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Join an online hangout on Thursday, 11 May, at 3:00 pm ET, to hear about gravitational lenses and a newly discovered gravitationally-lensed type Ia supernova.

Ask your senators to sign onto a "Dear Colleague Letter" to show their support for robust funding for NSF.

If you plan to photograph the August 21st total solar eclipse or know others who plan to do so, please join and/or promote the Eclipse Megamovie citizen science project.

Congress has reached an agreement on funding for FY 2017. Here we provide some detail about the funding for NASA, NSF, and DOE.

Nominations for most AAS prizes and awards for 2018 are due in the Secretary's office by 30 June 2017. All of these prizes and awards are now open to self-nominations, thanks to a change in the rules.

From 24 to 28 March 2018, Japan's brand new Fukuoka City Science Museum will host the world's largest conference on astronomy communication.

The 230th AAS meeting late registration deadline is Thursday, 11 May. This is your last chance to register online and save over onsite rates.

The summer meeting is about a month away, but plans for the next AAS winter meeting are already in motion. Submit your Special Session and Town Hall proposals for the 231st AAS meeting by 26 May.

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.

Proposals are invited from US-based AAS members for small grants to provide education-related mentoring and professional-development experiences for fellow members. Deadline: 18 June.

On 2 May the Academy announced the election of 84 new members and 21 foreign associates, including several AAS members and others working in the astronomical sciences.

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

The Occupational Information Network (O*NET) is updating its profile of careers in the astronomical sciences. If O*NET contacts you, please respond to their questionnaires.

Friday, 12 May, is the deadline for member comments on the Society’s proposed new Articles of Incorporation (to replace the current Constitution) and Bylaws.

To celebrate the 21 August 2017 solar eclipse across the US, the Postal Service will release a first-of-its-kind stamp that changes from an image of the Sun to an image of the Moon when you touch it.