A&G Articles

Sherell Cherish Salmon Author Biography Astronomy, Space Science and Astrophysics Graduate from the University of Kent. Currently living Kent/South East London Volunteering at the RAS. Suffer from…

Blog Hidden Figures: Behind the Numbers Published: 23 April 2017 Hidden figures is the story of three African-American female Mathematicians who worked for NASA and contributed to American winning the great space race.…

News Jubilate: William Herschel's music Published: 23 April 2017 In 1767, William Herschel was appointed Bath's Director of Music. The William Herschel Museum is celebrating the 250th anniversary of this event with an e…

Blog Society for the History of Astronomy Spring Conference, Cambridge Published: 16 April 2017 The Society for the History of Astronomy's 2017 Spring Conference being held at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge.…

Blog Ask an astrophysicist Published: 15 April 2017 Nottingham Astronomical Society members get a chance to quiz two local astrophysicists Find out more…

People A day in the life of ...Richard O'Sullivan, Administration Officer Published: 13 April 2017 The RAS Reception in Burlington House is where everybody starts their visit – and it's where they come if anything…

Blog Behind the scenes at the RAS Published: 12 April 2017 RAS Fellows form a network of scientists across the UK and the world; holding them together and working day to day to support them are the RAS staff. A&G Fo…

RAS Star spotting Published: 11 April 2017 Do you know a star, whether at the peak of their career or an up-and-coming world leader of the future? If so, now is the time to nominate them for an RAS Medal or Award…

People A day in the life of... Annie Hogan Published: 11 April 2017 Annie Hogan will be a familiar face to visitors to Burlington House, but as Membership Officer, what does she do? Find out more…

People Life on RAS Council Published: 28 March 2017 Who's on RAS Council and what do they do? Stacey Habergham, the subject of our Q&A page in the April A&G, tells all. Find out more…

News Channels in the Channel Published: 28 March 2017 The end of the last Ice Age left a trail of waterborne destruction in North America – and, it seems in the English channel. The 2016 Harold Jeffreys Lecture by Jenny…

News Zombie Zooniverse Published: 23 March 2017 Citizen scientists wanted, to hunt zombies. Zombie astrophotographs, that is! This new Zooniverse project asks for volunteers to find old astronomical images in scanned j…