AAS Press Releases

A new report from the American Institute of Physics goes beyond the numbers to examine types of harassment and discrimination experienced by members of the astronomy community over the span of a decade, highlighting the...

The latest version of AAS WorldWide Telescope, WWT 2022, has launched, revealing new data and capabilities and providing an even more powerful astronomy visualization toolkit for astronomers, educators, and enthusiasts...

The AAS, Zenodo, and the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) have launched the Asclepias portal and broker, resources that connect software tools with scientific results to make research progress in astronomy faster,...

The AAS has announced the recipients of some of its 2022 prizes for outstanding achievements in research and education.

The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment fast radio burst (CHIME/FRB) team, which discovered more than 500 new fast radio bursts in the first year of the detector’s operations, will receive the 2022 Lancelot M....

The American Astronomical Society (AAS) supports the Astro2020 decadal survey report that was released today in a public briefing webinar by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

The full set of working-group reports has been released following the Satellite Constellations 2 conference to address the ongoing transformation of the night sky.

A report from SATCON2 describes how a concerted, well-funded, collaborative effort is needed to address the ongoing transformation of the night sky.

The AAS has joined nine other organizations in a program focused on increasing student and early career researcher opportunities that may have been disrupted by COVID-19.

Research results in astronomy, solar physics, and planetary science are about to become more widely accessible to scientists and the public alike. The AAS journals will be fully open access as of 1 January 2022.

The AAS is pleased to announce the acquisition of the remarkable inventory of books, star atlases, and software produced and sold by Willmann-Bell, Inc., founded in 1973 by Perry and Patricia Remaklus.

On 16 July 2021 astronomers will discuss findings from SATCON2 at a virtual media briefing on minimizing the negative impacts of satellite constellations on astronomy and the night sky.

As Communications Manager at the AAS, Susanna Kohler will continue to oversee AAS Nova, will succeed Rick Fienberg as Press Officer, and will play an expanded role in the Society's communications efforts.