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🔭 Follow the AAS Press Office account and stay up to date on astronomy news and press releases! 👉
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Build Your Peer Review Skills at #AAS248
If you’d like to feel more confident the next time you’re asked by an editor to peer review a paper, consider applying to attend the upcoming AAS Peer Review Training Workshop in Pasadena on 14 June 2026. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
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🔭 Apply now for the John N. Bahcall Public Policy Fellowship to learn first-hand about policymaking while contributing your knowledge and analytical skills to the federal policymaking process.
Applications due by 15 April: aas.org/form/john-n-...
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Renata Frelikh (CU Boulder) explores hydrogen & helium escape from a hot Jupiter under extreme-UV radiation, revealing a three-layer atmospheric structure. youtu.be/jeSrRmwmYOY
The goal of this series is to connect authors with their article, their human story, and the larger #astronomy community.
CUNY Master's in Astrophysics: Virtual Open House
A virtual open house held on Zoom on Tuesday, 17 March, at 5:30 pm ET will cover the application process, the format of the program, and financial support. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
Women In Astronomy: Career Interview Series
Vicky Derksen’s journey into #astronomy didn’t start with a childhood telescope or a university degree. Growing up in northern Idaho, she saw the Milky Way all the time & simply assumed everyone else did too. womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2026/02/care...
🔭 The Call for Proposals for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) is open from 1 March until 1 April, 5:00 pm Hawaii Standard Time (11:00 pm EDT).
More info 👉 aas.org/posts/opport...
⏰ 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...
🎥 2026 AAS Journals Author Series Update!
Frank Timmes, AAS Journals Scientific Editor, shares the “why” behind the series — why we create these videos, what the metrics show, how we reached 500+ videos, and how featured articles are selected. 🔭 youtu.be/1_U5WsSXzmU
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#AAS248 This is the final opportunity to submit proposals for the 248th AAS meeting. All Special Session, Splinter Meeting, Meeting-in-a-Meeting, Workshop, and Town Hall proposals must be submitted by 3 March. Late submissions will not be accepted. aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
🚨 Action Alert: Take action to support the sciences by filling out a constituent request form with one or more of your members of Congress. This is one of the most effective ways to make your voice heard! aas.org/posts/action... 🔭
AAS President Dara Norman and Past President Kelsey Johnson published an opinion article in SpaceNews today titled "The future of astronomy is both on Earth and in space." The article is signed by 15 past, current, and incoming AAS presidents.
The AAS Education Committee announces its new report, “The Landscape of Undergraduate #Astronomy and Astrophysics Degree Requirements,” available now on arXiv. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
Join a Free Monthly Rest Circle
Looking for a way to support your health and wellness? Join Aomawa Shields (UC Irvine) in a free monthly rest circle geared toward academics. The next rest circle session will be held on 20 March at 3:00 pm ET. Register to join: uci.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 🔭
The 2026 AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy (DDA) meeting will take place 22-26 June in Chicago, IL at the University of Chicago.
Abstract submission is open! submissions.mirasmart.com/DDA57/Splash...
On April 13, my colleagues and I are throwing a virtual event called "Envisioning Join Futures in Art & Astronomy" sponsored by the @aas.org 🎨✨
Learn more and RSVP here: forms.gle/k8Y5xd3NyAcN...
Participants in the AAS Publishing peer review workshop at the 246th AAS Meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, pose together holding certificates of completion.
Build Your Peer Review Skills at #AAS248
If you’d like to feel more confident the next time you’re asked by an editor to peer review a paper, consider applying to attend the upcoming AAS Peer Review Training Workshop in Pasadena on 14 June 2026. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
@publishing.aas.org
🔭 Calling the #astronomy community! Submit your abstract & register for the 2026 Asia Pacific Regional IAU Meeting.
The abstract & early-bird deadline is 25 February: aas.org/posts/opport...
🎥 New AAS Journals video!
Bijunath Patla (NIST) shares his work on clock rates on Mars, the Moon, and Earth — finding Mars clocks tick 477 μs/day faster than Earth’s geoid, with seasonal variation. youtu.be/Mg_jDcXtOM8
The #AAS248 Call for Proposals is open for:
• Special Sessions
• Splinter Meetings
• Meetings-in-a-Meeting
• Workshops
• Town Halls
Don’t miss the deadline! Submit your proposal by Tuesday, 3 March: aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
Call for HAD Osterbrock Book Prize Nominations
AAS Historical Astronomy Division (HAD) invites nominations for 2027 Donald E. Osterbrock Book Prize for Historical #Astronomy. Deadline: 1 March aas.org/posts/news/2...
📷 Seb Falk, 2025 Osterbrock Award winner at the 246th AAS meeting (Anchorage) 🔭
🔭 Follow the AAS Press Office account and stay up to date on astronomy news and press releases! 👉 @press.aas.org
🎥 New AAS Journals Video!
Olivia Mostow & Paul Torrey (Univ of Virginia) discuss their article on how bursty outflows and central potential fluctuations shape dark matter halos in classical and ultrafaint dwarf galaxies. youtu.be/a0mqKqEhmBI
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2026 Hale, Harvey, and González Prize Winners
The AAS Solar Physics Division is recognizing Yi-Ming Wang, Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta, and Paola Testa for their groundbreaking scientific achievements and exemplary leadership within the solar physics community. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
The #astronomy community is encouraged to submit abstracts and register for the 2026 Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the International Astronomical Union, to be held 4–8 May in Hong Kong. The abstract submission and early-bird registration deadline is 25 February. 🔭
aas.org/posts/opport...
Apply now for the John N. Bahcall Public Policy Fellowship to learn first-hand about policymaking while contributing your knowledge and analytical skills to the federal policymaking process.
Applications due by 15 April: aas.org/form/john-n-... 🔭
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New AAS Journal Author Series Video!
Roger Romani (Stanford University) shares his improved mass measurement of PSR J0952−0607 (2.35 ± 0.11 M⊙), tightening the maximum neutron star mass and strengthening constraints on the dense-matter equation of state. 🔭
youtu.be/eFNqf19QewY
It’s not too late to participate in Exoplanet Atmospheres 2026!
The deadline is Tuesday, 17 February, to:
👉 Submit a poster abstract
👉 Register today (regular and presenter registration)
👉 Reserve your room
👉 Apply for a Dependent Care Grant
aas.org/meetings/exo... 🔭
🎥 New AAS Journals Video!
Denyz Melchor (UCLA) talks about her article on simulations of supermassive black hole binaries, exploring how eccentric Kozai–Lidov oscillations and two-body relaxation shape tidal disruption event rates across black hole mass and cosmic time. 🔭 youtu.be/ldio8MwtZI0
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