Are you joining us for this Friday's A&G Highlights meeting?
It will feature talks on:
- 'Black holes and revelations' ⚫️
- Chance observations with a meteor scatter radar ☄️
- Hemispheric asymmetries in electrodynamics 🌍️
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Graphic promoting the RAS SDM 'Geomagnetic exploration of Earth from space using Swarm and MSS-1: scientific advances and future plans' on Friday 13 March 2026.
Graphic promoting the RAS SDM titled 'Solar-stellar and star-planet connections:mind the gap' on Friday 13 March 2026.
Booked your spot for Friday's RAS Specialist Discussion Meetings?
If not, there's still time! We've got two meetings: one on the geomagnetic exploration of Earth from space and the other about solar-stellar and star-planet connections. 🌍️ 💫 🪐
Scan the QR codes on the graphics to secure a ticket. 📲
Absolutely, huge thanks to @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @iop.org @royalsociety.org @lucienheurtier.bsky.social and co for co-ordinating letter writing campaigns. It's working!! We'll keep up the pressure at the Commons select committee tomorrow!
Apologies and we're on the case - we'll post the correct link once we have it.
Graphic promoting the 2026 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship.
We're now welcoming applications for the 2026 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship. 🔭🎓💫
Aimed at supporting promising women astronomers early in their careers, it was established by the Herschel Society and RAS to celebrate Caroline’s memory.
Apply now at: herschelsociety.org.uk/caroline-her...
Promo graphic for RASreach 2026 at the University of Manchester on 27 March.
Want to join us at RASreach 2026? 🪐🔭🗣️
Bookings are now open for the one-day conference on science communication on 27 March, which is being hosted by @manchester.ac.uk in partnership with @royalastrosoc.bsky.social.
ℹ️ & 🎟️ at: ras.ac.uk/events-and-m...
Professor Dame Carole Jordan.
We are saddened to hear of the death of Professor Dame Carole Jordan – the first female president of the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social.
Read more about her life and career: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
More than 100 physics teachers across the UK have now signed our open letter opposing budget cuts to particle physics, astronomy and nuclear physics outlined by the Science and Technology Facilities Council.
Want to join them? ✍️ 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
Graphic promoting the art and science symposium event at the RAS to celebrate the exhibition 'Cosmos: The Art of Observing Space'.
This Saturday we'll be celebrating 'Cosmos: The Art of Observing Space', a fascinating exhibition created in partnership with the Royal West of England Academy.
Join us from 10am-4pm at the RAS for a series of talks by astronomers, archivists and a selection of the exhibiting artists.
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Last chance to visit Moon Palace! 🌔 🚌
The school bus-turned mobile observatory is here for one more day at the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social – don't miss the chance to explore everything on board.
Come and see us from 10am-4pm today!
Thanks so much to Meganne for her brilliant talk, and to everyone who has joined us at the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social today 👋
@astromeganne.bsky.social finishes off what has been a fascinating and insightful talk about our return to the Moon.
Our younger audience members are then given the chance to ask some great questions, including what was the longest space mission and what it's like to get space in your body.
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Meganne shares '10 things you did not know about the Moon', including how our natural satellite is moving away from Earth at a rate of about 4cm a year.
She moves on to the Artemis programme, which is aiming to return humans to the lunar surface by the end of the decade, plus future Mars missions.
Meganne Christian delivers her talk at the Royal Astronomical Society.
Meganne reveals what some of her astronaut training has included.
She goes on to discuss how she was chosen as a reserve astronaut as part of @esa.int's Astronaut Class of 2022, having been selected from a pool of over 22,500 applicants.
Meganne also reveals what her astronaut training has included so far, including firefighting and winter and sea survival...
Meganne begins her talk by introducing her background before she was selected as an astronaut, including taking part in two parabolic flight campaigns on the so-called 'Vomit Comet'.
She goes on to discuss her time spent at Concordia station in Antarctica, nicknamed 'White Mars'...
Our half-term family talk with ESA reserve astronaut Meganne Christian is about to begin. 👩🚀
'Back to the Moon' will see Meganne explore what the upcoming Artemis II mission means for the UK’s next generation of aspiring astronauts, who could one day be living and working on the Moon. 🌖
Meganne Christian on board Moon Palace, the mobile observatory bus, outside the Royal Astronomical Society.
@esa.int astronaut Meganne Christian has arrived for her talk at the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social – and has already been exploring Moon Palace. 💫 🔭 👩🚀
Coming to her talk at 2pm? We look forward to meeting you then! 👋
It's been a busy morning at Moon Palace! 😅🌒🚌
Come and join us to see what all the fuss is about – it's open until 4pm today and again from 10am-4pm tomorrow outside the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social.
You can explore the mobile observatory bus and all the fun activities it has on board. 🔭💫
The most distant and most primitive object ever explored by a spacecraft, the ultra-red, 4 billion-year-old body known as Arrokoth, which is shaped like a snowman.
Snowmen in space? ⛄️ 🌌🤔
Yes, you read that correctly! A new study published in #MNRAS has uncovered evidence as to why so many icy objects in the outer solar system are shaped like two connected spheres – much like a snowman.
Read more at 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
And if you're a family with children aged 7-14, make a day of it and join us for a FREE talk by astronaut Meganne Christian at 2pm. Last chance to book here 👉️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/back-to-th...
Next stop, @royalastrosoc.bsky.social! 🚏💫
Moon Palace, the mobile observatory bus, is finally here! 🌑🚌
Looking for an entertaining thing to do in London today for half-term? Why not pop by and explore the fun activities on board, including telescopes, lunar maps, 'cosmic tea' and more! 🔭 🍵
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The University of Manchester.
🚨 Date for the diary 🚨
Reminder that we'll be hosting RASreach 2026 in partnership with @manchester.ac.uk next month.
📅 Friday, 27 March
⏰️ 09:00–17:00 GMT
📍 J. Bell Burnell Lecture Theatre
Registration will be opening soon. For more info, visit: ras.ac.uk/events-and-m...
You don't have to book for Moon Palace, just turn up on the day, climb aboard, and let your imagination soar into space! It'll be open from 10am-4pm 🌌 💫
Pictures courtesy of JMA Photography/Charles Emerson
T-minus 24 hours! 🚀
Our half-term Friday fun day is almost here. 😅🤩
👩🚀 Astronaut talk with Meganne Christian ✅️
🚌 Explore Moon Palace, the mobile observatory bus ✅️
If you want to book FREE tickets for Meganne's family talk 'Back to the Moon' at 2pm, visit: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/back-to-th...
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Need a grant to support your astronomy or geophysics research? Time is running out to get your application in for the February round of funding awarded by the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social. 🔭🪐🌍️🌋
The deadline is this Friday (20 February)⌛️⏰️
Apply here 👉️ ras.ac.uk/awards-and-g...
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Our February Public Talk 'The Solar System in X-ray Vision' is now under way.
From the relentless X-ray aurorae of Jupiter, to the subtle shimmer of X-rays fluorescing off Saturn's rings, Affelia Wibisono is discussing what these emissions reveal about Earth and our neighbouring worlds.
No booking is required for the bus, but you can secure your ticket for Meganne's talk here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/back-to-th...
She'll be giving a FREE talk about the upcoming Artemis II mission and what the return of humans to the Moon means for the next generation of space lovers, followed by a Q&A.
And what's more, you can make a day of it by hopping aboard the Moon Palace mobile bus observatory just outside! 🚌🔭🌙
Attention mums and dads!
Looking to entertain an aspiring astronaut or a Moon-mad youngster this half-term? Why not come and meet @esa.int reserve astronaut Meganne Christian at the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social this Friday. 👩🚀🚀🌔
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