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President Megan Donahue views the Society as more than the sum of its individual parts.
Representing the AAS, Executive Officer Kevin Marvel joined leaders of about 70 other professional societies in Washington, DC, to discuss the issue of sexual harassment in STEMM fields.
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Students are invited to register for the first round of the 2019 USA Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad. Deadline: 25 January.
The next Decadal Survey in Astronomy and Astrophysics is getting started! The National Academies and study co-chairs are seeking nominations for committee and panel membership and accepting science white paper submissions.
Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future is a feature-length documentary on the life, works, and influence of pioneering space artist Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986). Catch a screening near you!
Attention AAS members in Southern California: Science, art, and media intersect at the fifth annual Raw Science Film Festival, to be held Saturday, 26 January 2019, in Los Angeles.
Join this three-day symposium to hear and discuss science priorities, mission concepts, and enabling capabilities expected to be assessed by the upcoming Astro2020 Decadal Survey.
In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, we focus on Galileo's discovery of the moons of Jupiter.