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Astronomy departments at US universities have a new opportunity to train graduate students in leadership skills in collaboration with the Osterbrock Leadership Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

To celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 30th anniversary, the AAS and IOP Publishing are making Robert Williams's ebook Hubble Deep Field and the Distant Universe available for free on 24-25 April 2020!

Abraham Loeb (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian) will be nominated to serve on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

The CatWISE2020 Catalog consists of 1,890,715,640 sources measured in data collected from 2010 to 2018. The catalog is now available at NERSC and will be available in the next few weeks via IRSA.

AAS Executive Officer Kevin Marvel provides a status report on Society activities and programs as of mid-April, while we're still under lockdown, working remotely, and looking ahead to a dynamic virtual summer meeting.

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.

The AAS and Institute of Physics have now published 16 ebooks in astrophysics, heliophysics, and planetary science by influential authors from around the globe. Have an idea for an ebook? We'd love to hear from you!

The JWST Cycle 1 call for proposals for general observers and archival researchers remains open, but in light of the disruption caused by COVID-19, the proposal deadline has been extended indefinitely for now.

Executive Officer Kevin Marvel describes some of the tools we plan to use for our virtual 236th meeting and how those tools will enable us to conduct a remarkably complete summer meeting online rather than in person.

IDSW 2020 encourages us to consider the role of the star-filled night sky in our lives. Invite your family and friends to join this online celebration featuring live presentations from champions of the night!

To help astronomy clubs and other organizations spread the word about their online events, Sky & Telescope has added a new livestream category to their event calendar.

The AAS journal editors and supporting staff members met virtually to discuss the status of the journals and lessons learned, and to strategize for the future.

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.

AAS Executive Officer Kevin Marvel comments on the April meeting of the Board of Trustees, at which the decision was made to proceed with a virtual summer meeting in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Looking for information regarding NASA's response to COVID-19? You can find some useful resources on this page.