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The National Science Foundation and Popular Science invite you to submit your best science and engineering visualizations to the Vizzies competition, now in its 15th year. Deadline: 15 September.

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.

Each month as part of this series from HAD, an important discovery or memorable event in the history of astronomy will be highlighted. This month, we look at the life and work of Edwin Hubble.

The Spitzer Space Telescope & Chandra X-ray Observatory teams invite others studying the variability of Sgr A* to consider scheduling observations during the Spitzer/Chandra monitoring to enhance the value of all data...

Recent PhD recipients from US institutions are invited to apply for this award, administered by Associated Universities, Inc. and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. Application deadline: 31 December 2016.

The CosmoQuest Virtual Research Facility is pleased to announce the Cycle 1 call for proposals to use the CosmoQuest Citizen Science Builder platform. Deadline: 4 November 2016.

AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.

NASA invites nominations, including self-nominations, from those at US institutions to serve on the Executive Committee of the Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG). Nomination deadline: 1 October.

In 2015, a committee began a review of progress on the priorities in the 2010 astronomy & astrophysics decadal survey, including assessing agencies' programs and recommending actions for the second half of the decade.

Join this interactive online hangout on Friday, 19 August, at 3:00 pm ET to hear about the astronomical search for life, exciting new studies in general astrophysics, and the technological advances that will make it all...

Despite remarkable advancements in astronomy and astrophysics since 2010, unforeseen constraints have slowed progress toward reaching some of the goals outlined in the last decadal survey of these disciplines.

A new report states that general support for science does not always match with support for specific science issues, and that increasing science literacy will not necessarily lead to greater support for science.

NASA has released a draft Announcement of Opportunity for the New Frontiers planetary exploration program’s next set of missions and is soliciting community feedback through 30 September.

The Society’s annual report for calendar year 2015 is now available to download as a PDF file. It includes a financial report and summarizes our membership, meetings, and other activities.

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is pleased to announce two new community initiatives for the next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA).