Dear Physics of the Cosmos (PhysCOS) Community Members-

If you’re attending the American Astronomical Society’s 2026 Winter Meeting (AAS 247) in Phoenix, AZ, please join us for the following PhysCOS-organized activities (all times Mountain):

• 12:45p-1:45p, room 301AB: NASA Update
• 2:00p-3:30p, room 225 B: Beyond the Mid-Decadal: Community Inputs for Space Mission Concepts Toward Astro 2030
• 3:30p-5:00p, room 131A: X-Ray Science Interest Group

Additionally, the following activities may be of special interest to the PhysCOS community:

• 10:00a ‑ 11:30a, room 225 B: HEAD I: The Legacy of Dr. Katja Pottschmidt: Accreting Compact Objects
• 10:00a ‑ 11:30a, room 221 A: Multi-messenger Observations of Compact Objects
• 10:30a - 11:00a, Exhibit Hall B/C/D: Sharing the Sky: Satellite Interference Mitigation Solutions for Optical Astronomy
• 12:30p ‑ 2:00p, room 127 A/B/C: The Moon and Beyond, Now: Lunch Reception for Missions and Partnerships shaping Near-Term Lunar Science
• 12:30p ‑ 3:30p, room 131 C: Leveraging the Power of Cosmic Messengers with Rubin, LIGO, and Gemini
• 2:00p ‑ 3:30p, room 226 A: Exploring the MeV Gamma-ray Sky with the Compton Spectrometer and Imager
• 2:00p ‑ 3:30p, room 226 C: The Moon and Beyond, Now: Missions and Partnerships Shaping the Next Five Years
• 6:00p - 6:30p, Exhibit Hall B/C/D: AstroAI: Physical and Generative Models for Astronomy
• 7:30p - 9:30p, room 224 A: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

And please drop by the PhysCOS table in the NASA booth in the Exhibition Hall!

For more information on PhysCOS throughout the meeting, check out our meeting webpage.

Wishing you the best,

Dr Francesca Civano & Dr Brian Humensky

PhysCOS Chief Scientists, NASA GSFC

Dr Bernard Kelly

PhysCOS Support Scientist, NASA GSFC