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In response to a possible cut for non-defense funding, the AAS sent out a letter to the leadership of the congressional appropriations in support of NASA and NSF funding.

Most AAS members receive the magazine Physics Today, published by the American Institute of Physics, as a membership benefit. The June 2023 issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and can be accessed online.

AAS Publishing is launching a special series of AAS Journal Author video chats in collaboration with Black in Astro for BlackSpaceWeek to highlight the work of several incredible Black astronomers.

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.

The Nordic Optical Telescope is a modern 2.6-m optical/IR telescope, located at the highest site of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory. The open call for observing time is open to anyone from anywhere.

In this post, the AAS Code of Ethics Committee and Publications Committee representatives summarize the issues regarding the ethics of citations in scientific literature and illuminate the complexity of the topic.

The AAS Solar Physics Division has announced the winners of its 2023 science-writing awards.

The AAS Laboratory Astrophysics Division is honoring Katarina Yocum for her PhD thesis at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, The Development and Application of SubLIME: Sublimation of Laboratory Ices Millimeter...

The $1.2 million Shaw Prize in Astronomy for 2023 is shared equally by Matthew Bailes and AAS members Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin for the discovery of fast radio bursts.

The next call for proposals for the AAS Education & Professional Development (EPD) Mini-Grant Program will open around 1 July, with a target deadline of 1 August 2023 for activities occurring in 2024.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, AAS Educator Affiliate Stephen Spears commemorates the distinguished career of Vera Rubin.

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.

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is offering two student research funding opportunities for undergraduate or graduate students, and recent graduates planning to apply to graduate school.

The AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy is awarding its 2023 Brouwer Award to Alessandra Celletti (University of Rome Tor Vergata) and its 2023 Rubin Prize to Carl Rodriguez (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).

Support the astronomical sciences community by serving as a volunteer for an AAS committee or working group. Several of these groups have terms that begin in June, and sign-ups this month will be greatly appreciated.