Published in #MNRAS: "The fine structure of the mean magnetic field in M31", Paul et al. This is Fig. 1: for the caption & to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Published in #GJI Geophysical Journal International: "Shear wave velocity image of an ophiolite nappe in New Caledonia and its implications for Eocene subduction initiation beneath Zealandia", Chin et al. Please visit academic.oup.com/gji/article/... to read the paper. @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

Observations of AGN-driven feedback: dynamics and ionization of the filaments in M87: academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... -> El Gran Telescopio de Canarias captura cómo el agujero negro de la galaxia supergigante M87 moldea sus filamentos: efe.com/canarias/202...

– Michael Penston Prize for astronomy – Keith Runcorn Prize for geophysics – Patricia Tomkins Prize for instrumentation science Nominate now 👉 ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

The festive season may be in full swing but before you clock off for Christmas don't forget to nominate someone for our Thesis Prizes 2025 🪐 🌍 🔭 Each year the RAS recognises the best PhD theses in astronomy and geophysics completed in the UK. There are three prizes: ⤵️

How did the Royal Observatory and the @rasjournals.bsky.social shape one another over time? This Special Collection brings together articles that explore their evolving relationship through people, science, and institutions. Discover the Special Collection: oxford.ly/45byd70

In situ ionospheric observations near lunar south pole by the Langmuir Probe on Chandrayaan-3 lander: academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... -> Chandrayaan-3's RAMBHA-LP Instrument Delivers Critical 'Ground Truth' on the Moon’s Plasma Environment: www.isro.gov.in/Chandrayaan3...

Published in #MNRAS: "The evolved splash bridge system UGC 6944: a population synthesis, X-ray, and neutral hydrogen study", Mandal et al. This is Fig. 1: for the caption & to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Published in #GJI Geophysical Journal International: "Influence of subduction history and mineral deformation on seismic anisotropy in the lower mantle", Hu et al. This is Fig. 1: for the caption & to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/gji/article/... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

Published in #RASTI RAS Techniques & Instruments: "MAUVESIM: the instrument simulator software for the Blue Skies Space Mauve satellite", Saba et al. This is Fig. 1: for the caption & to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/rasti/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Reminder that you can read a new special collection and commemorative booklet to mark the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich. 🔭💫 It highlights the long standing links between the Observatory and the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social. Read more at: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

Published in #MNRAS: "Multi-cloud crushing – the collective survival of cold clouds in galactic outflows", Seidl et al. This is Fig. 2: for the caption & to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Published in #GJI Geophysical Journal International: "Influence of surrounding topography on earthquake ground motions in intermontane basin settings: insights from the Kathmandu basin", Agrawal et al. Read the paper at academic.oup.com/gji/article/... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Added to our news pages: "A new broad-band atmospheric dispersion corrector for HROS-TMT", Bestha et al. This is Fig. 1: for the caption & to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/rasti/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

With just under a week to go till Christmas we're feeling very festive over here at the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social. 🎄🧑‍🎄☃️ Our offices will be open until the 23 December but will then close from Christmas Eve - 1 January 2026.

🚨 LAST CALL 🚨 Today is the final day to submit session proposals for next year's National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Birmingham. Make sure you get yours in at: www.sr.bham.ac.uk/nam2026/sess...

Reviewers and researchers: @rasjournals.bsky.social's Special Issue is a chance to spotlight the science behind volcanic seismicity. Whether you're analyzing data or developing new methods, your work matters. Learn the details: oxford.ly/4iMKe8E

Published in #MNRAS: "Galaxy-scale lens search in the PEARLS NEP TDF and CEERS JWST fields", Ferrami et al. This is Fig. 1: to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Published in #GJI Geophysical Journal International: "Seismic structure beneath western Pacific and adjacent regions from seismic full-waveform inversion", Jin et al. This is Fig. 1: please visit academic.oup.com/gji/article/... to read the paper. @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Published in #RASTI RAS Techniques & Instruments: "AGILE: an innovative instrument concept to identify and characterize solar energetic particles", Kanekal et al. This is Fig. 1: please visit academic.oup.com/rasti/articl... to read the paper. @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

✨ TALES members Maria Chira and Antonis Georgakakis lead a new MNRAS study presenting evidence that the X-ray–to–UV correlation of quasars evolves with cosmic time, based on eROSITA-DE, SDSS, and XMM-Newton data. 👉 Read more: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

Published in #MNRAS: "Atmospheric turbulence parameters characterization and seeing forecasting at the Daocheng site using ERA5 reanalysis data", Zhou et al. This is Fig. 1: to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Published in #GJI Geophysical Journal International: "Uppermost mantle anisotropic tomography in and around the Tanlu fault zone derived from PickNet automatically picked Pn data", Xiang et al. To read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/gji/article/... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

Published in #RASTI RAS Techniques & Instruments: "Lord of the (sub-)Rings: mapping the surface reflectance and spin-axis of Ajisai", Airey et al. This is Fig. 1: for the caption & to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/rasti/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

How do complex molecules form across the universe? India's Organics in Space consortium is advancing the answer. Explore the new MNRAS Special Issue which showcases key findings from this national collaboration. oxford.ly/49dIxOl @rasjournals.bsky.social

Attending AGU #AGU25 in New Orleans and want to learn more about publishing in our journals, particularly Geophysical Journal International #GJI? Visit the Oxford University Press @academic.oup.com stand and speak to our Head of Publishing, Liz Baker (pictured right). @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

Published in #MNRAS: "Signatures of exploding supermassive PopIII stars at high redshift in JWST, EUCLID, and Roman Space Telescope", Jockel et al. This is Fig. 1: for the caption & to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Published in #GJI Geophysical Journal International: "Optimizing data usage in regional body wave tomography by using asynchronous network data and relative sensitivity kernels: an example from Patagonia", Ben-Mansour & Maupin. academic.oup.com/gji/article/... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

Published in #RASTI RAS Techniques & Instruments: "The WEAVE-TwiLight-Survey: expanding WEAVE’s reach to bright and low-surface-density targets with a novel observing mode", Hajnik et al. This is Fig. 2: read the paper at academic.oup.com/rasti/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

TODAY AT #AGU25! Don't miss the opportunity to meet Liz Baker, Head of Publishing at the @rasjournals.bsky.social and have your publishing requirements answered! Visit OUP's booth (#1051) between 11-12 to meet Liz and discover more about the RAS journals. oxford.ly/498Tu3C

⌛Reminder: 🕰️ The closing date for applications for the position of MNRAS Editor-in-Chief is Friday 9th January. 🔔🔭📚 Want to find out more? Visit ras.ac.uk/mnras-eic for the person specification, role description and information on how to apply. @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

Published in #MNRAS: "A ‘New Hope’ for Moon formation: presenting a multiple-impact pathway", Davies et al. This is Fig. 1: for the caption & to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Published in #GJI Geophysical Journal International: "Muography for structural characterization of volcanoes: a case study at Mount Unzen, Japan", Oláh et al. This is Fig. 1: for the caption & to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/gji/article/... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

Published in #RASTI RAS Techniques & Instruments: "fftvis: a non-uniform Fast Fourier Transform based interferometric visibility simulator", Cox et al. This is Fig. 1: for the caption & to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/rasti/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Get your (ice) skates on! ⛸️⛸️⛸️ There are just 3 days left to submit session proposals for next year's National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Birmingham. 🚀🔭 You can do so at: www.sr.bham.ac.uk/nam2026/sess...

Calling all students! 🧑‍🎓🔬🔭 Don't forget that we'll be recognising the best student paper submitted to MNRAS between June 2025 and May 2026. Want to put yourself forward for the MNRAS Student Prize and potentially win a cash prize and certificate? 🏆 Find out more at: academic.oup.com/mnras/pages/...

Published in #MNRAS: "Cloudy-Maraston: integrating nebular continuum and line emission with the Maraston stellar population synthesis models", Newman et al. This is Fig. 1: read the paper at academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Published in #GJI Geophysical Journal International: "Reverse time migration for microseismic sources using combinational autocorrelation imaging condition", Wang et al. This is Fig. 4: for the caption & to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/gji/article/... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

Are you attending #AGU25 in New Orleans this week? @rasjournals.bsky.social is! Visit OUP at stand 1051 to learn more about the exciting developments for the #GJI and #RASTI journals: oxford.ly/3KJ4T0T

Milky Way in context: the formation of galactic discs and chemical sequences from a cosmological perspective🔓 academic.oup.com/mnras/articl...

We are delighted to announce the launch of a new special collection and commemorative booklet to mark the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich. 🔭💫 It highlights the long standing links between the Observatory and the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social. Read more 👉 ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

Published in #MNRAS: "The PAH 3.4 micron feature as a tracer of shielding in the Orion Bar and NGC 6240", Thatte et al. This is Fig. 6: for the caption & to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Published in #GJI Geophysical Journal International: "The influence of a stably stratified layer on the hydromagnetic waves in the Earth’s core and their electromagnetic torques", Seuren et al. Read the paper at academic.oup.com/gji/article/... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Read more about our new GJI paper, led by Emile Serra in Strasbourg, where we image the upper mantle and mantle transition zone under Indonesia. By utilising the Backus-Gilbert SOLA method, we develop seismic velocity models with quantified resolution and uncertainties.

Hurry, hurry, hurry! 🏃 Time is running out to bag a ticket for tomorrow's FREE Christmas-themed Public Talk at the Royal Astronomical Society. Why not come along and hear Dr Becca Whitehead reflect on what astronomical object the Christmas Star could have been. 🎟️ Scan the QR code below.

Published in #MNRAS: "Assessing the metal and rare earth element mining potential of undifferentiated asteroids through the study of carbonaceous chondrites", Trigo-Rodríguez et al. This is Fig. 1: read the paper at academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Published in #GJI Geophysical Journal International: "Inference of the S- to P-wave velocity anomalies ratio and its uncertainty with an application to South-East Asia", Serra et al. This is Fig. 1: read the paper at academic.oup.com/gji/article/... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

Published in #RASTI RAS Techniques & Instruments: "Scorpio: a two-fluid code for ambipolar diffusion simulations informed by recent observational constraints", Cheng et al. This is Fig. 1: for the caption & to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/rasti/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

Reviewing is a chance to give back, learn, and grow. #RASTI is looking for people who care about research and community. Join the reviewer community: oxford.ly/4pNL9rG#RASTI @rasjournals.bsky.social

Published in #MNRAS: "An XMM–Newton view of the ANdromeda Galaxy as explored in a Legacy Survey (New-ANGELS) – II: luminosity function of X-ray sources", Huang et al. This is Fig. 6: read the paper at academic.oup.com/mnras/articl... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @academic.oup.com