News & Events

We invite everyone to join us for the next AGN Coffee on November 5th at 2 pm ET/11 am PT.

Tool Use and MCP. Speakers: Dan Gause, Adele Plunkett (NRAO)

Towards Population-Level Exo-Geology: Characterizing the Surfaces, Atmospheres, and Reflective Properties of Hot Rocky Exoplanets. Speaker: Brandon Coy, U Chicago

Multi-Agent Systems and Orchestration. Speaker: Boris Bolliet, University of Cambridge

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.

Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector Arrays for Time-Resolved Imaging and Infrared Detection. Speaker: Matthew Shaw, JPL

The 249th AAS meeting (joint with the Historical Astronomy Division) will be held 10–14 January 2027 in Salt Lake City at the Salt Palace Convention Center.

SAVE THE DATE: Joint PAG and COPAG Activities at AAS 249

Roman eXtreme Deep Field (RXDF): What It Is and What It Will Do. Speaker: Haojing Yan

Skills and Benchmarks. Speaker: Tousif Islam (UT Austin)

Cosmic Origins Announcements: COR at AAS249, SIG Seminars, and Farewell Swift!

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

Retrieval and Memory (RAG and Beyond). Speaker: Kartheik lyer (U of Hawaii, Manoa)

ROSES-25 D.3 AGIGO: Swift, Fermi, and TESS Observatories Second Opportunities; Phase-1 Proposals Due 28 January 2027

Current ROSES Remains Open, Next ROSES to be Released in Late 2026. NASA plans to release ROSES-27 no later than January 2027.

Pioneering Emission Mapping of the CGM with Aspera: The Path to Launch. Speaker: Dr. Carlos J. Vargas, University of Arizona & Steward Observatory

The UltraViolet EXplorer (UVEX). Speakers: Dan Weisz (UCB) and Suvi Gezari (UMD)

Cosmic Origins Second Early Career Workshop. 20-22 October 2026

AGN Science with the Roman EXtreme Deep Field (RXDF) and Other Large Surveys in the Roman Era. Speaker: Dr. Anton Koekemoer (STScI)

DON'T MISS OUT! REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN: 2026 Cosmic Origins Early Career Workshop

Fine-Tuning, Reinforcement Learning, and Self-Learning. Speaker: Moritz Münchmeyer, University of Wisconsin, Madison

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. Speaker: Kelly Douglass, University of Rochester

REGISTRATION OPEN & ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Deadline October 10th: 2026 Cosmic Origins Early-Career Workshop

A Galaxy Doesn’t Forget: Why You Should Trust Your Resolved SFHs from Photometric Observations. Speaker: Charlotte Olsen (CUNY City Tech)