A&G Articles

Shared Sky in Manchester
News Shared Sky in Manchester Published: 25 August 2016 Manchester is the place to go to see spectacular art linking astronomy and indigenous culture – but hurry! Find out more…
Getting ahead for STFC
People Getting ahead for STFC Published: 18 August 2016 John Womersley is leaving STFC after 11 years as powerful advocate of astronomy and astrophysics. Find out more…
Stars that rock
News Stars that rock Published: 18 August 2016 Asteroseismology lets astronomers examine galactic archaeology, stellar interiors and strange binary systems – and it owes a lot to the hunt for exoplanets and missions suc…
A woman's place
People A woman's place Published: 10 August 2016 The Victorian urge for self-help and modernisation affected women astronomers, who played significant roles in civic astronomy societies; they were among the founders of…
Women together
RAS Women together Published: 11 August 2016 Find all the articles celebrating Women and the RAS in one place at Oxford University Press. Find out more Williamina…
Images with impact
News Images with impact Published: 2 August 2016 Do you have a striking image related to geophysics? if so, then you could enter the British Geophysical Association Image Competition for 2016. Find out mo…
Using the universe
News Using the universe Published: 3 August 2016 There are a lot of useful resources in space – and entrepreneurs are going to be exploring them soon. RAS Meeting organisers Ian Crawford, Martin Elvis and James Carpen…
Nottingham Astronomical Society 70th Birthday
Blog Nottingham Astronomical Society 70th Birthday Published: 30 July 2016 2016 marks Nottingham Astronomical Society's 70th Birthday Find out more…
Looking forward
News Looking forward Published: 30 July 2016 Now that the dust has settled in the UK from the referendum on leaving the European Union, it's time for RAS Fellows working in research to assess how their field is being affect…
Observer of observatories
People Observer of observatories Published: 29 July 2016 Amateur-astronomer Philip Corneille FRAS visited over 150 observatories in 33 countries to collect historical & technical data of telescopes and astronomical…
Seconds out – round 2!
Blog Seconds out – round 2! Published: 25 July 2016 The RAS is looking for more innovative outreach ideas, to celebrate our 200th birthday. Find out more…
A date for your diary
Outreach A date for your diary Published: 24 June 2016 Come to the RAS on 13 July and find out what RAS200 could do for you – and what you could do for RAS science Find out more…