Journals

About the RAS journals

The RAS publishes results of original research in its major journals, Geophysical Journal International (GJI), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) and RAS Techniques and Instruments (RASTI). Astronomy & Geophysics (A&G) is the Society's full-colour news and reviews magazine, distributed to all Fellows.

MNRAS publishes the results of original research in astronomy and astrophysics, including work which is observational, theoretical or concerned with astronomical instrumentation and software.

Until the end of 2025, MNRAS Letters published short but timely articles in astronomy and astrophysics. Letters are now published in MNRAS, with the MNRAS Letters archive available to view online.

GJI publishes research on all aspects of theoretical, computational, applied and observational geophysics.

RASTI is a peer-reviewed journal which provides an international forum for high-quality papers covering data science, software, and instrumentation, in astrophysics and geophysics.

Journal News

Glowing deep red from the distant past, the galaxy Y1 shines because of dust grains heated by newly-formed stars (circled in this image from the James Webb Space Telescope).

Superheated star factory is discovered in early universe

Type Ia supernova SN1994d pictured in its host galaxy NGC4526.

Universe's expansion 'is now slowing, not speeding up'

This artist’s impression depicts a dying Sun-like star engulfing an exoplanet. New research published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society suggests that ageing stars may be destroying the giant planets orbiting closest to them.

Ageing stars may be destroying their closest planets

Call for applications: Editor-in-Chief, MNRAS

Editorial Boards & Team

Meet the team of Editors and Assistant Editors who work on our journals.

Meet the team

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