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Cosmic Origins at AAS 247

The 247th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society

All Times Mountain Time (MT)

Location

Phoenix, Arizona

Dates

4-8 January 2026

Community

Cosmic Origins

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Meeting

AAS Meeting 247

Cosmic Origins Sessions

The COPAG session will feature a decadal survey panel discussion with the community along with an overview of the current science interest groups (SIGs), science and technology interest groups (STIGs), and science analysis groups (SAGs). 

The joint meeting of the program analysis groups (PAGs) – for Physics of the Cosmos (PhysPAG), Cosmic Origins (COPAG), and Exoplanet Exploration (ExoPAG) – will include updates from the HWO and TDAMM SIGs, the AI/ML STIG, and a discussion with Shawn Domagal-Goldman (director of NASA Astrophysics) and the PAG Executive Committee chairs.

NASA Science at AAS 247

The 247th AAS meeting (joint with the Historical Astronomy Division) will be held 4-8 January in Phoenix, Arizona at the Phoenix Convention Center.

Join us in the exhibit hall at the NASA booth and attend the NASA sessions.

Please ask your questions to the panel members during the Joint Program Analysis Group meeting at the AAS conference here.

Sunday, 4 January 2026

EventTimeLocation
COPAG9:00am ‑ 2:00pm226B
Joint PAG 2:30pm ‑ 6:00pm301D

Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group Agenda

Session Connection

TimeEventSpeakerPresentation
9:00am ‑ 9:30amCOPAG Introduction and UpdatesShouleh Nikzad
Peter Kurczynski		[PDF]
Infrared STIG - Overview[PDF]
Active Galactic Nuclei SIG - Overview[PDF]
Galaxies SIG - Overview[PDF]
9:30am ‑ 10:55amIntroduction Age Ladder SAGPanel moderator:
Swara Ravindranath		[PDF]
Stars SIG[PDF]
Diffuse Gas in Cosmic Ecosystems SIG[PDF]
Ultraviolet-Visible STIG
10:55am ‑ 11:10amBreak
11:00am ‑ 12:00pmDecadal Survey Panel DiscussionKristen Garofali, NAS
Erika Hamden, U. Arizona
Jim Oschmann, Ball Aerospace (ret)
Meg Urry, Yale University
12:00pm ‑ 1:00pmLunch
1:00pm ‑ 1:45pmSpatially Resolved UV Spectroscopy SAGEmily Witt [PDF]
Red Limit SAGKyle Cook[PDF]
O VI SAGSanchayeeta Borthakur (Organizer)[PDF]
1:45pm ‑ 2:00pmCosmic PathfindersRon Gamble[PDF]
2:00pmEnd

Joint PAG Session Agenda

Session Connection

TimeEventSpeakerPresentation
2:30pm ‑ 4:00pmHabitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) SIG Vivian U (IPAC)
Joe Burchett (NMSU)		[PDF]
Time Domain and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics SIGRebekah Hounsell (UMBC/GSFC)[PDF]
SwiftlyJamie Kennea (Penn State)[PDF]
ACROSS & 4th TDAMM WorkshopBrian Humensky (NASA/GSFC)[PDF]
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) STIGYuan-Sen Ting (OSU)
Digvijay Wadekar (JHU)		[PDF]
4:00pm ‑ 4:30pmBreak
4:30pm ‑ 6:00pmQ&A
Panel Discussion		Shawn Domagal‑Goldman,
NASA APD Director		[PDF]
Shouleh Nikzad, Cosmic Origins[PDF]
Dave Pooley, Physics of the Cosmos
Ian Crossfield, Exoplanet Exploration[PDF]
Joint PAG Session Recording

Monday, 5 January 2026

EventTimeLocation
NASA Update12:45pm ‑ 1:45pm301AB
Beyond the Mid-Decadal: Community Inputs for Space Mission Concepts Toward Astro 20302:00pm ‑ 3:30pm335B

Space Mission Concepts Toward Astro 2030 Session Agenda

TopicSpeakerPresentation
Astro 2030 Community WorkshopDavid Ardila[PDF]
Preparing for Astro2030Jessica A. Gaskin[PDF]

Tuesday, 6 January 2026

EventTimeLocation
Active Galactic Nuclei SIG9:00am ‑ 10:30am131A

Active Galactic Nuclei SIG Agenda

Session Connection

TopicSpeakerPresentation
Unlocking Precise AGN Outflow Energetics with Spatially Resolved ModelingMitchell Revalski
The Role of Gamma Rays in Elucidating Active GalaxiesTiffany Lewis
Unveiling the High-redshift Obscured AGN Population with JWST/MIRIJianwei Lyu
Community Discussion: Key scientific questions and priorities in AGN research for the next ~15 years
AGN SIG Session Recording

Wednesday, 7 January 2026

EventTimeLocation
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning STIG
Session Connection		10:00am ‑ 11:30am231 A/B/C
Astrophysics Cross-Observatory Science Support (ACROSS)10:00am ‑ 11:30am226 B
Cosmic Pathfinders1:00pm ‑ 2:30pm231 A/B/C
Infrared STIG
Session Connection		3:30pm ‑ 5:00pm231 A/B/C
AI/ML STIG Session Recording
Cosmic Pathfinders Session Recording
Infrared STIG Session Recording
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The 247th Meeting of the AAS

The 247th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (joint with the Historical Astronomy Division) will be held 4-8 January 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona.

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