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AAS 241 is nearly here! The AAS Publishing team looks forward to connecting with meeting attendees in Seattle, Washington, and online, and we’re excited to share a preview of upcoming publishing-related events.

In this Education Committee blog, guest author Douglas Arion introduces a new, updated Galileoscope kit that includes a safe solar filter and sunshade and can be used for daytime and the upcoming solar eclipses.

Reggie Hudson (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) will receive the AAS Laboratory Astrophysics Division's highest honor in recognition of his contributions to the understanding of the chemistry of ices in the interstellar...

James W. R. Schroeder (Wheaton College) is being honored by the AAS Laboratory Astrophysics Division for experimental confirmation of the acceleration of auroral electrons by Alfvén waves in the laboratory.

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.

The year 2022 is coming to a close, and your Society is continuing to make progress on the goals established by the AAS Board of Trustees and Strategic Assembly.

Congress passed the final appropriations bill on 23 December 2022, and the president signed it into law on 29 December 2022. Here are some details on the funding for NSF and NASA. 

TEAM-UP Together is pleased to announce its first cohort of scholars, 31 African American students who will each receive $10,000 for the 2022-23 academic year.

The Committee for Sexual-Orientation and Gender Minorities in Astronomy (SGMA) is looking for feedback on how to make future AAS meetings inclusive to the LGBTQA+ community. Please take the survey by 31 January 2023.

AAS President Kelsey Johnson shares her thoughts on the JWST naming discussion and recognizes how much more work is needed.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, Mike Marotta writes about Agnes Mary Clerke’s Problems in Astrophysics.

Get to know the 12 candidates running for five leadership positions within the Society. Balloting for the 2023 AAS Election will begin on Friday, 16 December.

Guest author Daniel Peluso discusses how a new digital smart telescope technology by Unistellar combined with inquiry-based Modeling Instruction astronomy pedagogy may help to improve science education.

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.

The Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education (PAARE) program is hosting an information session on 14 December to discuss the program and answer questions from potential partnership proposers.