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The astronomy community is encouraged to submit abstracts and register for the 2026 Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the International Astronomical Union, to be held 4–8 May in Hong Kong.

The AAS Historical Astronomy Division (HAD) invites nominations for the 2027 Donald E. Osterbrock Book Prize for Historical Astronomy. Nomination deadline: 1 March 2026.

New from AAS Nova: recent results regarding 3I/ATLAS, a dark matter origin for little red dots, and Hubble's observations of the largest known protoplanetary disk.

MAST plans to host additional Roman-synergistic datasets to enhance the scientific output of Roman, and invites suggestions of datasets from the entire astronomical community!

Want to help give visibility to deserving scientists, educators, and amateur astronomers? Volunteer now to serve on one of this year's prize and award committees for the AAS.

Most AAS members receive Physics Today, published by the American Institute of Physics, as a membership benefit. The February 2026 issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and is also available online.

The Large Binocular Telescope Observatory (LBTO) has taken steps over the past year to make the large majority of data acquired at the LBT available for public access.

The AAS Solar Physics Division is recognizing Yi-Ming Wang, Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta, and Paola Testa for their groundbreaking scientific achievements and exemplary leadership within the solar physics community.

Key Projects are large projects that utilize Las Cumbres Observatory’s unique capabilities and have substantial scientific impact on questions of interest to the LCO Science Collaboration.

The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) 10-year strategic plan is being developed. IRTF is a facility open to anyone, regardless of affiliation. We are seeking broad community input to help chart the course for IRTF...

The Working Group on Graduate Admissions wishes to highlight two recommendations for immediate adoption by the community to improve the current astronomy-wide graduate admissions process.

In this Education Committee Blog post, Annelise Roti Roti describes how the Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) helps build physics teacher education programs at institutions of higher education across the...

The Society’s Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the slate for the upcoming 2026 AAS election. Write-in nominations are welcome for a brief period before balloting opens on 4 March.

The AAS is pleased to announce the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award winners from the 247th AAS meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, in January 2026. Congratulations, all!