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The James Prize honors outstanding contributions made by researchers who are able to adopt or adapt information or techniques from outside of their fields, thus integrating knowledge from two or more disciplines to solve...

NASA Science Mission Design Schools are three-month-long career development experiences for doctoral students, recent PhDs, postdocs, and junior faculty who have a strong interest in science-driven robotic space...

Executive Officer Kevin Marvel describes our recent experience with the 240th AAS meeting in Pasadena within the context of COVID-19 safety.

On 28 June, the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2023 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies bill on a 31 to 24 vote. This bill is important to AAS members because this legislation funds...

Are you — or do you know — a Black undergraduate pursuing a degree in astronomy or physics? Apply now for the TEAM-UP Together Scholarship Program, which awards up to $10,000 per student per school year to reduce the...

The Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024–2033 is calling for white papers, due 24 August 2022.

AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, ApJ Supplements, PSJ, and RNAAS to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.

In this blog article for the AAS Education Committee, Lindsay House describes Dark Energy Explorers, an online citizen science project working to understand the mystery of Dark Energy while simultaneously bringing...

Apply now to the AAS Education & Professional Development Mini-Grant Program! Funds will support education and professional development activities for AAS members. Proposals are due 19 August 2022.

In this policy blog post, we take a look at the first congressional appropriations numbers for FY2023, which start with the House. The initial bill release includes top line numbers that give us a sense of what might...

Astrobites has published summaries of many of the plenary talks and press briefings from throughout the 240th AAS meeting. You can also read them on AAS Nova.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, Michael E. Marotta writes about Riccardo Giacconi and the beginnings of X-ray astronomy.

In this AAS Education Committee blog post, we give advice on how AAS members can get involved in the education-related activities of the AAS Solar Eclipse Task Force in preparation for the 2023 and 2024 solar eclipses....

With AAS 240 just 10 days away, the Public Policy Team is looking forward to returning for our first in-person meeting in two years. This meeting promises to be jam-packed with amazing science content and happy reunions...

The American Astronomical Society will work with the American Institute of Physics and other key societies on a newly funded initiative to decrease underrepresentation of undergraduate African Americans in physics and...