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 From 1-5 July, around 560 astronomers and space scientists will gather at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, for the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting 2013 (NAM 2013), one of Europe's largest professional astronomy conferences.
Highlights of the conference will include:
The Sun at solar maximum...
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 June 2013 13:24 |
 Nominations are now being invited for RAS Medals and Prizes to be awarded in January 2014. The deadline for nominations is 31 July 2013 for most awards, with the exception of the Patrick Moore Medal which has a deadline of 27 September 2013.
The Gold Medal of the RASA list of the awards available this year is provided below....
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 June 2013 10:11 |
 The European Astronomy Journalism Prize 2013 launched today has been expanded and now includes entries from Europe and South America.
An aerial view of the Very Large Telescope site at Paranal in Chile. Credit: ESOThe competition is run by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and the European Southern...
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Last Updated on Monday, 03 June 2013 14:22 |
 The June digest of upcoming space and astronomy news events. This month sees the 222nd meeting of the American Astronomical Society and the launches of the ESA Automated Transfer Vehicle 'Albert Einstein' and the NASA Interface Region Imaging Spacecraft (IRIS) mission.
2-6 June: 222nd meeting of the American...
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Last Updated on Saturday, 01 June 2013 10:09 |
 The RAS invites applications for a new series of grants and prizes for student involvement in instrumentation, in both astronomy and geophysics.
Funded by a generous donation from the Patricia Tomkins Foundation, the following awards are available:
The Tomkins Thesis Prize of £1,000, awarded for the best PhD thesis related...
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:08 |
 The results of the 2013 RAS elections were announced at the Annual General Meeting of the society on 10 May. The following Fellows were elected to serve on Council, the governing body of the society:
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Prof. Martin Barstow, elected as the next President of the RASProf. Martin Barstow
Martin Barstow is...
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 June 2013 10:14 |
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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has found signs of Earth-like planets in an unlikely place: the atmospheres of a pair of burnt-out stars in a nearby star cluster. The white dwarf stars are being polluted by debris from asteroid-like objects falling onto them. This discovery suggests that rocky planet assembly is common in...
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Last Updated on Thursday, 09 May 2013 14:50 |
 The regular digest of upcoming space and astronomy news events, from the RAS. May sees the 193rd Annual General Meeting of the Society, where the results of the elections for our President and Council will be announced; discussion meetings on galaxy morphology and moons in the Solar system and the latest launch of astronauts to...
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 May 2013 14:43 |
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The 193rd Annual General Meeting of the RAS will be held in the lecture theatre of the Geological Society, Burlington House, London, on 10th May 2013 at 16:00. It is open to Fellows and RAS staff only.
The AGM is the opportunity for the Fellows to discuss and determine matters relating to the affairs the society. It deals with...
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Last Updated on Friday, 26 April 2013 09:49 |
 Astronomers have released a new image of the outer atmosphere of Betelgeuse – one of the nearest red supergiants to Earth – revealing the detailed structure of the matter being thrown off the star.
The new e-MERLIN radio image of Betelgeuse. The image is 1 arcsecond on a side, north is up and east is to the left. The...
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Last Updated on Thursday, 25 April 2013 16:18 |
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