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SGMA September Meetup
23 Aug 2023
The AAS Committee for Sexual-Orientation and Gender Minorities in Astronomy (SGMA) invites participants for our 13 September 2023 virtual meetup event.
The 2023 Stellafane Convention
23 Aug 2023
The Convention was started in 1926 to give amateur telescope makers an opportunity to gather to show off their creations and teach each other telescope-making and mirror-grinding techniques.
ALMA Ambassadors Call for Applications for Cycle 11
23 Aug 2023
The North American ALMA Science Center is now accepting applications for the 2024 ALMA Ambassadors Program, with a deadline of 13 October 2023.
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Call for Applications 2024–2026
23 Aug 2023
CIFAR invites outstanding early-career researchers from across the humanities and the natural, biomedical, life, and social sciences to join one of four interdisciplinary research programs.
The AAS Open Access Publishing Model: Open, Transparent, and Fair
22 Aug 2023
We provide a transparent look at the history and evolution of the AAS journals’ business model, the rationale behind the choices made, and what authors are paying for when they publish with us.
The AAS Publication Support Fund: Preserving Author Access to the AAS Journals
22 Aug 2023
AAS Journals Editor in Chief Ethan Vishniac discusses financial support available to authors seeking to publish in the AAS journals.
The Satellite and Telecommunications Streamlining Act: A Postmortem Analysis
22 Aug 2023
The Satellite and Telecommunications Streamlining Act, which would have revised the Federal Communications Commission's role in regulating commercial satellites, failed to pass a House vote. Why did it fail and where...
NSF Informational Webinar for AI Institutes Solicitation
22 Aug 2023
This program solicitation expands the nationwide network of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes with new funding opportunities over the next two years. An informational webinar will be held on 5 September.
NASA Community College Network
21 Aug 2023
Guest author Pamela Harman writes about the SETI Institute’s NASA Community College Network, which strives to increase the engagement of community college astronomy instructors and learners with NASA resources, content...
Highlights from AAS Nova: 6–19 August 2023
21 Aug 2023
AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, ApJ Supplements, PSJ, and RNAAS to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.
Highlights from AAS Nova: 23 July – 5 August 2023
7 Aug 2023
AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, ApJ Supplements, PSJ, and RNAAS to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.
The Future of Virtual Participation at AAS Meetings
4 Aug 2023
Amid necessary changes to virtual participation at the upcoming 243rd AAS meeting, we ask for your help and input as we look beyond New Orleans.
August 2023 Issue of Physics Today Is Online & in the Mail
2 Aug 2023
Most AAS members receive the magazine Physics Today, published by the American Institute of Physics, as a membership benefit. The August 2023 issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and can be accessed online.
This Month in Astronomical History: August 2023
2 Aug 2023
In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, Kristine Larsen writes about the variable star Mira Ceti.
Solar Eclipse Planning Workshop to Precede DPS-EPSC 2023 in San Antonio & Online
28 Jul 2023
Are you helping to prepare your community for the upcoming solar eclipses? Don't miss the 29-30 September workshop organized by the AAS Solar Eclipse Task Force in collaboration with the Simons Foundation and NASA.