Sunday January 12, 2025

Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group (COPAG)

Time	Topic	Speakers
9:00am – 9:30am	COPAG Introduction and Updates [PDF]	Shouleh Nikzad, Peter Kurczynski
9:30am – 10:55am	Galaxies / Stars / DGCE SIG
	The Need for Space-Based IFU Spectroscopy [PDF]	Claudia Scarlata
	Deciphering the True Properties of Galaxies Across Cosmic Time with UV Spectroscopy [PDF]	Bethan James
	A "Massive" Future for UV Spectroscopy [PDF]	Christi Erba
	Growing in the Wind: O VI Imaging of a Galaxy’s Circumgalactic Medium [PDF]	David Rupke
	IFU Using Slit Stepping [PDF]	Susan Kassin
10:55am – 11:10am	Morning Break
11:10am – 12:00 noon	Spatially Resolved UV Spectroscopy – Panel Discussion	Paul Scowen, Erika Hamden, Stephan McCandliss, Emily Witt, David Schminovich, Susan Kassin, Sanch Borthakur (Moderator)
12:00 noon – 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm – 2:00pm	Science and Upcoming Data Releases from Euclid, an ESA Mission with NASA Participation [PDF]	Claudia Scarlata
2:15pm – 2:30pm	Cosmic Origins Technology Gaps and Portfolio Highlights [PDF]	Rachel Rivera (NASA GSFC)
2:30pm – 2:45pm	Roman Space Telescope [PDF]	Rachel Beaton
2:45pm – 3:00pm	Afternoon Break
3:00pm – 3:15pm	Unpacking the Black Box: The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning-Assisted Tools in Astronomy Research [PDF]	Kartheik Iyer
3:15pm – 4:00pm	Preparing for Astro 2030: The Astrophysics Decadal Survey Process [PDF]	Rachel Osten
4:00pm	End

Joint Program Analysis Group (JointPAG) Session

Time	Topic	Speakers
4:00pm – 4:30pm ET	TDAMM SIG
	Findings of the 3rd TDAMM Workshop [PDF]	Eric Burns (LSU)
	Update on the Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) [PDF]	John Tomsick (UC Berkley)
	The Ultraviolet Explorer (UVEX) [PDF]	Brian Grefenstette (Caltech)
4:30pm – 6:00pm ET	Joint PAG Session at the AAS, Q&A Panel Discussion	Mark Clampin, NASA APD Director, PAG Executive Committee Chairs

Monday January 13, 2025

The event for Monday was "Beyond the Horizon: NASA Astrophysics Trivia Challenge"

Tuesday January 14, 2025

Infrared Science and Technology Interest Group (IR STIG)

Time	Topic	Speakers
2:00 – 2:10	Synergistic Technology Development for Long Wavelengths [PDF]	Pat Knezek (on behalf of Dominic Benford)
2:10 – 2:20	How NIR Capabilities Can Bring Solar Systems into Context [PDF]	Meredith MacGregor
2:20 – 2:30	Dust Extinction Curves beyond the Milky Way [PDF]	Roberta Paladini
2:30 – 2:40	The Habitable Worlds Observatory High-Resolution Imager [PDF]	Tom Greene
2:40 – 2:50	The Impact of Noiseless, Energy Resolving Detectors on the Habitable Worlds Observatory's Exoplanet Science [PDF]	Chris Stark
2:50 – 3:00	Energy Resolving Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors for HWO [PDF]	Karwan Rostem
3:00 – 3:10	Possible Paths Toward Ultralow Vibration Cooling for sub-Kelvin Detectors [PDF]	Ed Canavan
3:10 – 3:30	HWO Leadership Panel with Aki Roberge, Lee Feinberg, Feng Zhao, and Tom Greene

NASA Press Releases at January 2025 AAS

January 13 . Astronomers Catch Unprecedented Features at Brink of Active Black Hole

January 13 . Hubble Reveals Surprising Spiral Shape of Galaxy Hosting Young Jet

January 13 . How Many Black Holes Are Hiding? NASA Study Homes in on Answer

January 13 . NASA’s Hubble Tracks Down a ‘Blue Lurker’ Among Stars

January 13 . Webb Watches Carbon-Rich Dust Shells Form, Expand in Star System

January 14 . Newfound Galaxy Class May Indicate Early Black Hole Growth, Webb Finds

January 14 . NASA’s Webb Reveals Intricate Layers of Interstellar Dust, Gas

January 15 . NASA Celebrates Edwin Hubble’s Discovery of a New Universe