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The AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy invites you to share your memories of Dr. E Margaret Burbidge, who turns 100 this year, by 2 August.

The award-winning science series NOVA will premiere a groundbreaking five-part miniseries, The Planets, on four successive Wednesdays as part of the PBS “Summer of Space.”

The New York Hall of Science is presenting a new exhibition entitled "Imaging Women in the Space Age" to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. The exhibit runs from 13 July to 3 November 2019.

Here's a detailed report from our Bahcall Public Policy Fellow on the inaugural meeting of the Astro2020 steering committee, held in Washington, DC, 15-17 July 2019.

Slidecasts of 12 invited talks and prize lectures presented at the 2019 summer AAS meeting in St. Louis, MO, are now online for members. Sign in to view them at your leisure.

Our new John N. Bahcall Public Policy Fellow, Kelsie Krafton, is on the job in DC and looks forward to informing AAS members about changes in policy that affect the astronomical community.

AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.

This column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division focuses on Flagstaff’s participation in preparing for the Apollo Moon missions.

Richard Green, Director of the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences, is stepping down in September. He'll be succeeded by his deputy, Ralph Gaume.

The first Astro2020 steering committee meeting will take place 15-17 July 2019 at the Keck Center in Washington, DC. You are invited to watch the open sessions of the meeting remotely.

Proposals are invited from US-based AAS members for small grants to provide education-related mentoring and professional-development experiences for fellow members. Deadline: Sunday, 4 August.

AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.

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

The SOFIA Observatory has recently released calls for proposals for the Cycle 8 period, with a deadline of 6 September 2019.

This column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division focuses on the the Greek astronomer Eratosthenes and his renowned calculation of the circumference of the Earth.