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The dust has barely settled from the 229th AAS meeting in Grapevine, Texas, yet here we are gearing up to return to the Lone Star State for our 230th meeting in Austin!

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

Graduate students in STEM and related fields are invited to apply for ComSciCon 2017, the 5th annual Communicating Science Workshop, taking place 8-10 June in Cambridge, MA. Deadline: 1 March.

Join an online hangout on Thursday, 16 February, at 3:00 pm ET to hear about the latest science, instruments, and imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope.

The first of several workshops planned for astronomers interested in applying for access to the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy Array at Mount Wilson Observatory is planned for 15 March in Pasadena.

Voting in the AAS election of officers and councilors for terms beginning in 2017 closed on 1 February, and the ballots have been counted. The envelopes, please...

The AAS's journal-publishing partner introduces a new series of short, engaging e-books to share insights and opinions on hot topics in all areas of physics.

Shrinivas Kulkarni, Andrzej Udalski, and the late Neil Gehrels will share the $1 million 2017 international Dan David Prize for their exploration of the variable night sky.

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.

Each month as part of this series from the Historical Astronomy Division, an important discovery or memorable event in the history of astronomy will be highlighted. This month, we look back at the discovery of Pluto.

A living archive of the Nashville Recommendations is now available on the AAS wiki, where individuals, institutions, and organizations may register endorsement of, and commit to implement, specific recommendations.

Registration is now open for the 230th AAS meeting, taking place 4-8 June 2017 in Austin, Texas. Abstract submission opens on Thursday, 9 February.

If you haven't renewed by Tuesday, 21 February, your AAS membership will be suspended and your member benefits cut off. Renewals after that date will incur a $10 late fee.

Following a recommendation of the Journals Futures Task Force, the AAS is conducting an open search for an Editor in Chief for the Astrophysical Journal and Astronomical Journal.

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