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NEWS & PRESS
 Prof Simon White, a director of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching, Germany, has won the Shaw Prize for Astronomy. The Prize, considered to be 'the Nobel of the East', recognises the achievements of the world's leading scientists.
Prof White is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, and has... More
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Last updated on Thursday, 25 May 2017 10:12 |
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Published on Thursday, 25 May 2017 09:52 |
 Thousands of processors, terabytes of data, and months of computing time have helped a group of researchers in Germany create some of the largest and highest resolution simulations ever made of galaxies like our Milky Way.
Led by Dr Robert Grand of the Heidelberger Institut fuer Theoretische Studien, the work of the Auriga... More
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Last updated on Wednesday, 24 May 2017 09:31 |
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Published on Wednesday, 24 May 2017 05:00 |
 The RAS is once again offering a carers' grant scheme for the 2017 National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 2017), to give eligible delegates a grant towards additional costs of paying for care when attending the conference.
Applications may be submitted at any time, up until 5 June 2017, and confirmation of eligibility will be given... More
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Last updated on Friday, 19 May 2017 09:26 |
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Published on Friday, 19 May 2017 09:26 |
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Around 500 astronomers and space scientists will gather at the University of Hull, from 2 – 6 July, for the Royal Astronomical Society National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 2017). The conference is the largest regular professional astronomy and space science event in the UK and will see leading researchers from around the world... More
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Last updated on Friday, 19 May 2017 09:33 |
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Published on Tuesday, 16 May 2017 09:25 |
 Planet walks and planetaria in Galway, tactile stargazing for people with sight loss, adventures in space for girls, astronomy and geophysics for rehabilitation of prisoners, and a science trailer for Cornwall make up five new public engagement projects supported by more than £400,000 from the Royal Astronomical Society. The... More
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Last updated on Friday, 12 May 2017 10:52 |
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Published on Friday, 12 May 2017 16:00 |
 Applications are invited for undergraduate internships in meteoritics. The internships will be funded by the F.A. Paneth Meteorite Trust, which was set up ‘to encourage and further research concerned with meteorites’.Prof. Friedrich Adolf Paneth (copyright University of Durham)
Applications should be submitted by... More
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Last updated on Wednesday, 10 May 2017 15:06 |
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Published on Wednesday, 10 May 2017 15:06 |
 The 197th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the RAS will be held in the lecture theatre of the Geological Society, Burlington House, London, on Friday 12th May 2017 at 16:00. It is open to RAS Fellows and staff members only. The AGM Agenda, Trustees' Annual Report & Accounts 2016, Minutes of the 196th AGM 2016, and the... More
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Last updated on Friday, 12 May 2017 11:52 |
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Published on Thursday, 27 April 2017 12:39 |
 Large and small scale solar eruptions might all be triggered by a single process, according to new research that leads to better understanding of the Sun's activity. The work, led by Royal Astronomical Society Fellowship holder Dr Peter Wyper, appears in Nature.
The team researchers, at Durham University in the UK, and NASA's... More
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Last updated on Thursday, 27 April 2017 11:21 |
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Published on Thursday, 27 April 2017 11:21 |
 A supervoid is unlikely to explain a 'Cold Spot' in the cosmic microwave background, according to the results of a new survey, leaving room for exotic explanations like a collision between universes. The researchers, led by postgraduate student Ruari Mackenzie and Professor Tom Shanks in Durham University's Centre for... More
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Last updated on Thursday, 27 April 2017 10:34 |
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Published on Tuesday, 25 April 2017 16:00 |
 When it comes to exploring exoplanets, it may be wise to take a snorkel along. A new study, published in a paper in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, has used a statistical model to predict that most habitable planets may be dominated by oceans spanning over 90% of their surface area.
The... More
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Last updated on Thursday, 20 April 2017 10:01 |
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Published on Thursday, 20 April 2017 09:58 |
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