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Join us in Palm Springs, California, 7-12 May for the AAS Topical Conference Series meeting on Radio Exploration of Planetary Habitability, and register by Monday, 27 March, to save over late or onsite rates!

A new citizen-science project involving the AAS journals will rescue tens of thousands of potentially valuable cosmic images that are mostly dead to science and bring them fully back to life.

At its January 2017 meeting, the AAS Council unanimously passed a new resolution endorsing recent reports on light pollution and calling on all AAS members to advocate for dark skies in their own communities.

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

Do you love writing, giving talks, and meeting new people? Are you interested in a career in science policy? Then you should apply to be the AAS's next John Bahcall Fellow! Deadline: 31 March.

We honor the memory of our departed colleagues. The Historical Astronomy Division commissions and compiles obituaries for deceased AAS members and depends on you, our members, for help writing them.

The Astrophysics Committee of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics invites nominations for the 2016 and 2017 Young Scientist Prizes. Nominations must be submitted by 15 June.

Join an online hangout on Thursday, 23 March, at 3:00 pm ET, to hear about the discovery and observation of exoplanet 51 Peg b and how the science team determined the planet likely has water in its atmosphere.

Join the American Geophysical Union's Sharing Science program on Thursday, 23 March, at 2:00 pm ET to learn how to effectively share your research with the media.

President Trump's Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again provides a framework for the overall FY 2018 budget, with some detail about several agencies.

Thirty-one outreach projects in 21 states are receiving mini-grants up to $5,000 to prepare underserved groups in the US for the 21 August 2017 solar eclipse.

Join an online hangout on Thursday, 16 March, at 3:00 pm ET to hear about NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission and the search for planets.

If you're in the DC area, check out the the National Academies' Space Science Week Public Lecture with Kevin Hand on 29 March.

Do you want learn more about creating a welcome environment for LGBT+ students, staff, and faculty? Host a speaker from the AAS Committee for Sexual-Orientation and Gender Minorities in Astronomy.

It's that time of year again! Update your information for the AAS Membership Directory by Wednesday, 29 March, and double check your mailing preferences.