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Like many colleagues across our community, I’m dismayed by these cuts. The UK should be building on its scientific strengths, not retreating from them, especially as a new government and new science minister seek to define the country’s future ambitions.

The Royal Astronomical Society is shocked and dismayed to hear that the UK's iconic Jodrell Bank Observatory is at risk of closure amid a slew of catastrophic budget cuts. Read our full statement here: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

That's it for NAM2026 🚀🔭 Thank you so much to the organising committee, to our hosts the @unibirmingham.bsky.social and to everyone who came along or joined us online. Next year's NAM will be hosted by the @universityofleeds.bsky.social - we look forward to seeing you there! 👋

2/2 This will allow them to continue developing one of HWO's core instruments. Professor Martin Barstow Dr Vincent Van Eylen have been giving an update on HWO here at the @unibirmingham.bsky.social. Read more 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

Our final scientific update from NAM2026 concerns NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory, which will search for Earth-like planets when it launches in the 2040s. UK astronomers are a step closer to playing a leading role in the mission, after receiving £3m from the @ukspaceagency.bsky.social. 1/2 ⤵️

Thank you to everyone who joined us for last night's NAM2026 Conference Dinner & RAS Awards Ceremony in the University of Birmingham's stunning Great Hall. Congratulations again to all of this year's award winners 🏆️🏅

Another great conference this week at the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social National Astronomy Meeting (#NAM) in Birmingham ✨🐂 I am also honoured to have received the RAS best postdoc poster prize!

The final plenary speaker at NAM 26 is Marcia Rieke, speaking online from Arizona on "Finding the Most Distant Galaxies Using the James Webb Space Telescope". Marcia is a co-author on academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... #MNRAS @royalastrosoc.bsky.social …

Leah K Morabito is our first plenary speaker at NAM today, speaking on "Active Galactic Nuclei: breaking new ground with high resolution radio surveys". Leah is first author of academic.oup.com/mnrasl/artic... #MNRAS @royalastrosoc.bsky.social …

2/2 Daisaburo said: "I am deeply honoured to receive the 2026 MNRAS Student Author Prize [and] thank my collaborators for their invaluable support throughout this project." To find out more about the MNRAS Student Prize, including how to apply for 2027, visit academic.oup.com/mnras/pages/...

Our 2026 MNRAS Student Prize winner is... 🥁🥁🥁 Daisaburo Kido from the @utokyoofficial.bsky.social. 🏆️👏 He was recognised for the paper ‘Black Hole Envelopes in Little Red Dots’ - academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... 1/2 ⤵️

Her new study suggests that higher radio frequencies could provide an important new avenue in the search for possible technological signals from other civilisations. Read more 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

It's the final day here at NAM2026... but the science isn't over yet! Could alien signals be hiding on a different radio channel? 👽️📻️ That's what @manchester.ac.uk PhD student Louisa Mason will be exploring later this afternoon. 1/2 ⤵️

This is a fantastic summary of key developments in our understanding of the Sun and its place in the Solar System. Well worth reading!

The RAS Awards Ceremony has just begun at NAM2026. 🏅🏆 Conference chair Ben Gompertz welcomes everybody to the event, before RAS President Jim Wild takes to the stage to begin handing out the prizes to our brilliant 2026 Award Winners. 👏

2/2 RAStroPhoto will be open to entrants from 1 November 2026 with the following categories: ▪️Our Solar System ▪️Deep Sky ▪️Our Galaxy ▪️Earth & Space ▪️Observing Astronomers Find out more about how to enter here: www.rastrophoto.ras.ac.uk

📸 🔭🚨Are you an amateur astrophotographer? 🚨🔭📸 Talking of exciting announcements, we're delighted to reveal the launch of a new commemorative photography competition to mark the 200th anniversary of our flagship journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society next year. 1/2 ⤵️

Reminder that the winner of the 2026 MNRAS Student Prize will be announced at NAM2026 tomorrow. If you're here at the @unibirmingham.bsky.social, please join us in room LG18 at 11am!

Remember the spectacular Northern Lights show that lit up the UK in May 2024? Well, the geomagnetic storm behind it also served as the biggest test in a generation of the UK's preparedness for severe space weather. So did it pass? Find out from research at NAM2026 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

Seb Oliver is speaking at NAM26 on "The Probe Far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics: PRIMA". Seb is second author on academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... "An almost NIRCam-dark dusty star-forming galaxy at z = 6.63" #MNRAS @royalastrosoc.bsky.social