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The JWST Cycle 1 call for proposals for general observers and archival researchers remains open, but in light of the disruption caused by COVID-19, the proposal deadline has been extended indefinitely for now.

Executive Officer Kevin Marvel describes some of the tools we plan to use for our virtual 236th meeting and how those tools will enable us to conduct a remarkably complete summer meeting online rather than in person.

IDSW 2020 encourages us to consider the role of the star-filled night sky in our lives. Invite your family and friends to join this online celebration featuring live presentations from champions of the night!

To help astronomy clubs and other organizations spread the word about their online events, Sky & Telescope has added a new livestream category to their event calendar.

The AAS journal editors and supporting staff members met virtually to discuss the status of the journals and lessons learned, and to strategize for the future.

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 Executive Officer Kevin Marvel comments on the April meeting of the Board of Trustees, at which the decision was made to proceed with a virtual summer meeting in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Looking for information regarding NASA's response to COVID-19? You can find some useful resources on this page.

Most AAS members receive the magazine Physics Today as a membership benefit. The April issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and can be accessed online.

The National Science Foundation's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory, which brings NSF’s optical & infrared nighttime astronomy under one entity, will now go by the name NSF’s NOIRLab (no-WAH-lab).

The Trump administration released the President's FY 2021 Budget Request on 10 February. Here we provide some detail about the funding for NASA, NSF, DOE, and NIST.

Our video series about the AAS journals is expanding to include author interviews. In the first such video, Lead Editor Frank Timmes chats with Zach Meisel about his recent Astrophysical Journal article on X-ray bursts.

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC announce the NEOWISE 2020 Data Release, which includes all data acquired during the sixth year of the NEOWISE Reactivation mission.

Join Alaina G. Levine on Wednesday, 8 April, and learn how to find and nurture collaborations from wherever you are.

Phone calls are being made to remind lapsed members to renew for 2020. When renewing, please pay by credit card rather than by check to ensure rapid processing of your payment and reinstatement of your membership.