AAS Press Releases

Astronomers and satellite operators agree there’s a problem; report from Satellite Constellations 1 (SATCON1) workshop explores practical ways to address it and identifies issues for further study.

NSF's NOIRLab and the AAS will host a joint virtual press conference on Tuesday, 25 August, to present a report on the impact of existing and planned large satellite constellations on optical and infrared astronomy.

Sherry Suyu will receive the 2021 Lancelot M. Berkeley–New York Community Trust Prize for her leadership of the H0LiCOW collaboration, which is measuring the cosmic expansion rate using gravitationally lensed quasars.

At AAS 237 in January 2021, the Fred Kavli Plenary Lecture will be given by Paul B. Demorest (National Radio Astronomy Observatory) on NANOGrav, the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves.

The AAS and its Historical Astronomy Division announce the launch of the Astronomy Genealogy Project, which provides information on more than 33,000 astronomers who earned and/or supervised astronomy-related PhD theses.

Megan Donahue comments on the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor and reaffirms the Society's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to AAS members who are marginalized.

The AAS has established a new accolade, Fellow of the AAS, to honor members for extraordinary achievement and noteworthy service to astronomy and to the Society. Meet our Inaugural Fellow and Legacy Fellows!

At our June 2020 meeting in Madison, Wisconsin, the Kavli lecture will be given by Lisa Kaltenegger, Director of Cornell University's Carl Sagan Institute and expert on the search for life on rocky exoplanets.

The American Astronomical Society has named the latest recipients of its Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy and Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical Instrumentation, fleshing out the roster of 2020 AAS prize winners.

The American Astronomical Society has named the recipients of its 2020 prizes for outstanding achievements in scientific research, education, scholarly writing, and service to the astronomical community.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, pansexual, asexual, and/or nonbinary women and gender minorities experience a more hostile workplace climate in astronomy and planetary science compared to...

Faith Vilas (Planetary Science Institute) has accepted appointment as Editor of the Planetary Science Journal, a new open access online research publication from the AAS and its Division for Planetary Sciences.

Research articles reporting significant developments, discoveries, and theories about planets, moons, small bodies, and the interactions among them will soon have a new showcase: The Planetary Science Journal (PSJ)...

At the 235th AAS meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, on 5 January 2020, the Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecture will be given by Suvi Gezari (University of Maryland), who will describe the discovery and analysis of tidal...

Sheperd S. Doeleman (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian) is being honored with the 2020 Berkeley prize for his scientific contributions to, and his leadership of, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project...