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🚨Reminder🚨 Tomorrow there are two Specialist Discussion Meetings at Burlington House, London – one on extreme stellar populations and the other on ocean bottom geophysics. If you haven't booked your ticket, now is the last chance to do so! ⤵️ ras.ac.uk/events-and-mee…

Tonight we'll be awarding the 2025 Caroline Herschel Medal to Professor Dr Isobel Hook for her "pioneering" work on distant supernovae and the accelerating universe! 🌌💫🏅 We'll share pictures from the ceremony with the German Astronomical Society later. Congrats again Isobel Hook!

#OnThisDay 244 years ago, the Royal Astronomical Society's first president William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus from his home in Bath. #Discovery #Uranus #Herschel

Attention early risers! ⏰ 🌇 Don't forget to look out for the pre-dawn lunar eclipse tomorrow morning. Want to know the timings and what you'll see? Check out this video with the Royal Astronomical Society's Dr Robert Massey or visit: ras.ac.uk/news-and-press… #LunarEclipse

The Caroline Hershel Medal honours the longstanding scientific cooperation between 🇩🇪-🇬🇧 & celebrates outstanding research by women astrophysicists. I'm delighted to present Prof Isobel Hook with this year's medal for her contribution to the study of distant supernovae.

Rise and shine! What a wonderful morning for a lunar eclipse 🌑 Don't forget to look up at the Moon before it sets below the horizon to catch a glimpse of the spectacle. 👀 Watch this video to learn more: ras.ac.uk/news-and-press… And if you get a picture, make sure you tag us!

There's a great buzz here this morning for today's Specialist Discussion Meetings at Burlington House! At the Royal Astronomical Society we've got a discussion on ocean bottom geophysics, while at the @geolsoc there's a meeting about extreme stellar populations. 🌊✨

Did you see the lunar eclipse this morning? If so, tag us in your pics or email them to [email protected]! 🌑 Here are a few from Royal Astronomical Society Deputy Executive Director Dr Robert Massey...

We're delighted to announce the appointment of our new Executive Director, Ian Russell. 👏 Ian will take up the role on 1 May 2025. 🚀 Read more at: ras.ac.uk/news-and-press…

Our Deputy Executive Director Dr Robert Massey and Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans Professor Catherine Heymans were both on BBC News (UK) earlier talking about the #LunarEclipse. Here's a clip! 📺 And if you fancy seeing a timelapse of the spectacle, check out: ras.ac.uk/news-and-press…

Ever seen a dogstronomer? Your wish is our command. 🐶🔭 Earlier this month up to 500 people (and one pooch!) joined in with a free Art After Dark event in Burlington House courtyard, which saw a telescope set up so the public could enjoy some mesmerising galactic sights 🌌🔭

How about a game of connecting the dots! That's what Y4/5 pupils at Co-op Academy Nightingale in Leeds got stuck into for British Science Week as part of an Royal Astronomical Society Constellation Cards workshop with Lucinda Offer and Sue Bowler. Here are some pics courtesy of Mark Wrigley ⤵️