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NSF PAARE Program and Information Session
2 Dec 2021
The Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education (PAARE) program is hosting an information session on 16 December to discuss the program and answer questions from potential partnership proposers.
December 2021 Issue of Physics Today Now Available
1 Dec 2021
Most AAS members receive the magazine Physics Today — published by the American Institute of Physics — as a membership benefit. The December issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and can be accessed online.
2022 AAS Election: Meet the Candidates (Part I)
1 Dec 2021
Get to know the candidates for At-Large Trustee and the US National Committee for the International Astronomical Union (USNC/IAU) representative. Balloting for the 2022 AAS election will begin in a few weeks.
Applications Now Open for Congressional Visits Day 2022
1 Dec 2021
The AAS Public Policy Department is now accepting applications for our annual Congressional Visits Day (CVD). The deadline to sign up for AAS CVD 2022 is Friday, 14 January 2022.
Give to the AAS by Shopping on AmazonSmile
30 Nov 2021
If you do your holiday shopping on Amazon, select “American Astronomical Society” as your charity of choice at AmazonSmile and you will automatically raise money for the AAS. It doesn’t cost you a thing!
Highlights from AAS Nova: 7-27 November 2021
29 Nov 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.
AAS Endorses the Astro2020 Decadal Survey
29 Nov 2021
The American Astronomical Society enthusiastically endorses the Astro2020 decadal survey and urges the astronomical community to support the report and its priorities.
AAS Names Jane Greaves as Fred Kavli Plenary Lecturer for 239th Meeting
24 Nov 2021
At AAS 239 in January 2022, the Fred Kavli Plenary Lecture will be given by Jane Greaves on the unexpected discovery of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus and its implications for the possibility of life.
On the Russian Anti-Satellite Test
23 Nov 2021
AAS President Paula Szkody and members of the Committee on Light Pollution, Radio Interference, and Space Debris are extremely concerned by the anti-satellite missile test Russia conducted on 15 November.
Join Us at the 239th AAS Meeting in Salt Lake City!
17 Nov 2021
Astronomers will be gathering in Salt Lake City, Utah, this January for the first in-person meeting of the AAS in two years.
CHIME Fast Radio Burst Team to Receive 2022 Berkeley Prize
16 Nov 2021
The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment fast radio burst (CHIME/FRB) team, which discovered more than 500 new fast radio bursts in the first year of the detector’s operations, will receive the 2022 Lancelot M....
TEAM-UP Webinar: Empowering African American Undergraduates in Building Their Physics Identities
9 Nov 2021
Join us on 17 November for the upcoming TEAM-UP webinar. Co-sponsored by the AAS, the webinar will focus on the concept of physics identity and empowering African American students in building their physics identities.
Astronomy in Popular Culture: Interdisciplinary Resources for Astro 101
9 Nov 2021
In this Education Committee blog post, Andrew Fraknoi looks at ways that you could bring popular culture — music, science fiction, plays, advertising, and more — into your introductory astronomy classes and labs.
Beth Brown Memorial Award Winners for 2021
8 Nov 2021
At its recent virtual meeting, the National Society of Black Physicists chose the winners of the AAS-sponsored Beth Brown Memorial Awards for oral and poster presentations.
Highlights from AAS Nova: 24 October – 6 November 2021
8 Nov 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.