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The Society's annual report for calendar year 2023 is now available online. It includes a financial report and summarizes membership, meetings, publishing, and other activities.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking more scientists and engineers to serve as a Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) reviewer for astronomy.

Nominations for the Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize are invited annually from the fields of astronomy, cosmology, mathematics, and the philosophy of science. Deadline: 15 December 2024.

The AAS will be upgrading its membership database system starting 28 October. During the upgrade, winter meeting registration, charitable donations, and member profiles will be inaccessible.

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

NASA’s Astrophysics Division invites you to participate in a virtual Town Hall, during which the community will be updated on Division activities.

Nearly a quarter of the membership has already renewed! Don't let time-sensitive opportunities like our author discounts pass you by. Renewal deadline: 31 December 2024.

The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring program is now accepting nominations for the 2024-2025 cycle.

The Astrophysics Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate is pleased to issue this open call for nominations to serve on the Executive Committee of NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG).

Roohi Dalal has joined the AAS staff as Deputy Director of Public Policy in October 2024.

In this Education Committee Blog post, Katy Rodriguez Wimberly and coauthors describe a new seminar course designed to help address the attrition of physics majors, with a focus on marginalized students.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, Mike Marotta writes about the first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik 1.

Some AAS members are receiving phishing emails spoofing messages from Society leaders or other members but actually coming from scammers. Here's how to spot them.

The National Academies’ Board on International Scientific Organizations has launched a project to assess the experiences in applying for a short-term business visa to visit the US.