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A vivid yellow, orange, pink and purple map of the Milkyway with dark black splotches seen top the left centre and far right of image.
Gaia finds fossil spiral arms in Milky Way
An international team of astronomers, led by researcher Chervin Laporte of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB-IEEC), has used data from the Gaia space mission to create a new map of the Milky Way’s outer disc...
The UK Team for the 2021 International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics
Record Medal Haul for UK School Students at Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad
Students at UK schools have won their largest ever haul of medals in the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics. The team of three girls and two boys were among 298 pupils from 48 countries, with the online competition run from Bogota...
A diffuse galaxy in green and blue hues. White and orange stars appear around the clouds of the galaxy.
Evidence emerges for dark-matter free galaxies
An international team of astronomers led by researchers from the Netherlands has found no trace of dark matter in the galaxy AGC 114905, despite taking detailed measurements over a course of fourty hours with state-of-the-art telescopes. They will...
A bright white galaxy that is round in shape, glowing against the darkness of space.
The last breaths of massive galaxies
A team of astronomers propose a scenario in which galaxies with active cores may undergo a period of rapid star birth before shutting down completely. The research, conducted by astronomers from the University of Southampton, the Institute of...
Charting our history: two centuries of the RAS
A digital Timeline designed to celebrate the bicentenary of the RAS is now live on the RAS website and on Instagram – as well as printed as a concertina poster sent to RAS Fellows with the December issue of the A&G magazine. You can now explore 200...
The Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC 7635, is an emission nebula located 8 000 light-years away.
RAS GCSE Astronomy Poster Competition 2023 – Sponsored by Winton
The Royal Astronomical Society invites you to present an astronomy topic of your choice as an academic style poster. Winners will receive book token prizes of 1st = £100, 2nd = £50, 3rd = £25. Some example topics are given in the attached document...
The cover of the first issue of RAS Techniques and Instruments. The background is a blue hued image of the Earth. The foreground features text reading "RAS Techniques and Instruments. academic.oup.com/rasti."
RAS Techniques and Instruments Open for Submissions
The Royal Astronomical Society is pleased to announce that it is now accepting submissions for its first new journal in 100 years, RAS Techniques and Instruments (RASTI). The new journal provides an international and open-access forum for high...
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Professor Emma Bunce Wins EGU David Bates Medal
President of the Royal Astronomical Society, Professor Emma Bunce, has been named the winner of the European Geosciences Union David Bates Medal. The medal was established by the EGU Planetary & Solar System Sciences Division in recognition of the...
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New RAS journal invites submissions and reviewers
The new open access RAS journal, RAS Techniques and Instruments (RASTI), is set to open for submissions in November 2021, and invites the astronomy and geoscience communities to make submissions from next month. RAS Techniques and Instruments is a...
The final image of Uranus taken by the Voyager 2 space probe on 25 January 1986. The spacecraft was about 1 million kilometres from the planet at the time.
Public livestream of Uranus, 8-10 October
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) will host a dedicated livestream of observations of Uranus, led by astronomers and planetary scientists from the University of Leicester, on 8, 9 and 10 October. The scientists will use the NASA Infrared Telescope...
The remains of the Interplanetary Scintillation Array
Professor Antony Hewish, 1924-2021
The Royal Astronomical Society offers its sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Professor Antony Hewish, who has died at the age of 97. Born in Cornwall, Prof. Hewish served at the Royal Aircraft Establishment and the...
Professor Peter Willmore
Professor Peter Willmore FRAS, 1930-2021
The RAS offers its condolences to the family and friends of Professor Peter Willmore, who died last week in Birmingham. He was a prominent space scientist in the early years of the discipline and led a number of international space activities in...