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Professor S. M. Razaullah Ansari, 1932-2023

The Royal Astronomical Society offers its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Professor Shaikh Mohammad Razaullah Ansari, who has died at the age of 90. Prof. Ansari was a well-known historian of science...
The artist's impression shows a source of bright yellow-white light against the dark backdrop of space. Coming from the centre of the light source is a conical jet that is blue in colour. Faint, smaller galaxies are seen in the background of the image,
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Galaxy changes classification as jet changes direction

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An image of two galaxies intertwined against the dark backdrop of space. Both of the galaxies are light in colour, with touched of lilac, pink and red running throughout. Very distant galaxies are seen in the background, most of them spiral shaped and much smaller than the two interacting galaxies.
New discovery sheds light on very early supermassive black holes
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Professor Gillian Wright in the workshops at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Edinburgh
Professor Gillian Wright CBE wins Caroline Herschel Medal
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An artist's impression of a large blue-grey galaxy in space, surrounded very closely by 5 smaller satellite galaxies which appear grey in colour. Faint background stars are seen surrounding all of the galaxies.
Distant galaxy mirrors the early Milky Way
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Astronomers confirm age of most distant galaxy with oxygen
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Next Generation Interferometric Image Reconstruction: call for papers
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Three quarters of major observatories affected by light pollution
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Hunga Volcano special issue of GJI: analysis of tsunamis in Lingding Bay
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