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Highlights from AAS Nova: 28 January – 10 February 2024
12 Feb 2024
AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, ApJ Supplements, PSJ, and RNAAS to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.
HEAD Announces 2024 Award Winners
8 Feb 2024
The AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) has selected the winners of its 2024 Mid-Career, Early Career, Distinguished Career, and Innovation Prizes, as well as three finalists for the Dissertation Prize.
Apply for the 2024 TEAM-UP Together Scholarship
8 Feb 2024
Are you — or do you know — a Black undergraduate pursuing a degree in astronomy or physics? Apply for the TEAM-UP Together Scholarship Program by 8 March 2024.
February 2024 Issue of Physics Today Is Online & in the Mail
8 Feb 2024
Most AAS members receive the magazine Physics Today, published by the American Institute of Physics, as a membership benefit. The February 2024 issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and can be accessed online.
Equity v. Equality in the AAS Job Register
2 Feb 2024
Here the Code of Ethics Committee explains why those women-only ads on the AAS Job Register are consistent with the AAS Code of Ethics objective of “promoting equality of opportunity” and are ethical.
This Month in Astronomical History: February 2024
1 Feb 2024
In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, Michael E. Marotta writes about Gerard Kuiper’s discovery of Uranus’s moon, Miranda.
AAS Names 21 New Fellows for 2024
1 Feb 2024
The American Astronomical Society is honoring 21 members for extraordinary achievement and service by naming them AAS Fellows. Congratulations to the Class of 2024!
DC-Area Astrophysics Graduate Student Conference Revived!
30 Jan 2024
In this Education Committee Blog post, Rae Stewart and Alex Lange describe the DC-area astrophysics graduate student conference, which was revived in August and featured student-led mentoring and scientific activities.
Congratulations to the AAS 243 Chambliss Student Award Winners
30 Jan 2023
The AAS is pleased to announce the winners of the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Awards from the 243rd AAS meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, in January 2024. Congratulations, all!
Highlights from AAS Nova: 14–27 January 2024
29 Jan 2024
AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, ApJ Supplements, PSJ, and RNAAS to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.
HEAD Awards Rossi Prize to IXPE Team
29 Jan 2024
The AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) is awarding its 2024 Bruno Rossi Prize to Martin Weisskopf, Paolo Soffitta, and the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) team.
Call for AAS Prize Committee Volunteers
26 Jan 2024
Want to help give visibility to deserving scientists, educators, and amateur astronomers? Volunteer now to serve on one of this year's prize and award committees for the AAS.
This Month in Astronomical History: January 2024
26 Jan 2024
In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, Michael E. Marotta writes about the discovery of white dwarf stars.
NSF Workshop for New Investigators
25 Jan 2024
The University of Florida, in collaboration with the NSF Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, will host an in-person workshop for new and future Principal Investigators.
AAS Member Honored by National Academy of Sciences
22 Jan 2024
The National Academy of Sciences announced the recipients of its 2024 awards in recognition of extraordinary scientific achievements, and among the recipients is AAS member James Stone.