Royal Astronomical Society - Associated Groups

Associated Groups

The RAS sponsors topical groups, many of them in interdisciplinary areas where the group is jointly sponsored by another learned society or professional body:

  • The Astrobiology Society of Britain
  • The Astroparticle Physics Group (with the Institute of Physics)
  • The Astrophysical Chemistry Group (with the Royal Society of Chemistry)
  • The British Geophysical Association (with the Geological Society of London)
  • The Magnetosphere Ionosphere and Solar-Terrestrial group (generally known by the acronym MIST)
  • The UK Planetary Forum
  • The UK Solar Physics group

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