Announcements

The AAS Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion in Graduate Astronomy Education is holding a Special Session at the 232nd AAS meeting in Denver on 4 June and looks forward to hearing your ideas.

The AAS has issued two Action Alerts so far in 2018, and our members may have noticed a new look to the emails. We're now using CQIgnite, advocacy software from CQ Roll Call.

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

The AAS seeks proposals for Special Sessions and Town Halls to be held at the 233rd AAS meeting in Seattle, Washington, 6-10 January 2019. Deadlines are just around the corner!

Conducting authentic research inspires undergraduates and provides them with important skills. Learn how to build a successful program at a workshop on 4 June at the Denver AAS meeting.

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and IPAC announce the NEOWISE 2018 Data Release with 10.3 million calibrated image sets and more than 76.8 billion source detections.

Slidecasts of 12 invited talks and prize lectures presented at the January 2018 AAS meeting near Washington, DC, are now online for members. Sign in to view them at your leisure.

This week, ask your US senators and representative to support NASA astrophysics and community-derived science priorities, including the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope.

This week, ask your US senators and representative to support NASA astrophysics and community-derived science priorities. Head to our Action Alert tool to get contact information.

Join an online hangout on Thursday, 12 April, at 3:00 pm ET to learn how the number of confirmed planets has increased dramatically within the last 30 years.

Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot has named the Science Mission Directorate's Planetary Science Division director as the agency's new chief scientist, effective 1 May 2018.

Proposals for scientific observations to be made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array from October 2018 to September 2019 are due by 15:00 UTC (11:00 am EDT) on 19 April.

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

The former chief scientist at NASA has been named the John and Adrienne Mars Director of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall, effective 30 April.

If you think the media may be interested in the science you're presenting at the 232nd AAS meeting in Colorado in June, please bring it to the attention of AAS Press Officer Rick Fienberg.