Royal Astronomical Society

Don't forget there's still one more night to take part in 100 Hours Under One Sky! The online event for stargazing beginners, running in partnership with the Royal Astronomical Society, began on Wednesday 2nd October and ends this evening - so if you love the night sky, get involved! Find out more at: https://100hours.online/ So far, more than 600 challenges have been completed by over 200 stargazers in 174 locations. #100HoursUnderOneSky #StargazingForBeginners #NightSkyLovers #AstronomyEvent

Looking for some weekend listening? Why not check out the latest episode of the Royal Astronomical Society's The Supermassive Podcast! 🎧📻 Tune in to hear Izzie and Dr Becky untangle the cosmic web - the large scale structure of the Universe - with help from Yale University's Dr Chiara Mingarelli. Listen now on your favourite podcast app or at... https://lnkd.in/eejfphpJ

Are you a student scientist? We've got a new award you might be interested in! 🧑🔬 💫 The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society has launched an annual student prize for the best paper published in the journal. The winner will be honoured at the 2025 National Astronomy Meeting 🔭 Find out more at: https://lnkd.in/gk9yyt-c

Are you a night sky lover or stargazing beginner? We have just the thing for you! Today marks the start of an exciting online event called 100 Hours Under One Sky, running until 5 October in partnership with the Royal Astronomical Society 💫 ✨ 🪐 No telescope or binoculars are needed - just look up and enjoy the wonders of the night sky 🌌 🌍 Find out more at 100hours.com #100HoursUnderOneSky #StargazingForBeginners #NightSkyLovers #AstronomyEvent

Are you a young scientist looking to pursue a career in research? Why not apply for the Royal Astronomical Society Research Fellowship? 🧑🔬 We're welcoming submissions up until 23:59 GMT on 15 November! ⏰ Find out more and apply at the link below 👇 https://lnkd.in/eVYj97sz

Want some tips on how to spot Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over the coming weeks? ☄️ Check out our video explainer and Finder Charts at: https://lnkd.in/eSacvnx2

Time to take a trip back in time to the early Universe! 💥 ✨ A new paper led by the University of Oxford and published in #MNRAS reveals the discovery of a “weird” and unprecedented galaxy in the early Universe that could “help us understand how the cosmic story began”. GS-NDG-9422 (9422) was found by the James Webb Space Telescope approximately one billion years after the Big Bang and stood out because it has a never-before-seen light signature which indicates its gas is outshining its stars 💨💫 Read more at: https://lnkd.in/eH3tq8yh #Webb #MNRAS #Galaxies

🚨 Reminder 🚨 The 2024/25 season of the Royal Astronomical Society's Public Talks begins next month with a lecture by visual artist and author Anna Von Mertens. Her talk will be about the life and work of astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, whose discovery of how to effectively measure vast distances to remote galaxies is foundational to modern cosmology. ⏰ 13:00 BST and 18:00 BST 📅 Tuesday 15 October 2024 📍 Burlington House and Online For more information and to book a place: https://lnkd.in/eA8aXtRV

Did you miss the Royal Astronomical Society's Open House at the weekend? Not to worry, here's a few more pics! There were some gems on display, including an original copy of Newton's Principia, a piece of his apple tree, and second editions of Galileo's and Copernicus's works. There was also our oldest book - from 1472! On top of that there were sunspot drawings by John Herschel and the drawings by Caroline Herschel of the first comet she discovered.

Thanks to everyone who joined us for today's Open House at the Royal Astronomical Society 💫 It was brilliant to celebrate 150 years at New Burlington House with so many astronomy and geophysics lovers, as well as interested members of the public and even Caroline and John Herschel! It was incredible to see the queues outside, too 🪐 🔭 Here are some pictures of the day...