RAS funds five public engagement projects to mark 200th anniversary

(Royal Astronomical Society) Planet walks and planetaria in Galway, tactile stargazing for people with sight loss, adventures in space for girls, astronomy and geophysics for rehabilitation of prisoners, and a science trailer for Cornwall make up five new public engagement projects supported by more than £400,000 from the Royal Astronomical Society. The projects, backed by the RAS 200: Sky & Earth program that celebrates the run up to the Society's bicentenary in 2020, were announced t