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Join Us at the 239th AAS Meeting in Salt Lake City!
17 Nov 2021
Astronomers will be gathering in Salt Lake City, Utah, this January for the first in-person meeting of the AAS in two years.
CHIME Fast Radio Burst Team to Receive 2022 Berkeley Prize
16 Nov 2021
The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment fast radio burst (CHIME/FRB) team, which discovered more than 500 new fast radio bursts in the first year of the detector’s operations, will receive the 2022 Lancelot M....
TEAM-UP Webinar: Empowering African American Undergraduates in Building Their Physics Identities
9 Nov 2021
Join us on 17 November for the upcoming TEAM-UP webinar. Co-sponsored by the AAS, the webinar will focus on the concept of physics identity and empowering African American students in building their physics identities.
Astronomy in Popular Culture: Interdisciplinary Resources for Astro 101
9 Nov 2021
In this Education Committee blog post, Andrew Fraknoi looks at ways that you could bring popular culture — music, science fiction, plays, advertising, and more — into your introductory astronomy classes and labs.
Beth Brown Memorial Award Winners for 2021
8 Nov 2021
At its recent virtual meeting, the National Society of Black Physicists chose the winners of the AAS-sponsored Beth Brown Memorial Awards for oral and poster presentations.
Highlights from AAS Nova: 24 October – 6 November 2021
8 Nov 2021
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.
American Astronomical Society Supports Astro2020 Decadal Survey
5 Nov 2021
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) supports the Astro2020 decadal survey report that was released today in a public briefing webinar by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
This Month in Astronomical History: November 2021
3 Nov 2021
In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, Michael Wang writes about the first successful measurement of stellar parallax, which was officially announced this month in 1838.
November 2021 Issue of Physics Today Now Available
1 Nov 2021
Most AAS members receive the magazine Physics Today as a membership benefit. The November issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and can be accessed online.
SATCON2 Working Group Reports Released
29 Oct 2021
The full set of working-group reports has been released following the Satellite Constellations 2 conference to address the ongoing transformation of the night sky.
Select Willmann-Bell Books Now Available via Shop@Sky
29 Oct 2021
The AAS is honored to be continuing the legacy of Willmann-Bell, Inc. by selling and publishing their robust catalog of astronomy books. Twelve of the most popular titles are now available for sale via Shop@Sky.
Call for Nominations: 2022 Gruber Cosmology Prize
28 Oct 2021
Nominations for the Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize are invited annually from the fields of astronomy, cosmology, mathematics, and the philosophy of science. Deadline: 15 December 2021.
Career Webinar: Avoiding and Recovering from Common Mistakes in the Postdoc or Grad School
26 Oct 2021
Join a free webinar on Wednesday, 3 November, as our career consultant Alaina G. Levine discusses the current job market's challenges and opportunities for those in the astronomical sciences.
Astrobites: Making Research Accessible Through Bite-Sized Summaries
26 Oct 2021
Astrobites provides daily summaries of astronomy research to make scientific literature accessible and approachable — plus educator-tested lesson plans and resources to use Astrobites in classes.
Highlights from AAS Nova: 10-23 October 2021
25 Oct 2021
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.