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The Planetary Society has announced a new call for proposals for its Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object (NEO) research grant program. Application deadline: 30 July 2019.

In a new series of videos published on the AAS YouTube channel, Lead Editor Frank Timmes provides clear, concise overviews of a variety of topics related to the AAS journals.

AAS members are invited to attend the NASA/AGU/AAS Astrobiology Science Conference 2019 as part of the joint AAS-AGU effort to advance exoplanet science, funded by the Kavli Foundation.

Adoption of the Society's Code of Ethics was just the first step in improving our community's culture and processes, says AAS President Megan Donahue.

Celebrate 50 years of celestial mechanics with the Division on Dynamical Astronomy, 10-14 June, in Boulder, Colorado. Time is running out to submit your late abstract and register at discounted rates.

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

If you think the media may be interested in the science you're presenting at the 234th AAS meeting in Missouri in June, please bring it to the attention of AAS Press Officer Rick Fienberg.

Congratulations to astronomers Natalie Batalha, Eugene Chiang, and former AAS President Debra Elmegreen, all of whom have just been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

The preprint repository at arXiv.org is not letting authors post contributions to Research Notes of the AAS (RNAAS). The Society's journal editors are trying to change that.

The Galileoscope, introduced during the International Year of Astronomy 2009, will continue to be available to astronomy educators and other enthusiasts thanks to an agreement with Explore Scientific.

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and IPAC announce the publication of 12.8 million calibrated 3.4- and 4.6-micron images and a database of more than 95 billion source detections.

The 234th AAS meeting, held jointly with our Laboratory Astrophysics Division and Solar Physics Division, takes place 9-13 June 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri. Register by 16 April to take advantage of discounted rates, and...

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 award recognizes young scientists who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence in scientific research and cooperation with scientists from other Asia Pacific economies. Application deadline: 7 May 2019.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, we focus on the satellite BeppoSAX, which observed the X-ray sky from April 1996 to April 2002 and reentered Earth's atmosphere in April 2003.