✨ New AAS Journal Author Series video! Ruella Ordinaria (York Univ) talks about her research on the Europa Clipper mission & where this exciting journey could take us next. This series connects authors with their research, their stories, and the broader astronomy community. youtu.be/zQ4kcvDUQU4 🔭

Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on supermassive black holes in the early universe that may have been hiding phases of their growth. aasnova.org/2025/09/22/a... 🔭

🚨 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 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... 🔭

In this Education Committee Blog post, Kalee Tock describes how eight students from Stanford Online High School traveled to the June 2025 AAS meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, to present their research projects. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭

🔭 Richard Zeebe (Univ of Hawai‘i at Mānoa) & David Hernandez (Yale Univ) chat about stellar flybys & where this research could take us next. The series highlights not just the science, but the people behind it — connecting authors, their stories & the #astronomy community. youtu.be/Jx5SxWqpjjI

European Space Agency: X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) Uncovers a Mystery in the Cosmic Winds of Change www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

Caroline von Raesfeld reports for @astrobites.bsky.social on research that explores if we’ll be able to find a star that has formed from the gas enriched by only one stellar predecessor. aasnova.org/2025/09/17/l... 🔭

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center: How NASA’s Roman Mission Will Unveil Our Home Galaxy Using Cosmic Dust www.nasa.gov/missions/rom...

#AAS247 AAS Names Daniella Mendoza DellaGiustina as Fred Kavli Plenary Lecturer At our January 2026 meeting in Phoenix, AZ, the Kavli Lecture will be given by Daniella Mendoza DellaGiustina, a planetary scientist at the Univ of Arizona's Lunar & Planetary Laboratory. 🏆 aas.org/press/aas-na... 🔭

#AAS247 Splinter Meeting proposal submission closes on Thursday, 25 September! Don’t miss your chance to organize a session at the 247th AAS meeting (4–8 January 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona). 👉 Submit proposals: aas.org/meetings/aas247/splinter-meetings 🔭

Curtin University: Earth’s History Written in the Stars: Zircon Crystals Reveal Galactic Influence www.curtin.edu.au/news/media-r...

✨ Steve Howell (NASA Ames Research Center) discusses his article on Betelgeuse’s potential companion, exploring what the findings mean & where the science may lead. The AAS Journal Author Series connects authors with their work, their human story & the #astronomy community. youtu.be/68AbtPxLR0M 🔭

Join us this month for a special event in collaboration with the American Astronomical Society! Where?: The Varsity Theater When?: Wednesday, September 24th, 2025 Doors open at 6:30pm and show starts at 7:00pm! Speakers will be announced soon!

Our galaxy likely contains far more supernova remnants than we’ve found so far. What progress have recent radio surveys made in the hunt for supernova remnants? aasnova.org/2025/09/15/f... 🔭🧪

University of California, Santa Cruz: Models Explain Mysterious Feature Controlling Magnetic Properties of the Sun news.ucsc.edu/2025/09/myst...

#AAS247 We’re thrilled to welcome Tonima Tasnim Ananna to the stage in Phoenix, AZ! Ananna’s research applies machine learning to large surveys to uncover the demographics and growth of supermassive black holes across the Universe. Don't miss out, register today: aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭

☀️ Abril Sahade (NASA Goddard) chats about her article on a new form of solar eruptions and where the science takes us next. The AAS Journal Author Series connects authors with their science, their personal journey & the larger #astronomy community. 🔭 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo_d...

#AAS247 Early registration & abstract submission for 247th AAS meeting (4-8 January 2026, Phoenix) will close on 6 Oct. 1️⃣ Register today: aas.org/meetings/aas... 2️⃣ Submit abstracts: aas.org/meetings/aas... 3️⃣ Rodger Doxsey Travel applications also close on 6 October: aas.org/grants-and-p... 🔭

AAS Social Media Task Force The AAS is seeking members for a social media task force to strategically increase the Society's social media presence, including communicating the value of astronomy & science funding to the broader public and promoting advocacy actions. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🔭

☀️ New AAS Journal Author Series! Fatemeh Rahmanifard and Hafijul Islam (University of New Hampshire) discuss their recent article on solar cycles, exploring what their results tell us and how the field can move forward. 📺 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFPU... #ExploreAstronomy 🔭

The AAS is pleased to celebrate 12 astronomers who served as AAS Harlow Shapley Visiting Lecturers! These Shapley Lecturers visited a number of community colleges and schools across the US to share their science and inspire wonder about the universe. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭

In the latest AAS Journal Author Series, Juan Ignacio Espinoza-Retamal (Universidad Católica de Chile) discusses his article on exoplanet spin–orbit alignments & where the science may lead next. 🎥 Full interview on AAS YouTube channel: youtu.be/dtFZVYWeGdA #ExploreAstronomy 🔭

#AAS247 Register for one (or two!) professional-development workshops at the 247th AAS meeting. Workshops feature instruction in specific software tools, programming tips, teaching and outreach strategies, and more. aas.org/meetings/aas...

The Joint Meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress and the @aas.org Division for Planetary Sciences 2025 is almost here! With 1900 abstracts submitted, it will be the biggest planetary science conference held in Europe to date! Have you already subscribed?

✨ New AAS Journal Author Series Video! Stephanie (Alex) Brown (Stockholm University) chats about neutron star tides — what her latest article reveals and where the science takes us next. #Astronomy #TheGoodStuff 📺 Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/-HQK2jUW-hc

#HEAD22 The 22nd HEAD meeting (12-16 October, St. Louis) promises to provide a lively environment, a jam-packed scientific schedule, and the chance to connect with colleagues and friends. Don't miss out! Meet me (well, us 😜) in St. Louis and register today: aas.org/meetings/hea... 🔭

📢 #AAS247 Plenary Speaker Spotlight Adam Burgasser is a Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics (@ucsandiego.bsky.social‬) & an observational astrophysicist who studies the lowest-mass stars, brown dwarfs & extrasolar giant planets. Catch him live in Phoenix! Register today: aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭

In this AAS Journal Author Series video, Maude Gull (University of California, Berkeley) shares the story behind her article on the lowest metallicity contact binary candidate observed to date. #Astronomy #ExploreAstromomy #TheGoodStuff 🔭 🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/kMzJY2q9yYo

Congress will be back in session next week. Take a few minutes today to urge your members of Congress to support the astronomical sciences! aas.org/action-alert...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration will receive the 2026 Lancelot M. Berkeley − New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy for its work constraining possible models of dark energy. aas.org/press/desi-c... 🏆🔭

Rodger Doxsey Travel Prize provides grad students or postdocs w/in 1 year of receiving or receipt of PhD a monetary prize to give dissertation talk at #AAS247. To apply you must have already submitted your abstract by 6 October: aas.org/grants-and-p... 🔭 📷 2025 Doxsey winners

In this video from the AAS Journal Author Series, Rosemary Pike (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian) shares the science behind her recent article, her perspective as a researcher, and what's next. #ExploreAstronomy #Astronomy #TheGoodStuff 🔭 🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/DLWT10kNiJQ

#AAS247 We’re thrilled to welcome Evgenya Shkolnik — Professor of Astrophysics at Arizona State University’s School of Earth & Space Exploration — to the 247th AAS meeting (4-8 January 2026 in Phoenix, AZ)! 🔗 Register today (early reg ends 6 October): aas.org/meetings/aas... #ExploreAstronomy 🌵🔭

In this episode of the AAS Journal Author Series, Ludmilla Kolokolova (‪@univofmaryland.bsky.social‬) chats about her article on the DART ejecta, its implications, and where we go from here. 🎥 Watch the full conversation: youtu.be/tXdSTzYiEKc #ExploreAstronomy #TheGoodStuff 🔭

#AAS247 Call for Splinter Meetings! Splinter Meetings are science or programmatic meetings that do not fit the definition of a Special Session (for example, meetings that run longer than 90 minutes or have a by-invitation audience). Deadline for submission: 25 September aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭🌵

🕟 Panel 3: Adapting Starts at 4:30p ET How do we adapt to the changing skies?🧪🔭 Dr Dara Norman (@aas.org) Dr Meredith Rawls (@[email protected]) Dr Ann Zabludoff (@stewardobservatory.bsky.social) You can access all ASP2025 sessions on-demand: 🔗 bit.ly/ASP2025SYMP #ASP2025 #Satellites #SciComm

Emily Pass (MIT) chats about her latest article on the population of exoplanets with and without atmospheres: youtu.be/r1WAea9sVvE This conversation is part of the AAS Journal Author Series, where authors reflect on their work, their stories & how they connect with the #astronomy community. 🔭

#AAS247 Early registration is now OPEN for the 247th AAS meeting (4-8 January 2026) in Phoenix, AZ! The meeting will be jam-packed with great scientific content — so don't miss out — lock in the early rate & register today! Early rate ends 6 October. aas.org/meetings/aas... 🌵🔭

Newborn stars! 🌟 Travis Rector (Univ of Alaska Anchorage), Lisa Prato (Lowell Observatory) & Ronan Kerr (Univ of Toronto) share insights from their recent article — and reflect on what this means for the future of star formation studies. 🎥 Watch: youtu.be/qKoZPqCnQXM 🔭

The Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the American Astronomical Society has named its prize winners for 2025. Dr. Faith Vilas is the recipient of the 2025 Gerard P. Kuiper Prize honoring outstanding contributions to the field of planetary science. dps.aas.org/news/aas-div... 🔭

#AAS247 Call for Proposals Is Open! To share your latest research with an audience of scientists at all career stages, submit your abstracts by 11:59 pm ET on 6 October. Students who wish to enter the Chambliss Poster Competition — this means you, too! aas.org/meetings/aas...

🔭 New AAS Journal Author Series Video! Daniel Tamayo (‪@hmc.edu‬) & Samuel Hadden (Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics) dive into their research on mean motion resonances & discuss what’s next now that their article is published. #ExploreAstronomy #TheGoodStuff 📺 youtu.be/UD6SSqrNZe0

The Unknowns of Science (Policy) Cece Ochoa, a PhD student at the University of California, Riverside, shares her experiences from AAS's Congressional Visits Day. aas.org/posts/news/2... 🔭 📷 Representative Mark Takano and Cecilia Ochoa.

Caroline Haslebacher (University of Bern, Southwest Research Institute) chats about her article on Europa's tectonic features: youtu.be/ssiQzZLbyX0 The AAS Journal Author Series connects authors with their article, their human story, and the larger #astronomy community. #ExploreAstronomy 🔭

📣 #AAS247 LAST CALL FOR PROPOSALS! Today is the last day to submit your Special Session, Workshop, and Town Hall proposals. Submission site closes at 11:59 pm ET: ow.ly/38Wq50Wrez1 🔭

🆕 Joaquín Espinoza-Troni (Universidad de Chile) chats about his article on magnetic holes: youtu.be/CIZ7ZlIl9Ao The AAS Journal Author Series connects authors with their article, their human story, and the larger #astronomy community. #ExploreAstronomy #TheGoodStuff 🔭

🚨 The AAS is partnering with 11 other organizations to host a day of action in support of NASA science on 5-6 October 2025. Register today! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-day-of-a...

Videos Available from the 246th AAS Meeting Slidecasts of the plenary talks and prize lectures presented at the AAS 2025 summer meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, are now available online for all. aas.org/posts/news/2... #AAS246 🔭

The US Physics Team won five Gold Medals at the 2025 International Physics Olympiad in Paris, France. Congratulations to Team USA! aas.org/posts/news/2... 🏅🔭