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The National Radio Astronomy Observatory's 2018 Robert L. Brown Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award goes to Erin Cox for her dissertation “Probing Planetary Disks: From Birth to Protoplanets."

Voting in the AAS election of Officers and At-Large Trustees for terms beginning in 2019 closed on 8 February, and the ballots have been counted. The envelopes, please...

NSF announces deadline extensions and a webinar tomorrow (Friday) for those interested in submitting to the Harnessing the Data Revolution Big Idea solicitation.

The AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division has selected the recipients of its 2019 Bruno Rossi Prize, Mid-Career Prize, and Dissertation Prize.

The International Astronomical Union's new dark skies kit, "Turn on the Night," is available at a discount to those who would like to use it to educate students and/or the public. Application deadline: 1 March.

Virtual NASA and NSF Town Halls, postponed from AAS 233 in Seattle, were rescheduled for 12 pm ET on Tuesday and Friday, 12 and 15 February, respectively. Here's where to find them online.

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

The Climate Site Visit Oversight Committee is now assembling a pool of talented, accomplished people to conduct the site visits. Nominations or self-nominations are due by 28 February.

Attention DC-area AAS members! Francis Scott Key Elementary School seeks judges for its annual science fair to be held on Friday, 15 March, from 8:30 am to approximately 12:30 pm.

Hundreds of snapshots from the January 2019 AAS meeting in Seattle, Washington, have been posted in our online gallery.

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.

National Academy of Sciences President Marcia K. McNutt and several colleagues make the case for the creation of a US advisory board for research integrity and quality.

Two new reports from the National Academies suggest that partnerships between commercial companies and NASA’s Science Mission Directorate could benefit lunar science greatly.

For their commitment and service to the Society, we annually acknowledge and thank our members reaching their 25th, 30th, 35th, etc. anniversaries. Please let us know if your name is missing from this year's list.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, we focus on the 400th anniversary of Kepler's third (or harmonic) law of planetary motion.