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NASA's Science Mission Directorate is hosting a special event, "Workshop on Maximizing the Scientific Return of NASA Data," on 30–31 October. Registration is free.

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says that NASA should expand the search for life in the universe and make astrobiology an integral part of its missions.

The AAS Historical Astronomy Division will present the 2019 Osterbrock Book Prize to Stella Cottam and Wayne Orchiston for Eclipses, Transits, and Comets of the Nineteenth Century.

The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration announces the public release of a large set of value-added data products derived from the images and catalogs from its first year of the survey.

Planetary scientist and AAS member Sarah Stewart (University of California, Davis) is one of 25 scientists, artists, writers, humanists, teachers, and entrepreneurs in the 2018 class of MacArthur Fellows.

Applications for the 2019 Robert L. Brown Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award are now being accepted from recent PhD recipients whose doctoral thesis is based on data from an AUI facility. Deadline: 31 December.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, we focus on Karl Jansky, whose work on short-wave radio communications led to the accidental discovery of cosmic radio signals.

The International Astronomical Union will convene a meeting in Tokyo in November 2019 to highlight the role that diversity and inclusion plays in improving science, innovation, and competitiveness.

AAS members can purchase the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics and/or the Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences at significant savings.

Representing the AAS, Executive Officer Kevin Marvel joined leaders of about 70 other professional societies in Washington, DC, to discuss the issue of sexual harassment in STEMM fields.

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.

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

Join the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a public briefing event and webcast on 10 October to hear about future research strategies for the field of astrobiology.

In this monthly feature of the AAS Policy Blog, we share a calendar of upcoming events in science and space policy that may be of interest to our members.

Join Tony Darnell and Carol Christian for an online hangout on Thursday, 27 September, at 3:00 pm ET to learn about the Dharma Survey discovery and the HD 26965 system.