the 2023 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship is Dr Marie Van de Sande! Dr Van de Sande is an astrochemist. She presently holds a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship at Leeds, and in September 2023 will move to become an Oort...
2022 Thesis Prize winners announced
The RAS is pleased to announce the winners of its prizes for the best Ph.D. theses completed in the UK during 2022. Prizes are awarded annually: the Michael Penston Prize for the best thesis in astronomy and astrophysics, the Keith Runcorn Prize for...
Owen Gingerich FRAS, 1930-2023
The Royal Astronomical Society offers its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Professor Owen Gingerich, who has died at the age of 93. Born in Iowa in the United States to a Mennonite Christian family, Gingerich grew up in Kansas. He...
Vacancy: RAS Diversity Support Officer: fixed-term contract
The Royal Astronomical Society is looking for a fixed term Diversity Support Officer for nine months. Term: 9 months, 0.4 FTE, £125 per day, equivalent of c. £32k pro rata. The RAS, founded in 1820, encourages and promotes the study of astronomy...
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