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If you think the media may be interested in the science you're presenting at the 234th AAS meeting in Missouri in June, please bring it to the attention of AAS Press Officer Rick Fienberg.

Congratulations to astronomers Natalie Batalha, Eugene Chiang, and former AAS President Debra Elmegreen, all of whom have just been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

The preprint repository at arXiv.org is not letting authors post contributions to Research Notes of the AAS (RNAAS). The Society's journal editors are trying to change that.

The Galileoscope, introduced during the International Year of Astronomy 2009, will continue to be available to astronomy educators and other enthusiasts thanks to an agreement with Explore Scientific.

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and IPAC announce the publication of 12.8 million calibrated 3.4- and 4.6-micron images and a database of more than 95 billion source detections.

The 234th AAS meeting, held jointly with our Laboratory Astrophysics Division and Solar Physics Division, takes place 9-13 June 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri. Register by 16 April to take advantage of discounted rates, and...

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

This award recognizes young scientists who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence in scientific research and cooperation with scientists from other Asia Pacific economies. Application deadline: 7 May 2019.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, we focus on the satellite BeppoSAX, which observed the X-ray sky from April 1996 to April 2002 and reentered Earth's atmosphere in April 2003.

The STAR Library Network and NASA @ My Library invite astronomers to collaborate with libraries in their communities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing this summer.

A new book entitled The International Astronomical Union — Uniting the Community for 100 Years has just been published by Springer on the occasion of the IAU's centennial.

Spitzer's "Beyond" phase is now accepting proposals for high-impact science programs that must be done before the end of the mission. Deadline: 3 May 2019.

The National Academies invite you to attend a town hall webinar on Wednesday, 17 April 2019, from 2 to 3 pm ET as part of the recently launched Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The LIGO and Virgo observatories have begun their third observing run. You can now sign up to receive alerts every time they detect a source of gravitational waves.

Most AAS members receive the magazine Physics Today as a membership benefit. The latest issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and can be accessed online.