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

Out to Innovate, which has recognized exemplary individuals with LGBTQ+ Educator, Engineer, and Scientist of the Year awards annually for more than 15 years, has honored AAS member Jane Rigby this year.

In this post, Andrew Fraknoi presents a list of our colleagues who are doing astronomy outreach by writing scientifically reasonable science fiction stories. He gives a few examples (and lists teaching resources) that...

The AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy is giving its 2022 Brouwer Award to Harold Levison (Southwest Research Institute) and its 2022 Rubin Prize to Kathryn Volk (University of Arizona).

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.

It's our annual call to AAS members to update their information and preferences for the printed Membership Directory. The deadline for changes is Monday, 2 May.

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.

Tactile Galaxy Cards allow students to explore the relationship of physical characteristics of galaxies to spectral features in a form that is accessible to blind students.

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Robert L. Brown Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award goes to Ci Xue for her dissertation "Discovery and Morphology of Complex Molecules toward Interstellar Molecular Clouds."

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific will partner college students with amateur astronomers to prepare 500 communities for the American solar eclipses of 2023 and 2024. Register your interest by 30 April 2022.

NASA Astrophysics Division Director Dr. Paul Hertz will present an update on JWST, a report on the NASA Astrophysics budget request for FY2023, and a snapshot of the status of NASA’s plans for implementing the...

This new curriculum launched for astronomers to improve data-intensive skills and was developed through an American Institute of Physics (AIP) Venture Fund award to the AAS (via the Employment Committee), members of the...

The US Extremely Large Telescope Program invites you to answer a survey to assess your expectations and priorities for data services to support your future use of the Giant Magellan Telescope, the Thirty Meter Telescope,...

AAS President Paula Szkody and the Board of Trustees delivered letters of concern to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson regarding the naming process and name of JWST.

Join NASA and the American Geophysical Union for a robust gathering of scientists in Atlanta and in an online capacity 15 - 20 May 2022.