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The National Academy of Sciences, Kavli Foundation, and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will host a symposium in Washington, DC, to consider the future of science in the US and how it can best serve society. Attend in person...

The International Astronomical Union's CAP 2020 Conference will be held 21-25 September at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and the organizers invite proposals for talks, posters, and workshops. Deadline: 15...

Each month this series from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division highlights an important discovery or memorable event. In this installment we focus on the “king of amateur astronomy conferences” and “Woodstock of...

Voting in the AAS election of Officers and At-Large Trustees for terms beginning in 2020 closed on 31 January, and the ballots have been counted. The envelopes, please...

Here is a look at astronomy-related policy events on the schedule for February 2020.

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

The International Astronomical Union has established its 11th Regional Office of Astronomy for Development to execute the vision of “Astronomy for a Better World." It will be operated by a consortium of North American...

Substantial progress has been made in implementing the programs recommended in the 2013 decadal survey on solar and space physics (heliophysics) despite a challenging budgetary landscape, says a new midterm assessment.

Ten winners and five honorable mentions received support to present their dissertation talks at the 235th AAS meeting in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, in January. Congratulations to all!

Please join NASA’s Astrophysics Division for a virtual community town hall on 27 February to discuss the implementation of dual-anonymous peer review for Astrophysics General Observer / General Investigator programs.

The Submillimeter Array is now accepting proposals for Standard Observing Projects for the 2020A semester, which runs from 16 May to 15 November 2020. Notice of Intent is due 5 March.

AAS member Eugene Parker, a professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, is being honored “for pioneering and fundamental studies of the solar wind and magnetic fields from stellar to galactic scales.”

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 AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division is awarding its 2020 Bruno Rossi Prize to Sheperd S. Doeleman of the Event Horizon Team, which produced the first image of the immediate environment around a black hole.

The Panel on State of the Profession and Societal Impacts will gather information on the health and demographics of the astronomy and astrophysics community and make actionable suggestions to the Astro2020 committee...