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The AAS WWT released a special web app for exploring the first images from the JWST telescope. This and other apps received more than 500,000 hits and powered social media posts that got millions of views.

AAS member Yaswant Devarakonda shares his experiences meeting with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and others as part of an advocacy day based on the JWST image release celebrations.

A group of faculty members at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley are expanding the offerings of bilingual and Spanish courses, aiming at changing the monocultural and monolingual approach to education.

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 a community workshop on Wednesday, 14 September, to help plan for the Space Interferometer for Cosmic Evolution (SPICE), a Far-Infrared Probe mission concept. Registration is required.

The Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy's Micro-Grants Program aims to reduce the effects of financial scarcity on students who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color. Application deadline: 30 September...

The John Templeton Foundation seeks applicants for a theory/experiment cross-training (TEX) graduate fellowship in fundamental physics, astronomy, or cosmology. Deadline: 30 September.

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) will be holding a community workshop with the goal of co-creating the NASA SMD Bridge Program. The virtual workshop will take place 17-22 October.

Most AAS members receive the magazine Physics Today, published by the American Institute of Physics, as a membership benefit. The August issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and can be accessed online.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, Aneka Kazlyna writes about the publication of Sir Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica.

In this policy blog post we will discuss the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) appropriations bill from the Senate and briefly compare to the House bills to understand what funding might be available for astronomy in...

American Astronomical Society (AAS) Executive Officer Kevin B. Marvel today released a statement on the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act.

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