Announcements

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

The National Science Foundation's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory, which brings NSF’s optical & infrared nighttime astronomy under one entity, will now go by the name NSF’s NOIRLab (no-WAH-lab).

The Trump administration released the President's FY 2021 Budget Request on 10 February. Here we provide some detail about the funding for NASA, NSF, DOE, and NIST.

Our video series about the AAS journals is expanding to include author interviews. In the first such video, Lead Editor Frank Timmes chats with Zach Meisel about his recent Astrophysical Journal article on X-ray bursts.

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC announce the NEOWISE 2020 Data Release, which includes all data acquired during the sixth year of the NEOWISE Reactivation mission.

Join Alaina G. Levine on Wednesday, 8 April, and learn how to find and nurture collaborations from wherever you are.

Phone calls are being made to remind lapsed members to renew for 2020. When renewing, please pay by credit card rather than by check to ensure rapid processing of your payment and reinstatement of your membership.

Kevin Marvel describes how the AAS is working to fulfill its mission in the face of disruptions and restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.

In response to the coronavirus outbreak and the increasing steps being taken to limit the spread, the AAS Board of Trustees has decided to convert the 236th AAS meeting to a fully virtual conference, 1-3 June 2020.

Find out what's in the May 2020 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine, as we explore the rocky surfaces of Ryugu and Bennu and hop through galaxies well placed for viewing this month.

The New Horizons science team is encouraging interested observers who can safely observe within their own self-isolation guidelines to consider imaging the fields around Wolf 359 and Proxima Centauri on 22-23 April.

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.

Launched by the AAS and its Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS), PSJ is an open-access journal devoted to studies of both our solar system and other planetary systems. An editorial and six research articles are now...

The Women in Astronomy blog has featured three posts to date of community members sharing their stories and experiences with the two-body problem.

The Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy (CSWA) recently adopted a policy clarifying its recommendations on proposals for projects or activities that it can endorse or support.