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ALT The Royal Astronomical Society's Lucinda Offer and Sue Bowler at the Constellations and circuits workshop for British Science Week at a school in Leeds.
ALT Connecting the dots of constellations.
ALT Children take part in a game of connecting the dots with constellations.
ALT An illuminated constellation card created using circuits, LEDs and resistors.
ALT Graphic promoting the RAS Public Talk for March, with a depiction of an artificial intelligence figure on top of an artist's impression of an exploding star.
ALT A 'dogstronomer' and its owner take part in a stargazing night in Burlington House courtyard.
ALT People watching the night sky next to a telescope set up for the Art After Dark event at Burlington House.
ALT A crowd of people gather around a telescope to enjoy views of the cosmos at an Art After Dark event in Burlington House courtyard.
ALT Graphic announcing the appointment of Ian Russell as the next Executive Director of the RAS, including an image or Mr Russell on a purple starry background alongside welcome text and the RAS logo.
ALT The lunar eclipse as viewed from Lewes, East Sussex, on 14 March 2025. Credit: Dr Robert Massey.
ALT The Moon appears as though it has had a bite taken out of it in this image of the lunar eclipse. Credit: Dr Robert Massey.
ALT This early morning picture shows the lunar eclipse before the Moon set below the horizon.
ALT The lunar eclipse almost reaches totality in this image above Lewes in East Sussex.
ALT A sign on the door of the Royal Astronomical Society showing which Specialist Discussion Meeting is taking place there and which is at the Geological Society.
ALT Inside the lecture theatre at the RAS where the Specialist Discussion Meeting 'Ocean Bottom Geophysics: Progress and Perspectives' is taking place today.
ALT Timings and phases of the lunar eclipse on Friday 14 March 2025. Credit: Stellarium.
ALT Professor Isobel Hook receives the 2025 Caroline Herschel Medal at a ceremony at the German Embassy in London.
ALT A programme for the event, featuring the logos of the Royal Astronomical Society, German Astronomical Society and German Embassy in London.
ALT Professor Hook gives a talk on supernovae and their role in the search for mysterious dark energy.
ALT William Herschel alongside the planet Uranus, as seen by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft.
ALT Professor Dr Isobel Hook alongside the Caroline Herschel Medal.
ALT Graphic promoting the RAS Specialist Discussion Meetings for March, with the depiction of an extreme stellar explosion as the background and an inset image of a scientific research boat carrying out exploration work.
ALT Graphic promoting the RAS Public Talk for March, with a depiction of an artificial intelligence figure on top of an artist's impression of an exploding star.
ALT Dr Heloise Stevance.
