A&G Articles

Voices of the Future 2019
Blog Voices of the Future 2019 Published: 15 March 2019 Hannah Dalgleish, astrophysics research student at Liverpool John Moores University, spent a morning with MPs at Westminster posing pressing questions from young scientists. Find out m…
International Committee minutes
News International Committee minutes Published: 21 February 2019 The RAS International Committee has been meeting and here's what was decided. Find out more The R…
Predicting 370 years into the future
News Predicting 370 years into the future Published: 6 February 2019 A prediction of the next easterly variation to be measured at London has been proved correct after 370 years. Find out more…
From school to space
People From school to space Published: 4 February 2019 Supporting schoolchildren to carry our real research has many benefits – for teachers and scientists as well as the students themselves. Peter Hatfield of the…
Global geophysics for security
RAS Global geophysics for security Published: 4 February 2019 Seismology has the potential to locate nuclear tests, including those carried out by North Korea. The British Geophysical Association devoted their main annual meeting to the chall…
New issue of A&G ready to read
News New issue of A&G ready to read Published: 31 January 2019 The February 2019 issue of A&G includes geophysics for global security, exoplanet ionospheres, outreach with dancing, education with culture and lot…
Other Earths, other ionospheres...?
News Other Earths, other ionospheres...? Published: 1 February 2019 Our ionosphere makes our planet distinctive from space – but might an ionosphere also indicate Earth-like planets around other stars? Michael Mendillo…
Hydrogen molecular ions meeting
News Hydrogen molecular ions meeting Published: 22 November 2018 The role of the molecular ions of hydrogen in astronomy and planetary science comes under scrutiny at a Royal Society meeting in January 2019.…
Welcome to the party
News Welcome to the party Published: 28 November 2018 Big stargazing events generate of lot of razzmatazz, but how much impact do they make? Karen Masters and colleagues had a look at the legacy of Stargazing Live event…
Happy Birthday MIST
News Happy Birthday MIST Published: 26 November 2018 It's fifty years since the UK's magnetosphere, ionosphere and solar terrestrial physicists started to get together, hold meetings and develop their community, a group…
Variety – and music – are the spice of life for Morgan
News Variety – and music – are the spice of life for Morgan Published: 8 November 2018 Life in the day of Morgan Hollis Assistant Editor in the RAS Editorial Office and Deputy Press Officer. Find out more   Top brass – and no…
A DIY radio telescope
Outreach A DIY radio telescope Published: 1 October 2018 If you want to do radio astronomy, then build yourself a radio telescope. That's what a group of students at the University of Exeter thought, and now they are r…