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AAS 230 Meeting-in-a-Meeting: Inner Solar Systems
5 Apr 2017
Attend this “mini-conference” at the summer meeting in Austin to learn about hot Jupiters and closely packed super-Earths orbiting puzzlingly close to their host stars.
Hurry, AAS 230 Late Abstract and Registration Deadlines Are Almost Here!
4 April 2017
The 230th AAS meeting regular registration deadline is Friday, 14 April, and the late abstract deadline is Wednesday, 19 April. Register and submit your poster abstract today and join us in Austin!
Highlights from AAS Nova: 19 March - 1 April 2017
4 Apr 2017
AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.
Astronomers Discuss Science with Congress During Annual Visits Day
3 April 2017
Members of AAS came to Capitol Hill for AAS Congressional Visits Day to get firsthand experience advocating for science with their members of Congress.
April 2017 Issue of Physics Today Is Online & in the Mail
3 April 2017
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.
NASA Frontier Development Lab Call for Applications
31 March 2017
Hosted by the SETI Institute, this 8-week program will bring 12 planetary scientists and 12 computer scientists together to tackle challenges covering planetary defense, space weather, and space resources. Deadline: 19...
JWST Proposal Planning Workshop at AAS Summer Meeting
29 March 2017
Register for the James Webb Space Telescope Proposal Planning Workshop when you register for the AAS summer meeting to learn about the proposal and planning tools necessary for JWST proposal submission.
Astronomers Discuss Science with Congress During Annual Visits Day
29 Mar 2017
On 21-22 March 2017, 16 members of the American Astronomical Society headed to Capitol Hill for AAS Congressional Visits Day (CVD) to get firsthand experience advocating for science.
Afternoon Astronomy Coffee Hangout on 30 March
28 March 2017
Join an online hangout on Thursday, 30 March, at 3:00 pm ET, to hear about the monster black hole that was kicked out of its home galaxy by gravitational waves.
Registration Open for International Symposium on Education in Astronomy & Astrobiology
28 March 2017
Co-sponsored by the International Astronomical Union and the European Astrobiology Campus, this symposium will take place 3-7 July 2017 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 April.
AAS Joins March for Science as Official Partner
27 March 2017
The AAS has joined with more than 100 other scientific organizations across all disciplines to become an official partner of the March for Science scheduled for Saturday, 22 April, in more than 400 world cities.
American Astronomical Society Joins March for Science
27 Mar 2017
The AAS has joined with more than 100 other scientific organizations across all disciplines to become an official partner of the March for Science scheduled for Saturday, 22 April, in Washington, DC, and more than 400...
AASTCS 5 Regular Registration and Hotel Deadlines Almost Here!
23 March 2017
Join us in Palm Springs, California, 7-12 May for the AAS Topical Conference Series meeting on Radio Exploration of Planetary Habitability, and register by Monday, 27 March, to save over late or onsite rates!
With Astronomy Rewind, Citizen Scientists Bring Zombie Astrophotos Back to Life
22 Mar 2017
A new citizen-science project involving the AAS journals will rescue tens of thousands of potentially valuable cosmic images that are mostly dead to science and bring them fully back to life.
Astronomy Rewind Will Bring Zombie Images Back to Life
22 Mar 2017
A new citizen-science project involving the AAS journals will rescue tens of thousands of potentially valuable cosmic images that are mostly dead to science and bring them fully back to life.