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Enhanced Tracking of Manuscript Status Now Available

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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

The Invisible Architecture Between the Stars

Astrobites reports on why interstellar magnetic fields can appear ordered or tangled, depending on which gas clouds you measure and how.

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A Pulsar in a Rare Triple System

Researchers have discovered a millisecond pulsar with two stellar companions — one of only a handful of these rapidly spinning stellar remnants known to be in a triple system.

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Tilting WASP-12b Doesn’t Solve the Mystery of Its Inspiral

The hot Jupiter WASP-12b is on a collision course with its host star, and it's heading that way faster than expected. New research examines a possible explanation for the planet's speedy inspiraling.

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Featured Image: Echoes of Giant Pulses

A new catalog of giant pulses from the Crab Nebula pulsar reveals a feature predicted to exist but not seen until now.

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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.