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The AAS Demographics Committee worked closely with AIP's Statistical Research Center to survey US members in 2021 and report on the state of the workforce. Read the executive summary and results.

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.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein and Arianna Long are among the inaugural recipients of science communication awards given by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in partnership with Schmidt Futures.

Here we provide a detailed update on the Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy and its many initiatives.

Most AAS members receive the magazine Physics Today, published by the American Institute of Physics, as a membership benefit. The October issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and can be accessed online.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, Alan Agrawal writes about the discovery of helium.

The AAS Committee on Employment has compiled data from the AAS Job Register detailing the number and types of positions available each year. Here are some of the findings.

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.

A series of workshops are organized from 5 October to 28 October on the processing and analysis of ALMA data. Early registration is encouraged.

Among those elected to the 2022 class of American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellows are two AAS members: William Bottke (Southwest Research Institute) and Sarah Gibson (National Center for Atmospheric Research).

In this Education Committee blog post, Jennifer Bates gives an overview of Project Radio Astronomy Data Imaging and Analysis Lab (RADIAL), a collaborative approach to broaden participation in STEM for underrepresented...

The AAS Historical Astronomy Division is pleased to present the 2023 Donald E. Osterbrock Book Prize to R. Peter Broughton for his work Northern Star: J.S. Plaskett (University of Toronto Press, 2018).

Applications for the first-ever NASA Astrophysics Mission Design School — a three-month-long career-development experience — are due 28 September.

2022 has been a banner year for the astronomical sciences, with its astonishing discoveries, stunning images, and compelling science to share with the public. There's even more to celebrate in 2023: membership dues are...

The 2022 Mid-American Regional Astrophysics Conference, an AAS-endorsed regional meeting, will take place 7–8 October at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.