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Speaker Steven M. Crawford, NASA HQ Details TBA Seminar Connection Join the Seminar

Why and Where Do We Want to Put Telescopes on the Moon? Speaker: Nivedita Mahesh, CU Boulder

1-3 September 2026. The Community Science (Ad ASTRA) Workshop is organized by the NASA Astrophysics Division to engage the community in defining future large, strategic astrophysics missions.

Cosmic Origins Science in the New Landscape of Space Astrophysics. Speaker: Swara Ravindranath, Deputy Chief Scientist of NASA’s Cosmic Origins Program (NASA GSFC)

Why and Where Do We Want to Put Telescopes on the Moon? Speaker: Nivedita Mahesh | CU Boulder 2:00pm ET

Cosmic Origins Science in the New Landscape of Space Astrophysics. Speaker: Swara Ravindranath | Deputy Chief Scientist of NASA’s Cosmic Origins Program (NASA GSFC)

As we prepare for our Ad ASTRA Community Science workshop, we are writing to share important updates regarding workshop abstract submissions, as well as ASTRA Mission Concept submissions.

Review of Progress Toward the Decadal Survey Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s

Our Spotlight Series highlights recent advances in AGN science, with a strong emphasis on participation from early-career researchers, and includes plenty of time for community discussion following the presentations. 

Speaker Bogdan Pastrav (Institute of Space Science) Seminar Connection Please visit the P-CAST webpage https://prima.ipac.caltech.edu/page/p-cast for a link to join and to see all of our upcoming speakers!

Nominate yourself or a colleague to join the leadership council of the NASA AI/ML Science and Technology Interest Group (STIG). We welcome early-career researchers (graduate students, postdocs, and early-career scientists) broadly interested in AI and astronomy.

TODAY! NASA’s Big Science, Small Missions. 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Everything but Exoplanets: The Transformative General Astrophysics of the Habitable Worlds Observatory. Monday, June 15th, 10:00am -11:30am PT

Cosmic Origins at the 248th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, 14-18 June 2026

Join us at the 248th AAS Meeting in Pasadena, 14 - 18 June, 2026

Ground- and Space-Based Astronomy in the 2030s/2040s. Speaker: Rob Petre, NASA / GSFC. 12 June 2026 12:00pm-1:00pm ET/ 9:00am-10:00am PT

The IRSTIG will host a community brainstorming session from 1-3pm ET / 10am – 12pm PT.

The Habitable Worlds Observatory Technology Maturation Project Office and Columbus Technologies are excited to invite you to participate in a Detector System Development Study focused on developing critical detector technologies for the Habitable Worlds Observatory.

As we prepare for our Ad ASTRA Community Science workshop, we are writing to share important updates regarding the agenda structure and instructions for abstract submissions. 

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) announces the release of an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) to solicit Principal Investigator (PI)-led space science investigations for the Small Explorer (SMEX) opportunity under the Astrophysics Explorers Program.

Habitable Worlds Observatory SIG Seminar. 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET

The ASTRA Initiative. Speaker: Jessica Gaskin. 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET 9:00am – 10:00am PT

Please join us for a community webinar next Wednesday, June 10, 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET ( 9:00 – 10:00 am PT) where we will discuss ASTRA.

This webinar will provide an overview of the current landscape of space interferometry, spanning foundational concepts, enabling technologies, mission architectures, and key astrophysical science applications. 9:00am - 10:00am PT | 12:00pm - 1:00pm ET