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NEWS & PRESS
 New research finds that 'Oumuamua, the rocky object identified as the first confirmed interstellar asteroid, very likely came from a binary star system.
"It's remarkable that we've now seen for the first time a physical object from outside our Solar System," says lead author Dr Alan Jackson, a postdoc at the Centre for... More
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Last updated on Monday, 19 March 2018 11:52 |
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Published on Monday, 19 March 2018 11:52 |
 Pride in STEM, House of STEM, and InterEngineering are proud to announce the launch of the first ever International Day of LGBT+ people in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths, called LGBTSTEM Day, to be celebrated on 5 July 2018.
The purpose of LGBTSTEM Day is to improve the visibility and representation... More
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Last updated on Thursday, 15 March 2018 14:31 |
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Published on Thursday, 15 March 2018 14:28 |
 The Royal Astronomical Society offers its condolences to the family of Professor Stephen Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA, whose death was announced today.
Professor Stephen Hawking at NASA. Credit: NASAOver six decades, Professor Hawking carried out ground-breaking work in cosmology, seeking to understand the nature of black... More
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Last updated on Thursday, 15 March 2018 14:30 |
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Published on Wednesday, 14 March 2018 11:59 |
 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 Friday, 02 March 2018 14:29 |
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Published on Friday, 02 March 2018 14:22 |
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The RAS is offering a carers' grant scheme for the 2018 European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS 2018), to give eligible delegates a grant towards additional costs of paying for care when attending the conference.
Applications must be submitted by Monday 19 March 2018, and confirmation of eligibility will be... More
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Last updated on Monday, 05 March 2018 15:12 |
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Published on Tuesday, 27 February 2018 14:54 |
 Astronomers reveal a new high resolution map of the magnetic field lines in gas and dust swirling around the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy, published in a new paper in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The team, led by Professor Pat Roche of the University of Oxford, created the map, which... More
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Last updated on Wednesday, 21 February 2018 12:11 |
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Published on Wednesday, 21 February 2018 11:30 |
 The Royal Astronomical Society offers its condolences to the friends and family of Professor Donald-Lynden Bell, who has died at the age of 82. He served as RAS President from 1985 to 1987 and received the Society’s Gold Medal in 1993.
Lynden-Bell worked at the University of Cambridge, studying topics including the... More
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Last updated on Monday, 19 February 2018 13:55 |
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Published on Monday, 19 February 2018 13:25 |
 The Royal Astronomical Society is pleased to announce the 2018 winners of its awards, medals and prizes. Each year the RAS recognises significant achievement in the fields of astronomy and geophysics through these awards.
The announcements were made at the Ordinary Meeting of the society held on Friday 12 January 2018.... More
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Last updated on Saturday, 13 January 2018 16:13 |
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Published on Friday, 12 January 2018 16:00 |
 Geophysical Journal International (GJI) is delighted to announce the winners of its Student Author Awards for 2017.
The awards are designed to recognise and acknowledge the best papers submitted to GJI by young scientists in the field. Manuscripts are short listed by the high profile Editorial Board and... More
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Last updated on Friday, 05 January 2018 12:52 |
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Published on Friday, 05 January 2018 15:30 |
 Commander of the Order of the British Empire neck decoration (civil division). Click for original image, credit, and licence. The Royal Astronomical Society applauds astronaut Dr Helen Sharman, space scientist Professor Michele Dougherty and geophysicist Professor Kathy Whaler, recognised in the New Year's Honours list for... More
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Last updated on Friday, 05 January 2018 12:22 |
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Published on Friday, 05 January 2018 10:21 |
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