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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.

The National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences has published three new proposal solicitations, and two existing programs are expiring. This post is your gateway to all the details.

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

In this monthly feature of the AAS Policy Blog, we share a calendar of upcoming events in science and space policy that may be of interest to our members.

Proposals are now being accepted by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory for observing time from February 2019 through July 2019 at various facilities. The deadline for proposals is 1 October 2018.

Nominations for the National Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Reviewing are now being accepted and must be submitted online. Deadline: 1 October.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, we focus on Jerry Ehman and the mysterious Wow! signal.

The Society's annual report for calendar year 2017 is now available as a PDF. It includes a financial report and summarizes membership, meetings, and other activities.

AAS member Daniel Wolf Savin seeks input for the Decadal Assessment on Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Science. Please share your thoughts by Friday, 14 September.

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

Help speed innovation by sharing insights across disciplines at the Citizen Science Association's annual meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina, 13-17 March 2019. Abstract deadlines are approaching!

Three-dozen astronomers and planetary scientists urge the community to discontinue calling a possible planet beyond Pluto "Planet Nine" out of respect for the legacy of Clyde Tombaugh.

The 25-meter-diameter telescope is expected to have a final weight of about 1,600 metric tons and will comprise seven 8.4-meter mirrors supported by a steel telescope structure.

Community scientists are invited to present science investigations to be specifically conducted with Habitable Exoplanet Observatory instruments. Abstract submissions are due by 7 September 2018.

The science community is invited to play a role in the definition of Large Synoptic Survey Telescope's Observing Strategy by submitting white papers to help refine the main survey. Deadline: 30 November 2018.