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What the AAS Quasquicentennial Means to Me

5 Sep 2024
AAS President Dara Norman shares her thoughts on the 125th anniversary of the founding of the AAS and encourages the community to reinvest in the Society that supports our curiosity and our scientific aspirations.

2025A NASA IRTF Call for Proposals

4 Sep 2024
The Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) is a 3-meter telescope optimized for infrared observations and located at the summit of Maunakea, Hawai‘i. Observing proposals for the 2025A semester are due by Tuesday, 1 October.

ALMA Data Processing/Analysis Workshops for Cycle 11

3 Sep 2024
A series of workshops will take place from September to November to train users on basic data processing and analysis techniques that they may need to use the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) for...

Four-Year Graduate Student Membership Available

3 Sep 2024
For one departmental payment of $146, the applying student would have free AAS membership for four years: two years with departmental support and two years with support from the Society.

Senate Introduces the Dark and Quiet Skies Act

20 Aug 2024
Senators John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) recently introduced the Dark and Quiet Skies Act, which seeks to limit the impact of light pollution and radio frequency interference from the space industry on...

The FY25 Senate Funding Bill for NASA and NSF

6 Aug 2024
On July 25th, the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced their spending bill for Commerce, Justice, Science, and related agencies for FY25. Here we dive into some of the key details.