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The AAS Open Access Publishing Model: Open, Transparent, and Fair
As of 2022, all AAS journals are open access. What does our business model look like for the journals now, and why did we choose it?
The AAS Publication Support Fund: Preserving Author Access to the AAS Journals
Ethan Vishniac outlines the AAS Publication Support Fund which provides financial support to authors for the publication of their journal articles.
Response to NASA RFI: NASA Public Access Plan for Increasing Access to the Results of NASA-Supported Research
AAS Publishing staff and editors have contributed a response to NASA’s recent Request for Information on their Public Access Plan for Increasing Access to the Results of NASA-Supported Research. Read AAS’s full response here.
On the Use of Chatbots in Writing Scientific Manuscripts
Ethan Vishniac discusses editorial guidelines for the use of chatbots in preparing manuscripts for submission to the journals of the AAS.
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AAS Nova Research Highlights
Early Observations May Separate “Ordinary” Supernovae from Intriguing Ones
If caught just a few days later, SN 2022jox would've looked like just another ordinary core-collapse supernova, but early observations set it apart, revealing the gas expelled in the star's final years
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Devising a Test for Special Relativity
New research explores a way to probe for cracks in special relativity with a subtle measurement of gamma-ray photons.
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How to Tell Space Rocks from Space Junk
One person's space junk is another's research opportunity: scientists study an artificial object mistaken for an asteroid to understand how to identify these objects in future surveys.
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Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxies: Not as Small as We Thought?
Astrobites reports on how astronomers use pulsating stars to look for stellar halos around ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, some of the smallest galaxies in 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.