Announcements

The science community is invited to play a role in the definition of Large Synoptic Survey Telescope's Observing Strategy by submitting white papers to help refine the main survey. Deadline: 30 November 2018.

About 800 researchers from the US and around the world are expected to attend DPS 50 to discuss new findings about our own solar system as well as planetary systems around other stars.

The AAS operates a press-release-distribution service that reaches more than 2,500 science writers worldwide — but only if you remember to use it!

This post covers the new Affiliate classes for amateur astronomers and alumni, and is the last in a three-part series about the changes to the Society's membership classes.

Join an online hangout on Thursday, 9 August, at 3:00 pm ET to learn how IceCube works, what the researchers hope to find, and the detection of IceCube-10922.

Despite significant cuts to NASA's Planetary Science Division budget early in this decade, the agency has made impressive progress in meeting goals outlined in the 2013-2022 planetary decadal survey.

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

Most AAS members receive the magazine Physics Today as a membership benefit. The latest issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and can be accessed online.

The American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting in Washington, DC, 10-14 December 2018 features numerous sessions on exoplanets. AAS members are welcome to submit abstracts.

The US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics invites the community to submit white papers by 18 January 2019 in preparation for the 2020 decadal survey.

Rick is being honored with NASA’s Exceptional Public Achievement Medal “for exceptional service to the nation in [his] tireless efforts for the public’s safe solar viewing of the 2017 total solar eclipse.”

In this monthly feature of the AAS Policy Blog, we share a calendar of upcoming events in science and space policy that may be of interest to our members.

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

LCO invites applications for organized and structured astronomy-education programs with well-defined target audiences. Partners will observe with LCO telescopes and use the data in their educational activities.

The National Optical Astronomy Observatory invites all interested US scientists to participate in the development of exemplar Key Science Programs for the Giant Magellan Telescope and Thirty Meter Telescope.