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FDL, an eight-week applied research accelerator hosted by the SETI Institute, seeks space scientists and machine-learning experts to join new teams. Deadline: 19 May.

Attend this "mini-conference" at the summer meeting in Austin to learn about the project line-up by teams with guaranteed observing time on the James Webb Space Telescope.

Presentations, photos, and videos from a workshop on successful strategies for reducing light pollution, hosted by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory at the 229th AAS meeting, are now available online.

If your institution is not already involved in this free public stargazing event scheduled for Friday, 2 June 2017, near the Washington Monument, there's still time to join the fun.

A new policy brief from the National Science Board shows that a PhD in a science, engineering, or health field can lead to employment in virtually any job sector, not just academia.

Due to evolving government cybersecurity requirements, the internet addresses of five Discipline Nodes of the Planetary Data System (PDS) have changed.

The March for Science is this Saturday, 22 April, with the main event in Washington, DC, and more than 500 satellite marches in other cities around the world. Here's what you need to know before you go.

The nonprofit EnCorps STEM Teachers Program is recruiting professionals in science, technology, engineering, and math into new careers in education. Application deadline: 15 May.

AAS Journals is changing the way animations are supported in the online version of your articles. Movies are no longer supplemental material, but are now "animated figures" embedded in the final article.

Attendees will have the chance to travel to the path of totality for the 21 August solar eclipse, so this is a can't-miss meeting! Early registration ends 24 April.

Attendees will get to share their work, learn from others in the field, and have the opportunity to witness the 21 August solar eclipse from the path of totality. You don't want to miss this! Early registration deadline...

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.

A great thing about the AAS summer meetings is the opportunity to attend member-organized Special Sessions. Join Vinay Kashyap and Aneta Siemiginowska at the upcoming meeting in Austin for Topics in Astrostatistics.

Guerilla Science and Pratt Institute are launching a paid artists and scientists residency program in the US focused on combining art and science in public programs at the Oregon Eclipse festival. Applications due 28...

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