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NEWS & PRESS
 The Royal Astronomical Society is once again able to award two bursaries to two UK sixth form students to attend the prestigious European Southern Observatory (ESO) Astronomy Camp.
Each year the camp brings together almost 60 students from across Europe to take part in five days of astronomy. The camp - organised by Sterrenlab... More
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Last updated on Monday, 09 October 2017 16:40 |
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Published on Monday, 09 October 2017 14:15 |
 The RAS congratulates Fellow Dr Suzie Imber, who has been announced as the winner of the BBC show, "Astronauts: Do you have what it takes?". The results were broadcast on Sunday 1 October, when it was revealed that Suzie had emerged from a line-up of 12 people as the one who has the best qualities to be an... More
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Last updated on Monday, 09 October 2017 16:30 |
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Published on Wednesday, 04 October 2017 11:04 |
 The RAS offers its condolences to the family and friends of Dr Helen Walker, who sadly passed away in September following a 5-month illness.
Dr Helen Walker. Credit: Royal Astronomical Society
Dr Walker was a noted space scientist, a leading light in the UK IYA2009 celebrations, and an advocate for women in... More
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Last updated on Thursday, 21 September 2017 16:08 |
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Published on Thursday, 21 September 2017 11:20 |
 The European Astronomical Society (EAS) and the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) are pleased to announce the joint EWASS and National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) in 2018. It will be held for the first time in Liverpool, United Kingdom from 3 to 6 April 2018. This year, the Scientific Organizing Committee has selected a wide range... More
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Last updated on Wednesday, 20 September 2017 15:58 |
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Published on Wednesday, 20 September 2017 15:56 |
 The RAS offers its condolences to the family and friends of Professor Leon Mestel, who sadly passed away in September at the age of 90.
Prof. Leon Mestel FRS. Credit: Lucinda Douglas-Menzies
Prof. Mestel was Emeritus Professor at the University of Sussex, and his research interests ranged from stellar structure... More
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Last updated on Tuesday, 19 September 2017 15:20 |
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Published on Tuesday, 19 September 2017 15:20 |
 Tomorrow (15 September) sees the final demise of the Cassini spacecraft, as it plunges into the atmosphere of Saturn, after 20 years of continuous discovery. The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), the leading UK body for astronomy, space science and geophysics, counts among its members many of those involved in the mission, and... More
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Last updated on Friday, 15 September 2017 09:03 |
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Published on Thursday, 14 September 2017 11:46 |
 An international team of astronomers have created the longest consistent 3D model of a neutrino-driven supernova explosion to date, helping scientists to better understand the violent deaths of massive stars. The research, conducted using supercomputers in Australia, Germany, and the DiRAC facility in the UK, is published in... More
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Last updated on Thursday, 14 September 2017 07:31 |
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Published on Thursday, 14 September 2017 07:30 |
 The accelerating expansion of the Universe may not be real, but could just be an apparent effect, according to new research published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The new study—by a group at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand—finds the fit of Type Ia supernovae to... More
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Last updated on Thursday, 14 September 2017 07:19 |
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Published on Wednesday, 13 September 2017 21:00 |
 It sounds simple, but measuring a galaxy’s true 3D shape is a tricky problem that astronomers first tried to solve 90 years ago. However, for the first time astronomers have measured how a galaxy’s spin affects its shape, in new research published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical... More
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Last updated on Friday, 08 September 2017 15:43 |
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Published on Monday, 11 September 2017 15:00 |
 A group of scientists from Queen’s University Belfast and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany have turned exoplanet-hunting on its head, in a study that instead looks at how an alien observer might be able to detect Earth using our own methods. They find that at least nine exoplanets are ideally... More
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Last updated on Wednesday, 06 September 2017 10:19 |
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Published on Friday, 08 September 2017 09:00 |
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