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Here AAS Executive Officer Kevin Marvel gives a short explanation about the actual financial situation for our journals.

Serving as a volunteer for an AAS committee is a great way to become more involved in your professional community. It can also help you decide if you want to take on a larger leadership role in the future.

The Webb Community Events Initiative invites community organizations to celebrate the launch and first images from JWST as part of a broader vision to create and nurture generations of science enthusiasts.

The AAS, together with other societies, has been observing with great concern the events unfolding in Ukraine and fears the adverse consequences for the scientific community, our colleagues, and their families.

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

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, Michael E. Marotta writes about the discovery of rings around Uranus and Jupiter.

​​​​​​​The American Astronomical Society’s 2022 Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy has been awarded to Eve Lee (McGill University) for her illuminating work on the formation of stars, debris disks, and planets.

Registration and abstract submission are now open for the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy (DDA) to be held 25-28 April at the Flatiron Institute in New York City.

The new Astrophysics master’s program at the City University of New York (CUNY) offers students of all backgrounds an exciting route to doctoral study in astronomy and physics and to STEM careers.

Want to help prepare your community for the October 2023 annular and April 2024 total solar eclipses in North America? The AAS Solar Eclipse Task Force invites you to a virtual planning workshop on 8-9 April.

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.

Those who have yet to renew for 2022 will receive a reminder and dues invoice in the mail. Don’t let your connection to the AAS lapse!

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of William Herschel's death, the AAS Historical Astronomy Division is hosting a webinar on 5 March to look at Herschel's non-astronomical life.

The AAS Education Blog launched a year ago. This post gives an overview of the 22 published blog articles and invites members to provide feedback and sign up to receive emails when new articles are posted.

The AAS and community members have put together a fantastic scientific program for AAS 240, including 16 plenary and prize talks. We hope you will join us in Pasadena and enjoy the lovely weather and clear skies in early...