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The mission of the American Astronomical Society is to enhance and share humanity’s scientific understanding of the universe as a diverse and inclusive astronomical community.
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The American Astronomical Society announced that Dr. Kevin B. Marvel, the Society’s Chief Executive Officer, will step down from his position effective 9 January 2026. aas.org/press/aas-an... 🔭
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The American Astronomical Society announced that Dr. Kevin B. Marvel, the Society’s Chief Executive Officer, will step down from his position effective 9 January 2026. aas.org/press/aas-an... 🔭
🚨 #AAS247 Upcoming Deadlines
7 Nov: Regular registration closes
17 Nov: FAMOUS Travel Grant apps due
21 Nov: Dependent Care Grant apps due
11 Dec: Housing deadline (group rate ends!)
🔭 Don’t miss your chance to be part of one of the biggest #astronomy meetings of 2026. aas.org/meetings/aas247
7 Nov: Regular registration closes
17 Nov: FAMOUS Travel Grant apps due
21 Nov: Dependent Care Grant apps due
11 Dec: Housing deadline (group rate ends!)
🔭 Don’t miss your chance to be part of one of the biggest #astronomy meetings of 2026. aas.org/meetings/aas247
November 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🚨 #AAS247 Upcoming Deadlines
7 Nov: Regular registration closes
17 Nov: FAMOUS Travel Grant apps due
21 Nov: Dependent Care Grant apps due
11 Dec: Housing deadline (group rate ends!)
🔭 Don’t miss your chance to be part of one of the biggest #astronomy meetings of 2026. aas.org/meetings/aas247
7 Nov: Regular registration closes
17 Nov: FAMOUS Travel Grant apps due
21 Nov: Dependent Care Grant apps due
11 Dec: Housing deadline (group rate ends!)
🔭 Don’t miss your chance to be part of one of the biggest #astronomy meetings of 2026. aas.org/meetings/aas247
In this @education.aas.org blog post, Duncan Carlsmith describes MATLAB Interactive Live Scripts that can be used in an introductory physics course to jump-start students' active participation in research. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
November 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In this @education.aas.org blog post, Duncan Carlsmith describes MATLAB Interactive Live Scripts that can be used in an introductory physics course to jump-start students' active participation in research. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
✨ The AAS Historical Astronomy Division is pleased to present the 2026 LeRoy E. Doggett Prize to Thomas A. Hockey for preserving the history of #astronomy and making it accessible to both the academic community and the public. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
October 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
✨ The AAS Historical Astronomy Division is pleased to present the 2026 LeRoy E. Doggett Prize to Thomas A. Hockey for preserving the history of #astronomy and making it accessible to both the academic community and the public. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
✨ AAS member Nia Imara received one of this year's Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications. These awards recognize science journalists, research scientists, and science communicators. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
October 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
✨ AAS member Nia Imara received one of this year's Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications. These awards recognize science journalists, research scientists, and science communicators. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
SAVE THE DATE! The 11th AAS Topical Conference Series (AASTCS): Exoplanet Atmospheres 2026 will take place in Denver. Join astronomers, planetary scientists & researchers from around the world for an in-depth exploration of one of the most dynamic fields in science today. More details soon 🔭
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
SAVE THE DATE! The 11th AAS Topical Conference Series (AASTCS): Exoplanet Atmospheres 2026 will take place in Denver. Join astronomers, planetary scientists & researchers from around the world for an in-depth exploration of one of the most dynamic fields in science today. More details soon 🔭
✨ The New Mexico State University Foundation has named the recipients of its 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards, including AAS Senior Vice President Dawn M. Gelino. 🔭
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October 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
✨ The New Mexico State University Foundation has named the recipients of its 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards, including AAS Senior Vice President Dawn M. Gelino. 🔭
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🔭 The AAS Harlow Shapley Visiting Lectureship Program is now accepting applications for 2026. This unique program brings professional astronomers to colleges, universities, and communities to share the wonders of #astronomy.
📅 Apply by 31 October 2025
🔗 aas.org/shapley
📅 Apply by 31 October 2025
🔗 aas.org/shapley
October 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🔭 The AAS Harlow Shapley Visiting Lectureship Program is now accepting applications for 2026. This unique program brings professional astronomers to colleges, universities, and communities to share the wonders of #astronomy.
📅 Apply by 31 October 2025
🔗 aas.org/shapley
📅 Apply by 31 October 2025
🔗 aas.org/shapley
🔭 For more than 80 years, Sky & Telescope has inspired skywatchers. Now, your subscription gives you complete digital access — articles, news & magazine, all in one place. #ExploreAstronomy
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October 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🔭 For more than 80 years, Sky & Telescope has inspired skywatchers. Now, your subscription gives you complete digital access — articles, news & magazine, all in one place. #ExploreAstronomy
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Elle Roc shares why #SaveNASAScience matters to her! Take a few minutes today to let your members of Congress know why federal science funding matters to you: aas.org/action-alert...
October 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Elle Roc shares why #SaveNASAScience matters to her! Take a few minutes today to let your members of Congress know why federal science funding matters to you: aas.org/action-alert...
Krista Lynne Smith is a member of the AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division, and she is spending the day advocating for science funding. Amplify our #SaveNASAScience voices by sending a message to your congressional office today: aas.org/action-alert...
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Krista Lynne Smith is a member of the AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division, and she is spending the day advocating for science funding. Amplify our #SaveNASAScience voices by sending a message to your congressional office today: aas.org/action-alert...
Ayanna Mann is representing AAS and @blackinastro.bsky.social on the Hill today! Join her in advocating for federal funding for science by calling and writing your members of Congress today! aas.org/advocacy/get...
October 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Ayanna Mann is representing AAS and @blackinastro.bsky.social on the Hill today! Join her in advocating for federal funding for science by calling and writing your members of Congress today! aas.org/advocacy/get...
AAS members are on the Hill today to #SaveNASAScience and advocate for sustained funding for NASA, NSF, and our nation's other science agencies! Help us amplify their voices by calling and writing to your Congressional offices today: aas.org/action-alert...
October 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
AAS members are on the Hill today to #SaveNASAScience and advocate for sustained funding for NASA, NSF, and our nation's other science agencies! Help us amplify their voices by calling and writing to your Congressional offices today: aas.org/action-alert...
#AAS247 We're looking for volunteers to fill important positions at the winter meeting. We love getting help from undergrads, grads, postdocs, and local amateur astronomers to help with sessions, registration, special events, and various other essential roles. www.cognitoforms.com/AAS5/AAS247V... 🔭
October 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
#AAS247 We're looking for volunteers to fill important positions at the winter meeting. We love getting help from undergrads, grads, postdocs, and local amateur astronomers to help with sessions, registration, special events, and various other essential roles. www.cognitoforms.com/AAS5/AAS247V... 🔭
Education Committee Announces Six Winners of 2025–2026 EPD Mini-Grants
The AAS Education Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025–2026 Education & Professional Development Mini-Grants. Sign up for some of these workshops when you register for #AAS247! aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
The AAS Education Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025–2026 Education & Professional Development Mini-Grants. Sign up for some of these workshops when you register for #AAS247! aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Education Committee Announces Six Winners of 2025–2026 EPD Mini-Grants
The AAS Education Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025–2026 Education & Professional Development Mini-Grants. Sign up for some of these workshops when you register for #AAS247! aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
The AAS Education Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025–2026 Education & Professional Development Mini-Grants. Sign up for some of these workshops when you register for #AAS247! aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
✨ Applications are now open for the Harlow Shapley Visiting Lectureship Program! The AAS is seeking astronomers and host institutions to participate in 2026. Applications are due 31 October 2025.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
✨ Applications are now open for the Harlow Shapley Visiting Lectureship Program! The AAS is seeking astronomers and host institutions to participate in 2026. Applications are due 31 October 2025.
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#AAS247 Build Your Peer Review Skills
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 Phoenix on 4 January 2026. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
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 Phoenix on 4 January 2026. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
September 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
#AAS247 Build Your Peer Review Skills
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 Phoenix on 4 January 2026. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
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 Phoenix on 4 January 2026. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
What do you do with 30,000 photographs?
Last year, the AAS donated over 30,000 born-digital photographs of member meetings from 2010 to 2024 to the @aip.bsky.social Niels Bohr Library & Archives. www.aip.org/library/ex-l... 🔭
Last year, the AAS donated over 30,000 born-digital photographs of member meetings from 2010 to 2024 to the @aip.bsky.social Niels Bohr Library & Archives. www.aip.org/library/ex-l... 🔭
September 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
What do you do with 30,000 photographs?
Last year, the AAS donated over 30,000 born-digital photographs of member meetings from 2010 to 2024 to the @aip.bsky.social Niels Bohr Library & Archives. www.aip.org/library/ex-l... 🔭
Last year, the AAS donated over 30,000 born-digital photographs of member meetings from 2010 to 2024 to the @aip.bsky.social Niels Bohr Library & Archives. www.aip.org/library/ex-l... 🔭
#AAS247 Don't miss out! Early registration and abstract submission for the 247th AAS meeting (4-8 January 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona) will close on Monday, 6 October. 🔭
1️⃣Register: https://ow.ly/sXXu50X2b7z
2️⃣ Submit abstracts: https://ow.ly/wCSp50X2b7v
1️⃣Register: https://ow.ly/sXXu50X2b7z
2️⃣ Submit abstracts: https://ow.ly/wCSp50X2b7v
September 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#AAS247 Don't miss out! Early registration and abstract submission for the 247th AAS meeting (4-8 January 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona) will close on Monday, 6 October. 🔭
1️⃣Register: https://ow.ly/sXXu50X2b7z
2️⃣ Submit abstracts: https://ow.ly/wCSp50X2b7v
1️⃣Register: https://ow.ly/sXXu50X2b7z
2️⃣ Submit abstracts: https://ow.ly/wCSp50X2b7v
#AAS247 The clock is ticking! TODAY is the final day to submit Splinter Meeting proposals for the 247th AAS meeeting.
📅 Meeting dates: 4-8 January 2026
📍 Phoenix, Arizona
Submit proposals by 11:59 pm ET. aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
📅 Meeting dates: 4-8 January 2026
📍 Phoenix, Arizona
Submit proposals by 11:59 pm ET. aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
September 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
#AAS247 The clock is ticking! TODAY is the final day to submit Splinter Meeting proposals for the 247th AAS meeeting.
📅 Meeting dates: 4-8 January 2026
📍 Phoenix, Arizona
Submit proposals by 11:59 pm ET. aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
📅 Meeting dates: 4-8 January 2026
📍 Phoenix, Arizona
Submit proposals by 11:59 pm ET. aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
🔭 What does a centaur in resonance with Uranus tell us about our solar system?
In the latest AAS Journal Author Series, Daniel Bamberger (Northolt Branch Observatories) shares insights from his article — and where this research may take planetary science next.
📺 Watch: youtu.be/RDXQzPWouQM
In the latest AAS Journal Author Series, Daniel Bamberger (Northolt Branch Observatories) shares insights from his article — and where this research may take planetary science next.
📺 Watch: youtu.be/RDXQzPWouQM
September 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🔭 What does a centaur in resonance with Uranus tell us about our solar system?
In the latest AAS Journal Author Series, Daniel Bamberger (Northolt Branch Observatories) shares insights from his article — and where this research may take planetary science next.
📺 Watch: youtu.be/RDXQzPWouQM
In the latest AAS Journal Author Series, Daniel Bamberger (Northolt Branch Observatories) shares insights from his article — and where this research may take planetary science next.
📺 Watch: youtu.be/RDXQzPWouQM
AAS and 57 other science societies sent a letter to Congress today, expressing concern over provisions in the 7 August 2025 Executive Order titled "Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking." aas.org/press/letter... 🔭
September 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
AAS and 57 other science societies sent a letter to Congress today, expressing concern over provisions in the 7 August 2025 Executive Order titled "Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking." aas.org/press/letter... 🔭
#AAS247 The AAS invites organizations to participate in the Grad Student/REU Fair at the 247th AAS meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.
📅 Sunday, 4 January 2026
🕠 5:30–7:00 pm ET
Last year’s event SOLD OUT before the deadline! Reserve your space by 8 December 2025. aas.org/meetings/aas...
📅 Sunday, 4 January 2026
🕠 5:30–7:00 pm ET
Last year’s event SOLD OUT before the deadline! Reserve your space by 8 December 2025. aas.org/meetings/aas...
September 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#AAS247 The AAS invites organizations to participate in the Grad Student/REU Fair at the 247th AAS meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.
📅 Sunday, 4 January 2026
🕠 5:30–7:00 pm ET
Last year’s event SOLD OUT before the deadline! Reserve your space by 8 December 2025. aas.org/meetings/aas...
📅 Sunday, 4 January 2026
🕠 5:30–7:00 pm ET
Last year’s event SOLD OUT before the deadline! Reserve your space by 8 December 2025. aas.org/meetings/aas...
🚨 LAST CALL FOR #AAS247 SPLINTER MEETING PROPOSALS!
The deadline to submit Splinter Meeting proposals for the 247th AAS meeting (4–8 January 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona) is quickly approaching!
Proposals are due by Thursday, 25 September at 11:59 pm ET. aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
The deadline to submit Splinter Meeting proposals for the 247th AAS meeting (4–8 January 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona) is quickly approaching!
Proposals are due by Thursday, 25 September at 11:59 pm ET. aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
September 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🚨 LAST CALL FOR #AAS247 SPLINTER MEETING PROPOSALS!
The deadline to submit Splinter Meeting proposals for the 247th AAS meeting (4–8 January 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona) is quickly approaching!
Proposals are due by Thursday, 25 September at 11:59 pm ET. aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
The deadline to submit Splinter Meeting proposals for the 247th AAS meeting (4–8 January 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona) is quickly approaching!
Proposals are due by Thursday, 25 September at 11:59 pm ET. aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
The AAS is excited to announce that applications are now open for the Harlow Shapley Visiting Lectureship Program. We are seeking astronomers and host institutions to participate in 2026! Applications are due 31 October 2025.
aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
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September 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The AAS is excited to announce that applications are now open for the Harlow Shapley Visiting Lectureship Program. We are seeking astronomers and host institutions to participate in 2026! Applications are due 31 October 2025.
aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭
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