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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.

Over the last two years, you may have heard in the news about big legislative packages for funding science. The Endless Frontier Act, America COMPETES, USICA, CHIPS? In this policy blog post, we cover the long road that...

If you’re a Graduate or Undergraduate Student Member, please take a few minutes to verify or update your information in our records and confirm your appropriate membership class. Deadline: 22 August.

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.

In this blog article for the AAS Education Committee, Thomas Hockey describes how total solar eclipses have appeared in some recent popular works of fiction.

The goal of the Astronomy Genealogy Project is to list as many of the world's astronomers and their academic parents as possible and enable the reader to trace both academic ancestors and descendants.

Mark Clampin has been selected to permanently fill the position of Astrophysics Division Director in the NASA Science Mission Directorate.

While we were collectively nerding out over JWST images, lots of important science policy work was also taking place. In this policy blog post we discuss the political side of release week events, and what your public...

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.

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

AAS member Arpita Roy describes her experience at this year's Congressional Visits Day.

The James Prize honors outstanding contributions made by researchers who are able to adopt or adapt information or techniques from outside of their fields, thus integrating knowledge from two or more disciplines to solve...

NASA Science Mission Design Schools are three-month-long career development experiences for doctoral students, recent PhDs, postdocs, and junior faculty who have a strong interest in science-driven robotic space...

Executive Officer Kevin Marvel describes our recent experience with the 240th AAS meeting in Pasadena within the context of COVID-19 safety.