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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
Probing Dust in the Disk of a Growing Giant Planet
PDS 70c is the first exoplanet known to host a circumplanetary disk, where moons are potentially forming.
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Galaxies of Many Colors
Astrobites reports on whether our methods for weighing galaxies can help save cosmology from JWST’s universe-breaking galaxies.
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Featured Image: The Microquasar and the Manatee
An accreting stellar-mass black hole embedded in a supernova remnant is potentially a powerful cosmic particle accelerator.
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A Lyman-Leaking Galaxy Merger Confirmed with JWST
When two galaxies collide, they spark new star formation that can emit tons of powerful radiation. A recent study observes such a system and connects this process to the reionization of the universe.
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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.