The Royal Astronomical Society is commemorating the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich with the launch of a special collection and booklet titled 'Band of Brothers: The entwined histories of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and Royal Astronomical Society’ (left). It has been put together by Dr Louise Devoy (inset), Senior Curator at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, and features a section on the first 10 Astronomers Royal who lived and worked at Greenwich, including Harold Spencer Jones an

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Royal Observatory's 350th anniversary commemorated with special collection

The Royal Astronomical Society is celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich by highlighting the long standing links between the two institutions. To mark the occasion, the Society is today launching a...

An artist’s impression of a bright quasar almost outshining its host galaxy.

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Astronomers challenge 50-year-old quasar law

Compelling evidence that the structure of matter surrounding supermassive black holes has changed over cosmic time has been uncovered by an international team of astronomers. If true, the research led by the National Observatory...

How to see the Geminid meteor shower

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This image shows the gas disc in a computer simulation of a Milky Way-like galaxy from the Auriga suite.

New study sheds light on Milky Way's mysterious chemical history

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A figure illustrating the rotation of neutral hydrogen (right) in galaxies residing in an extended filament (middle), where the galaxies exhibit a coherent bulk rotational motion tracing the large-scale cosmic web (left).

'Teacup-like' spinning structure one of largest ever seen in universe

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National Astronomy Meeting 2026 promo graphic.

Birmingham to host 2026 National Astronomy Meeting

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The region of sky studied in the DEVILS survey.

DEVILS in the details: How cosmic landscape impacts galaxy lifecycle

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From left, the 2025 GJI Student Author Award winners Masayoshi Someya, Xiongwei Liu and Jingtao Min.

2025 GJI Student Author Award winners announced

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Birmingham to host 2026 National Astronomy Meeting

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2025 GJI Student Author Award winners announced

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Call for applications: Editor-in-Chief, MNRAS

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RASTI listed in Web of Science

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RASTI launches new student prize

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Events and Dates for the Diary

Dec 2025

State-of-the-Art of Mercury’s space environment in preparation for the nominal phase of the BepiColombo mission

Friday, 12 of December 2025 - 10:30

RAS Meetings

Dec 2025

UK Science Enabled from Small Body Sample Return Missions

Friday, 12 of December 2025 - 10:30

RAS Meetings

Dec 2025

A&G Highlights Meeting December 2025

Friday, 12 of December 2025 - 16:00

RAS Meetings

Dec 2025

Public Talk: What astronomical object could the Christmas Star have been?

Friday, 12 of December 2025 - 18:00

RAS Public Lectures and Events

December 2025

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			Friends of RAS (only): Aurora borealis observations over the past 400 years - Prof. Mike Lockwood
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				State-of-the-Art of Mercury’s space environment in preparation for the nominal phase of the BepiColombo mission UK Science Enabled from Small Body Sample Return Missions A&G Highlights Meeting December 2025 Public Talk: What astronomical object could the Christmas Star have been?
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