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AI and Scientific Publishing. Speaker: Licia Verde, U. of Barcelona/JCAP

Registration is now open for NASA’s Innovation for Astrophysics Missions Workshop! The registration site will close on 15 April 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.

Potential Diffuse Gas Science Cases and Instrument Goals for UV Imaging and Spectroscopy with HWO. Speaker: Kevin France (LASP)

SPHEREx Wide-Field Infrared Spectral Mapping of Interstellar Ices and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

The ALMA Survey to Resolve exoKuiper Belt Substructures. Speaker Sebastian Marino Estay, University of Exeter UK

Simulation-Based Inference Speaker Tomasz Rozanski, ANU An introduction to simulation-based inference (SBI) for astronomy, using normalizing flows to perform posterior estimation in settings where the likelihood is intractable. Hands-on tutorials cover a toy physics problem and a stellar population application.…

The next AI/ML Science and Technology Interest Group (AI/ML STIG) lecture will be on April 6th, 2026 at 4:00 pm ET/1:00 pm PT.

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

From Jets to Fountains: How Black Holes Shape Galactic Gas across Cosmic Time. Speaker: Namrata Roy (ASU)

We invite you to participate in the Community Science (Ad ASTRA) Workshop, focused on strategic planning for astrophysics. September 1–3, 2026, Pasadena, California.

Flow Matching Speaker Tomasz Rozanski, ANU A hands-on tutorial on flow matching for generative modeling in astronomy, covering continuous normalizing flows applied to stellar population modeling with both single and conditional population examples. Topics Covered Meeting Connection Join the Meeting

To ensure continued US leadership in expanding humanity’s knowledge of the Universe, NASA Astrophysics Division is creating the Astrophysics Strategic Technology & Research Accelerator (ASTRA) Initiative.

Big Impact in Small Galaxies: Probing AGN-Driven Feedback in Low-Mass Galaxies. Speaker Dr. Archana Aravindan, University of Texas, Austin

The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is releasing a fourth Community Announcement (CA) via www.SAM.gov as an amendment to a special notice number NNH25ZDA008J.

National Academies Space Science Week 2026!

The next AI/ML Science and Technology Interest Group (AI/ML STIG) lecture will be on March 23rd, 2026 at 4:00 pm ET/1:00 pm PT.

Diffuse Gas in Cosmic Ecosystems Science Interest Group (DGCE SIG) | March 26th, 2026 4:00pm ET

Call for Proposals for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF)

M82 y sus Primas con PRIMA: Spectroscopic Mapping of the M81 Group with FIRESS. Speaker: Rebecca Levy (Space Telescope Science Institute)

Diffusion Models. Speaker Duo Xu, U. of Toronto

NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP) is seeking interested candidates to serve as the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute’s (NExScI’s) next Executive Director.

For HWO Instrument Concept Studies Solicitation. Dates: May 4th - 5th, 2026 Location: Washington, DC + hybrid. Registration opens March 18th | 8:00 AM EST

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.