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⏰ Last call for #AAS248 proposals!

Special Sessions
Splinter Meetings
Meetings-in-a-Meeting
Workshops
Town Halls

The submission site closes TOMORROW (Tuesday, 3 March at 11:59 pm ET) 🔭
aas.org/meetings/aas...

CosmicDS Planet Parade A planetary alignment is coming in February 2026. Learn what that is, why it happens, and how to view it from your location with this free educational, interactive resource.

Hey stargazers! Can you spot all 6?
✅ Jupiter (High & Bright)
✅ Venus (Evening Star)
✅ Mercury & Saturn (Low West)
🔭 Uranus & Neptune (Needs optics!)

Toggle "Earth vs. Solar System" views to see the geometry:
projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/planet-parade/

#Astronomy #CosmicDS #NASA #PlanetParade

What an incredible letter! This is what it is all about.

A pink, postage-stamp-edged card with a dark brown border. At the top, it reads, "Send these to your cosmic crush!" Centered is a large white heart containing the text "Cosmic DS Valentine's Cards" in a stylized, red-and-black retro font. The bottom is decorated with pink line-art illustrations of clouds, planets, and stars.

A light pink Valentine’s Day card with "To:" and "From:" fields and the CosmicDS logo. In the center, a large white heart contains the text "You had me at" followed by "Redshift 2" in a bold, red-and-black stylized font. The phrase is a play on the astronomical term "redshift," relating to the expansion of the universe.

A light pink Valentine’s Day card featuring a large, five-pointed pink star in the center. The text reads "You're a" above the star, "Superstar" in a bold, retro font across the star, and "Our love is going through a massive expansion!" below it. The card includes "To:" and "From:" fields and the CosmicDS logo.

A Valentine’s Day card with a light pink background and a rounded dark red border. At the top left is a "To:" field, and at the bottom left is a "From:" field. The CosmicDS logo is in the top right. Centered text reads, "I've checked the stats, and we're," followed by a large white heart containing the words "100% A Match!" in bold, red-and-black 3D lettering.

Some stars are red 🌹, some stars are blue 💙, our love is expanding, and it’s all thanks to you!

Our CosmicDS Valentines are the perfect way to tell your favorite person they're a total superstar. Designs by Devika E. from CfASciEd ❤️

NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft are seen backdropped by blue sky at KSC's Launch Complex 39B in Florida

🚀 NASA's moonbound Artemis II rocket is on its launch pad! The SLS vehicle and Orion spacecraft, with its European Service Module, rolled out from Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building and reached Launch Pad 39B on Saturday (pic: ESA/S.Corvaja).

go.nasa.gov/4qtbMDh @exploration.esa.int

Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95 ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

We couldn't agree more. Check out our TEMPO data story to start building your climate literacy: projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/tempo-lite/

✨ New citizen science project on Zooniverse! Help uncover Earth's magnetic shield in space! Space Umbrella is a new project that explores Earth's protective magnetic field, called the magnetosphere.

Join the umbrella squad: www.zooniverse.org/projects/vic...

@swri.org @jhuapl.bsky.social

Science Friday Educate newsletter. [Image of an adult pointing a finger toward the sky as a child peers through a telescope.]

Hey, educators! Our monthly K-12 newsletter is worth taking a closer look at. 🔭

Get experiments, lesson ideas, PD opportunities and more—delivered straight to your inbox: buff.ly/4FKf84A

A massive cumulonimbus storm cloud rises from the lower cloud deck into the stratosphere. The image captures a lightning flash within the storm, illuminating the massive cloud structure, including its turbulent updraft and smooth, flat "anvil" top.

#PPOD: Here is a colossal cumulonimbus flashing over the Pacific Ocean captured at 37,000 Feet en route to South America. Credit: Santiago Borja Lopez ( @santyborja.bsky.social ) 🧪 🔭 📷

Postcards to write to Congress in support of science with example text.

Conference attendee writing a postcard.

Take five minutes at #AAS247 to write a postcard to Congress in support of science. There's suggested text to help and we'll take care of postage. Every voice matters. 🔭

Astronomers at #AAS247, I’d love to see our community show up for the special session on Tuesday an interdisciplinary discussion of the Ethics of Outer Space. Decisions are being made now that will affect everyone on earth for generations to come. What is our role? What are the ethical frameworks?

Jon Carifio stands behind a banner that says "Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian" in the Exhibit Hall at the 247th American Astronomical Society meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.

CosmicDS is in Phoenix for #AAS247! Visit the CfA Mega Booth in the Exhibit Hall to chat with some of the team behind our data-driven, interactive stories. 🛰️ @aas.org

SETI Institute logo. Text: Proposal Writing Workshop using NASA ROSES as an Example. 3 January 2026, 09:00 - 16:00 MST, Phoenix Convention Center. Speaker Christina Richey, Director of Partnerships and Business Development. Separate Registration Fee Required. Inset: Photo of Dr. Christina Richey with short, aqua hair, long star earrings, a gray cardigan, and a blue draped blouse. Also includes the AAS logo.

Proposal Writing Workshop: Using NASA ROSES as an Example

For those attending the winter American Astronomical Society (#AAS247) Meeting, an all-day proposal writing workshop will be sponsored by the NASA Science Mission Directorate and hosted by Dr. Christina Richey. 🧪 👩‍🔬

Congratulations!

Students and researchers gather around a table with laptops showing data plots. A pumpkin and CosmicDS sign sit on the table, while red and orange visualizations are displayed on a screen in the Seamless Astronomy Lab.

A Halloween “trick” turned “treat”! Postdocs + graduate students joined CosmicDS at the Seamless Astronomy Lab to turn confusing visualizations into clear, accessible data stories. There was great conversation, and pizza.

Cambridge Explores the Universe is this today! Join the CfA for a family-friendly astronomy + space science celebration. Explore The Great Refractor and meet scientists from Chandra X-Ray Observatory & James Webb Space Telescope #NASAWebb. #CETU2025

Photo of a row of telescope dishes at the Very Large Array, crossing the photo in a horizontal line, under a clear blue sky.

Calling all early career scientists! The NSF NRAO invites applications for the 2026 Jansky Fellowship Program.

🚨 Application Deadline is October 22, 2025 at 11:59 pm EDT 🚨

Details and apply: https://science.nrao.edu/opportunities/postdoctoral-programs/jansky

A request for weather interested volunteers!

Met Eireann would like to rescue millions of weather observations taken in Ireland over many decades that are still stuck on paper. #WeatherRescue

Anyone can help: www.zooniverse.org/projects/met...

The north east portion of the United States is shown under TEMPO data from October 10, 2025, at 9:29 AM.

Curious how energy choices impact air quality?

CosmicDS is building new TEMPO tools to explore real data on air, energy, and population—great for students + educators in climate science. Try TEMPO projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/tempo-lite + stay tuned for the launch!

@earthsciweek.bsky.social

Start working with TEMPO in our Data Story: projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/tempo-lite/

Rubin First Look Rubin First Look

Want to get closer to the @vrubinobs.bsky.social #RubinFirstLook images? Zoom + explore the stunning images for yourself at projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/rubin-first-look #CaptureTheCosmos

Rubin First Look WorldWide Telescope Interactive How-to YouTube video by WWTAmbassadors

Thanks to the Vera Rubin Observatory and WorldWide Telescope, everyone can go explore these GIGANTIC SPECTACULAR images of our Universe today!! Experience the full richness of the 3200 MegaPixel images in context at projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/rubin-first-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsIk...

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Polaroid-style image overlaying a map showing the nitrogen dioxide levels in the eastern seaboard of the US on Sunday, April 20, 2025 from the Cosmic Data Stories website.

Happy #EarthDay! Did you know that the #NASA #TEMPO mission measures air pollution at a neighborhood scale across North America on an hourly basis? Check out our TEMPO data story and see how you can track nitrogen dioxide levels in your neighborhood! projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/tempo-lite

CosmicDS Planet Parade A grand planetary alignment is coming in February 2025. Learn what that is, why it happens, and how to view it from your location with this free educational, interactive resource.

we (@cosmicds.bsky.social) made a thing!

See (why) the planets align (and, no, not actually in a straight line)!

Learn more in our #astronomy educational #astroedu app.

projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/planet-parade/

We are a astronomy & data science education program (part of NASA SciAct) at the Center for Astrophysics. Let by @alyssagoodman.bsky.social, this account is maintained by @astrojthe3.bsky.social (at present). We share astronomy educational content - www.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/data-stories

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