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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.

Join the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) for Under One Sky 2021 — a 24-hour virtual event that will leave you feeling inspired and empowered to combat light pollution in your community.

In response to several issues that are prominent in the news and on social media, President Paula Szkody assures our membership that we are working to formulate a policy that will provide guidance and a path forward.

We welcome our new AAS Media Fellow, Haley Wahl of West Virginia University, and wish her predecessor, Tarini Konchady, all the best as she works to wrap up her PhD at Texas A&M University.

Several AAS members are among the newly elected 2021 Fellows of the American Physical Society (APS). Congratulations to all.

The National Science Foundation will host a webinar on 27 October on the topic of impacts to current Earth-based and future lunar-surface-based radio astronomy as lunar communications networks are tested and deployed.

The astronomy roster report from the American Institute of Physics shows that the number of astronomy bachelor’s degrees awarded at US institutions is at an all-time high, with 820 degrees conferred in the class of 2020...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is currently accepting applications for new members. Application deadline: 15 December 2021.

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.

The AAS Solar Physics Division (SPD) is accepting nominations for the George Ellery Hale Prize and Karen Harvey Prize. Application deadline: 15 November 2021.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, Kevin Krisciunas writes about a chapter in the life of Otto Struve, one of the major astronomers of the mid-20th century.

The AAS Board of Trustees has confirmed its decision to hold the 239th AAS meeting in person in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a partial virtual component available to registrants unable to attend in person.

The Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh is seeking volunteers both local and virtual to help share the wonders of space and astronomy with the public in a 19 November event.

The AAS Solar Physics Division (SPD) will host a free virtual graduate student recruitment fair on Friday, 22 October 2021, followed by a virtual postdoc fair. Check out the agenda and RSVP.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is accepting nominations for the 2021 IAU PhD Prize, which recognizes outstanding scientific achievements in astronomy by PhD students worldwide. Application deadline: 15...