Announcements

Community Rallies to Save Chandra

28 Mar 2024
In response to the proposed catastrophic cut to Chandra’s operating budget, the community rallies to save Chandra and urges everyone to contact Congress in support of the mission.

Harvard’s DASCH Scanning Project is Now Complete

26 Mar 2024
DASCH — the project to digitize Harvard’s astronomical photographic glass plate collection — is complete at long last. With this milestone comes a new website, StarGlass, and preview access to the next data release.

Learn How to Peer Review at AAS 244

26 Mar 2024
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 Madison on 9 June.

The FY25 Presidential Budget Request for NASA

25 Mar 2024
On 11 March, the White House released its President's Budget Request (PBR) for FY25, which includes detailed funding priorities for NASA. In this post, we dig into what the PBR has in store for NASA's Science Mission...

NEOWISE 2024 Data Release Now Available

21 Mar 2024
The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC announce the NEOWISE 2024 Data Release, which includes data acquired during the 10h year of the NEOWISE Reactivation mission.

AAS CSMA Astro Poverty Survey

19 Mar 2024
This survey on poverty in astronomy will look at initial statistics and information regarding a potential new underrepresented population in the US astronomy community based on socioeconomic status.

Coming 1 April: AAS Job Register 4.0!

13 Mar 2024
On Monday, 1 April, the AAS will debut a new and improved Job Register, with more user-friendly and modernized features for both recruiters and job applicants.

NSF Cuts in FY24 Appropriations

12 Mar 2024
Cuts to NSF in FY24 Appropriations are deep. What will this mean for astronomy, as well as our current and future telescopes and observatories?