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Monsters in the Dark: Searching Far and Wide for Ultra-Luminous Galaxies at Cosmic Dawn Speaker John Weaver Abstract The first galaxies (z > 10) appear to have formed faster and more efficiently than predicted by standard models, but they are…

Mapping Hot Gas Kinematics in Galaxy Clusters with XRISM: What Have We Learned So Far? Speaker Irina Zhuravleva, University of Chicago Abstract The XRISM observatory (JAXA/NASA), launched in September 2023, is now providing the long-awaited high-resolution X-ray spectra of extended…

Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) Speaker John Wu, STScI Meeting Connection Join the Meeting

Mapping Hot Gas Kinematics in Galaxy Clusters with XRISM: What Have We Learned So Far? January 22, 2026 | 4:00pm ET / 1:00pm PT Speaker Irina Zhuravleva | University of Chicago Abstract The XRISM observatory (JAXA/NASA), launched in September 2023, is…

A team led by Dr. Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez from University of South Carolina, a former member of the Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group (COPAG) Executive Committee, has used NASA’s Webb telescope to apply the Aperture-Mask Interferometry technique to get high contrast,…

C.12 Foundational Artificial Intelligence for the Moon and Mars (FAIMM) is intended to enable individual researchers to participate as members of teams who are designing science and exploration applications for large, general artificial intelligence (AI) models known as Foundation Models (FMs)…

The Heising-Simons Foundation is excited to announce the launch of a new multi-year fellowship to support postdoctoral scientists who are developing instrumentation to shape the future of astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, and planetary science. The Astronomical Innovation (Astronova) Fellowship will provide funding for…

D.5 Astrophysics Pioneers solicits proposals for Astrophysics space and sub-orbital science investigations that are greater in cost, scope, and capability than possible within the Astrophysics Research and Analysis suborbital and CubeSat program but are smaller in cost than what is possible…

F.19 Collaborative Opportunities for Mentorship, Partnership and Academic Success in Science (COMPASS)funds collaborations between NASA Centers and academic institutions that will advance NASA’s scientific priorities and train the future STEM workforce. COMPASS prioritizes collaborations with academic institutions that have not…

Inductive Biases Speaker John Wu, STScI Lecture notes and slides will be up later on the github repo. We’ll be using slido for Q&A: https://app.sli.do/event/9jLSjC8GYLePQD3RPVXNv5 Meeting Connection Join the Meeting

The next AI/ML Science and Technology Interest Group (AI/ML STIG) lecture will be on 12 January 2026 at 4 pm ET/1 pm PT. The lecture will be given by Dr. John Wu (STScI) on Inductive Biases in Neural Networks. The…

We are pleased to announce that the Roman Research Nexus is now available for use!  The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will deliver an estimated 20 PB of data in its primary 5-year mission. In just one month, Roman will generate…

The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has released a third Community Announcement (CA) via www.SAM.gov that updates the special notice entitled DRAFT Announcement of Opportunity (AO) — 2025 Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX) Notice ID NNH25ZDA008J stating NASA’s intention to solicit investigations for the Astrophysics…

A team including Dr. Rachael Beaton from STScI, who is on the leadership council of the Cosmic Origins Stars Science Interest Group (Stars SIG), has used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to uncover a new type of astronomical object —

Transformers Speaker Helen Qu, Flatiron Meeting Connection Join the Meeting

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) Speaker Tri Nguyen, Northwestern Meeting Connection Join the Meeting

Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) Speaker Daniel Muthukrishna, Harvard/MIT Meeting Connection Join the Meeting

COPAG Executive Committee member Rachael Beaton shared the discovery of a starless galaxy during a press conference at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Phoenix.

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.

Dear Cosmic Origins Community, We wish you all a very Happy New Year 2026!! We invite you to join us for the COPAG and Joint-PAG Sessions at the 247th American Astronomical Society Meeting on Sunday, January 4th at the Phoenix Convention Center,…

JAX Speaker Philip Cargile (Harvard CfA) Meeting Connection Join the Meeting

PyTorch and Autodifferentiation Speaker Philip Cargile (Harvard CfA) Meeting Connection Join the Meeting

ROSES-2025 is an omnibus or umbrella solicitation that contains many program element appendices (listed in Tables 2 and 3) and the ROSES-25 Summary of Solicitation (SoS) lays out the backstop rules that apply by default to those program element appendices. ROSES-2025 Amendment 30 makes a…

Express your interest in joining the astrophysics program offices and the Cosmic Pathfinders program for a networking lunch event with NASA Astrophysics leadership during the upcoming 247th American Astronomical Society meeting in January.