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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

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. 

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…

An introduction to equivariant neural networks, exploring the theoretical foundations of how symmetry constraints can be built directly into neural network architectures for more efficient and physically meaningful learning.

A very well-deserved Congratulations to our very own Shouleh Nikzad for being elected to the National Academy of Engineering!

Illuminating the Galactic Baryon Cycle at Cosmic Noon. Speaker: Tucker Jones

Build Recurrent Neural Networks from first principles and apply them to real-time classification of astronomical transients. Implement vanilla RNNs, LSTMs, and GRUs in PyTorch and train a classifier on supernova light curves. Topics Covered Meeting Connection Join the Meeting

Follow the link here to join: https://discord.gg/DsDq5UX8TJ Over the past two years the NASA Cosmic Pathfinders Program has been slowly, but surely, developing as a platform for early-career professional growth. A growing number of participants and community members/supporters, both domestic…