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Over the next couple of months, the incoming administration will make a number of appointments and policy decisions that will impact science.

Join an online hangout on Thursday, 17 November, at 3:00 pm ET, to learn about an international team attempting to build several new, revolutionary telescope projects dedicated solely for finding life in the universe

NASA will host five splinter meetings on Tuesday, 3 January 2017, at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center.

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

Are you interested in an easy way to inspire the next generation of astronomers? Volunteer through Nepris to engage with K-12 classrooms virtually.

This article highlights the major elements of the newly revised and expanded AAS Code of Ethics, which supersedes the older AAS Ethics Statement.

Join us at the 229th AAS meeting in Texas to learn what others are doing in anticipation of next August's coast-to-coast solar eclipse and to share information about your own plans with your peers.

Nominations are now being accepted for new members of NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG) Executive Committee. All nominations must be received by 13 January 2017.

If you think the media may be interested in the science you're presenting at the 229th AAS meeting in Texas in January, please bring it to the attention of AAS Press Officer Rick Fienberg.

Balloting for the next election of AAS Officers and Councilors opens in mid-December 2016 and closes at the end of January 2017. Here is the slate of candidates.

Join the Association for Women in Science for the webinar series "Start With Me: How to Create Inclusive Pockets of Greatness." The next webinar will take place on Wednesday, 16 November, at 12:00 pm ET.

Hack Together Day is a day to work intensively on collaborative projects of interest to the astronomical community and will take place 7 January 2017 during the AAS winter meeting. Programming experience is not required...

The new data release of the RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) includes radial velocities of 520,781 spectra of 457,588 individual stars and is now available online.

The National Science Foundation is seeking a division director for the Division of Astronomical Sciences and welcomes you to send suggestions to the recently-announced recruitment committee or apply directly.

Sponsored by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the AAS, the Women in Astronomy IV Conference will focus on issues and challenges that affect a broad spectrum of women in astronomy.