Abstract Submission Now Open for AASTCS 5

Save the date! The next meeting in the AAS Topical Conference Series (AASTCS) will be Radio Exploration of Planetary Habitability and will take place 7-12 May 2017 in Palm Springs, California.

Radio astronomy provides means that allow the most direct investigation of the processes driving stellar activity. It also offers the best chance to detect and characterize exoplanetary magnetic fields over a wide range of planet masses and ages. The idea of this meeting has grown out of the need to better understand star-planet interaction and its impact on habitability of planetary companions, especially those in close orbits around low-mass stars. The meeting will address a wide range of the related topics, broadly divided into the following three categories: (i) stellar activity and planetary habitability, (ii) detection of planets and planetary magnetic fields, and (iii) the relevant theoretical considerations, emphasizing a potential impact of radio astronomy, especially the existing and the planned, large radio telescopes, in this area of research.

Abstracts for oral and poster presentations are now being accepted for the meeting and are due by 9:00 pm ET on Wednesday, 8 March 2017. Visit the Abstract Information page for details.