Announcements

Here is a look at astronomy-related policy events on the schedule for June 2021.

The $1.2 million Shaw Prize in Astronomy for 2021 is shared equally by Victoria M. Kaspi and Chryssa Kouveliotou for their fundamental contributions to our understanding of magnetars.

We ask you to fill out forms the American Mathematical Society and American Geophysical Union has made to encourage your representatives to sign on to Dear Colleague Letters in support of science. Deadlines are April 23...

The AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy will give its 2021 Dirk Brouwer Career Award to Amina Helmi (University of Groningen) and Vera Rubin Early Career Prize to Ann-Marie Madigan (University of Colorado, Boulder).

The World Laureates Forum, the foremost global scientific gathering of Nobel and other major prize winners, invites applications from early career AAS members to attend the 4th annual this fall. Deadline: 15 June.

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.

The National Science Board has launched its year-long nomination process for candidates for the eight NSB positions that will become vacant on 10 May 2022. Nomination deadline: 31 May 2021.

How to make your eclipse events more inclusive as you begin to think about the solar eclipse in 2024? We describe the LightSound device, which is connected to a speaker and can make an entire event more accessible.

We ask you to add your name to the Community Support Letter the American Physical Society has made to indicate your support for the National Science Foundation for the Future Act. The deadline is 1 June!

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, Martin Griffiths writes about Joseph Harris and the 1761 transit of Venus.

In this blog post, guest author L. M. Rebull provides a list of education and public outreach (EPO) programs that get teachers and students in contact with real astronomy data. Additions and/or corrections are welcome.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, IEEE Life member Kurt Baty writes about the Antikythera Mechanism, the oldest known mechanical calculator for astronomy.

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.

Hear brief reports from the Society's officers and get to know our new leaders as we close out the virtual 238th AAS meeting on Wednesday, 9 June.

The North American ALMA Science Center and the SOFIA Science Center are excited to present their joint six-week seminar series, starting 10 June and concluding on 22 July.