A&G Articles

Pocket rockets
News Pocket rockets Published: 3 October 2018 Imagine a fleet of small satellites able to work together, flying to deep space targets, hitching a lift on the launch of other spacecraft. As Roger Walker and his ESA coll…
Astrobiology and Big History
News Astrobiology and Big History Published: 2 October 2018 Big history is the study of human civilisation in the context of the cosmos – and Ian Crawford argues that astrobiology is a logical partner in this ende…
RAS200 in Africa
RAS RAS200 in Africa Published: 29 September 2018 The October issue of A&G covers one of the RAS200 Bicentenary outreach projects will be taking place in South Africa, using a major exhibition as the focus for astronomy education and outr…
Learning on the job
Blog Learning on the job Published: 15 October 2018 Joe Davies tells all about his time as a summer intern on Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Find out more…
Fun Palaces come to Burlington House
RAS Fun Palaces come to Burlington House Published: 27 September 2018 Fun Palaces are creative, cultural, but above all community events taking place worldwide on the weekend of 6 and 7 October. This year the RAS is joi…
IAYC 2018
People IAYC 2018 Published: 10 October 2018 The International Astronomical Youth Camp, 2018, was held in the UK for the second time in its 49 year history, last summer. Find out more…
Gaia's three-dimensional sky
News Gaia's three-dimensional sky Published: 3 September 2018 A flythrough of the galaxy based on the distribution of hot massive stars proves a spectacular movie. Find out more…
CAP with an RAS Grant
RAS CAP with an RAS Grant Published: 7 August 2018 Hannah Dalgleish won an RAS Grant to attend the 8th Communicating Astronomy to the Public (CAP) conference at the The Fukuoka City Science Museum in Japan – and was ex…
Colonel Mark Beaufoy and the first RAS instrument donations
RAS Colonel Mark Beaufoy and the first RAS instrument donations Published: 6 August 2018 The two beautiful regulator clocks that hang outside the Council Room at Burlington House are important items in the Society’s hi…
New issue of A&G ready to read
News New issue of A&G ready to read Published: 25 July 2018 The August issue of A&G is ready to read on-line, with a citizen science focus, but also articles about distinguished scientists, past and present, spa…
Patrick Moore Medal for primary science
People Patrick Moore Medal for primary science Published: 31 July 2018 Jenny Lister, winner of the RAS Patrick Moore Medal for 2018, talks about Tim Peake, telescope and learning alongside the children she teaches.…
Wisdom of the football crowd
News Wisdom of the football crowd Published: 30 July 2018 Enthusiasm is one of the most effective tools for a teacher – and football has a lot of enthusiastic fans among schoolchildren. A new RAS200 project brings…