The Astronomy Ambassadors Group is a place for young people (between 16 and 21 years old) to get a taste of the work we do at the Royal Observatory and explore their passion for astronomy, space science or science communication. Join us, meet other like-minded young people, and make meaningful contributions to the work that the Royal Observatory does.
We're running sessions throughout 2024, with lots of opportunities to learn new skills and create content with us! Details of sessions in 2025 will be shared with the mailing list soon. If you want to get involved, sign up!
Who is it for?
The Astronomy Ambassadors Group is open to 16 – 21 year olds who have an interest in space and astronomy and how we share these topics with the public! We want the voice of young people to be included in our work, and we’re looking at how we can do this differently.
What will we do?
We ran sessions throughout 2023, including careers chats, private tours of our collections centre, introductions to using telescopes, writing content for the website (check that out here, here or here), and young people creating and presenting their own planetarium show!
Sessions in 2024 included all of this and more – for example creating podcasts, and explaining astronomy to our visitors via videos and podcasts.
You can listen to the group's latest podcast here. Below, we also have examples of videos made by our Astronomy Ambassadors Group in 2024:
Do you have any questions?
We have a FAQ document you can download here:
You can also get in touch with us at youthadvisory@rmg.co.uk
Do you want to share this project with others?
Great! Feel free to share this page. You can also download our flyer here:
Ready to join?
You can sign up below:
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Cover image: Jets powered by the supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy Hercules A. Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Baum and C. O'Dea (RIT), R. Perley and W. Cotton (NRAO/AUI/NSF), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)