News & Events

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

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

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

Diffusion Models. Speaker Duo Xu, U. of Toronto

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. 

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

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

Normalizing Flows Speaker Gregory Green, Westlake An introduction to normalizing flows for generative modeling, covering the mathematical foundations of invertible transformations and density estimation, with hands-on tutorials implementing RealNVP and flow matching techniques. Topics Covered Meeting Connection Join the Meeting

The next AI/ML Science and Technology Interest Group (AI/ML STIG) lecture will be on March 16th, 2026

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

The HWO Science Interest Group invites you to the next seminar: April 1st, at 1:00 pm ET / 10:00 am PT.

Dear AGN Enthusiasts, we are looking forward to bringing the community together again for our next AGN SIG Spotlight Series on Tuesday, March 17th at 1 pm ET/10 am PT.

Astrophysics Division Update and Astro 2030 Preparations. Speaker: Shawn Domagal-Goldman

Equivariant Neural Networks (Application) Speaker: Anna Scaife, U. of Manchester

The next AI/ML Science and Technology Interest Group (AI/ML STIG) lecture will be on March 9th, 2026 at 4:00 pm ET/1:00 pm PT.

LAST REMINDER: Astrophysics Update with Shawn Domagal-Goldman. Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 12:00-1:00pm ET

Registration Now Open: Innovation for Astrophysics Missions Workshop. The registration will close on April 15.

Please join our online discussion space aimed at undergraduate students, graduate students, post-bacs, and postdocs who want a low-pressure way to talk about recent AGN papers and ideas.

Tracing Turbulence in Jellyfish Galaxy Tails. Speaker Yuan Li (UMass)

The NASA Astrophysics Division Director, Shawn Domagal‑Goldman, will provide an update in a webinar on 10 March 2026, 12p-1p Eastern (9a-10a Pacific).

☕ AGN Coffee - Monthly, informal, and for early-career astronomers ☕ Please join our online discussion space aimed at undergraduate students, graduate students, post-bacs, and postdocs.

Galaxies SIG Seminar: Tracing Turbulence in Jellyfish Galaxy Tails

Near-Infrared Survey Science with the Roman Space Telescope Speaker Maxime Rizzo Abstract The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch in Fall 2026, ushering in a new era of near-infrared space-based astrophysics. By combining Hubble-like spatial resolution with…