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Enhanced Tracking of Manuscript Status Now Available

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AAS Seeks New Editor in Chief

The American Astronomical Society is conducting a search for the AAS Editor in Chief. The AAS Editor in Chief is responsible for developing and implementing a long-term editorial strategy for the Society’s journals portfolio and ensuring the portfolio’s continued excellence.

AAS Journals Welcome New Scientific Editors

We’re pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kat Volk and Dr. Jennifer Hanley as scientific editors for the Planetary Science Journal (PSJ). Volk, a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, brings expertise in small bodies within our solar system, such as comets, trans-Neptunian objects, and the distant, icy…

Assigning DOIs to data published in the journals

Starting in 2025, we are further enhancing the digital data published in the AAS Journals by giving each contributed dataset or online-only figure a unique digital object identifier (DOI).    Improving data publication in the journals  For over twenty-five years, authors have provided digital data with their AAS journal publications.…

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AAS Nova Research Highlights

Featured Image: Galaxies Caught in Transition

Are galaxies that travel through space in groups any different from those that fly solo? A new look at local galaxies provides clues.

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In or Out? Using Balmer Emission to Distinguish Inflows from Outflows

Gas flowing into a galaxy is hard to detect, but a recent study simulated a dusty galaxy to understand how we might be able to uncover inflows with emission line ratios.

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A Black Hole’s Puzzling X-Ray Bursts

A supermassive black hole awakened seven years ago, and it's now behaving in a way astronomers can't explain.

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The Oldest Starlight

Astrobites reports on whether JWST's most extreme high-redshift galaxy candidates aren’t galaxies at all, but the explosive deaths of the very first stars.

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AAS Journals Editorial Board

The AAS Editor in Chief, the ApJ Letters Editor, the PSJ Editor, and a team of seven Lead Editors and more than 30 Science Editors manage peer review of its flagship research journals.

AAS Publications Committee

The AAS Publications Committee works with the AAS Editor in Chief to oversee the policies, editorial personnel, and new initiatives of AAS publishing.