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The AAS provided COVID tests at the recent 241st AAS meeting. We have received 15 positive results, with a total symptomatic case incidence rate among conference in-person attendees of roughly 0.5%.

Most AAS members receive the magazine Physics Today, published by the American Institute of Physics, as a membership benefit. The January 2023 issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and can be accessed online.

Are you a faculty member hoping to make your department's graduate admissions more inclusive? Register to attend the Fundamentals of Equity in Graduate Admissions workshop on Tuesday, 28 February.

There are just two weeks left to cast your ballot in the 2023 AAS Election. Please help define the future of your Society by voting.

The astronomical community’s input is requested for initiating the community-led definition of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Core Community Surveys.

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.

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.

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.