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Call for Bipartisan Candidate Engagement Proposals
8 July 2018
Research!America, in partnership with the AAS, is issuing a call for funding proposals from student- and postdoc-led science-policy groups in the run-up to the 2018 midterm elections.
Highlights from AAS Nova: 24 June - 7 July 2018
9 Jul 2018
AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.
Changes to AAS Student Memberships
5 July 2018
This post is the second in a three-part series about the upcoming changes to the Society's membership classes and features the revisions to student memberships.
Videos Available from the 232nd AAS Meeting
2 July 2018
Slidecasts of 11 invited talks and prize lectures presented at the 2018 summer AAS meeting in Denver, Colorado, are now online for members. Sign in to view them at your leisure.
July 2018 Issue of Physics Today Is Online & in the Mail
2 July 2018
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.
AAS President Megan Donahue's Statement on the James Webb Space Telescope
28 Jun 2018
JWST will be the most ambitious and capable space telescope humanity has ever built. It will transform scientific understanding of our place in the universe.
Afternoon Astronomy Coffee Hangout 28 June
28 Jun 2018
Join an online hangout on Thursday, 28 June, at 3:00 pm ET to learn about a recent effort to weigh the Milky Way galaxy using the motions of its satellite galaxies.
July Events in Astronomical Science Policy
28 Jun 2018
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.
George Ellery Hale Plenary Lecture at January 2019 Meeting
27 June 2018
At the 233rd AAS meeting in Seattle, Washington, David DeVorkin will give a plenary lecture celebrating the 150th birthday of a cofounder of our Society and the Astrophysical Journal.
Changes Coming in AAS Membership Classes
26 June 2018
This post kicks off a three-part series about the upcoming changes to the Society's membership classes and details the new eligibility requirements for Full membership.
Congratulations to the AAS 232 Chambliss Student Awards Winners
26 June 2018
Congratulations to the winners of the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Awards poster competition from the latest AAS meeting in Denver!
Highlights from AAS Nova: 10-23 June 2018
25 June 2018
AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.
Greg Laughlin Named Kavli Lecturer for January 2019 Meeting
25 June 2018
At the 233rd AAS meeting in Seattle, Washington, Greg Laughlin (Yale University) will deliver the Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecture about 'Oumuamua, the first confirmed visitor from interstellar space.
AAS Names Greg Laughlin as Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecturer
25 Jun 2018
At the 233rd AAS meeting in Seattle, Washington, on 7 January 2019, the Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecture will be given by Greg Laughlin (Yale University), who will explore the implications of the discovery of 'Oumuamua...
AAS Member Deaths, May-June 2018
25 Jun 2018
We honor the memory of our departed colleagues. The Historical Astronomy Division commissions and compiles obituaries for deceased AAS members and depends on you, our members, for help writing them.