The 247th AAS meeting (joint with the Historical Astronomy Division) will be held 4-8 January in Phoenix, Arizona at the Phoenix Convention Center.

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Join us in the exhibit hall at the NASA booth and attend the NASA sessions.

Please ask your questions to the panel members during the Joint Program Analysis Group meeting at the AAS conference here.

Sunday, 4 January 2026

Event	Time	Location
PhysPAG	9:00am-1:10pm	126C
Joint PAG	2:30pm-6:00pm	301D

Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Agenda

Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation
9:00am	Introduction: Overview	Brian Humensky Francesca Civano
9:15am	Introduction to Science/Mission Discussion	Dave Pooley (PhysPAG EC chair)
9:25am	Brainstorming in Breakout Groups	Group #1 Cosmic structure: Johannes Lange, Rebekah Hounsell, Tim Eifler Group #2 X-Ray: Rob Petre, Renee Ludlam Group #3 Gamma Ray: Liz Hays, Chris Karwin Group #4 GW: Igor Andreoni, Ann Hornschemeier Group #5 CMB: Tom Essinger-Hileman, Brendan Crill
10:15am	Group Presentations (5 Groups, 10 min each)	Reports of Brainstorming Groups (10 min each)
11:00am	Break
11:20am	Introduction to Technology Discussion	Manel Errando (PhysPAG EC Vice Chair)
11:30am	Brainstorming in Breakout Groups	Group #1 Tech from Moon: Scott Porter, Jenna Cann, Richard Green Group #2 Mirrors: Dustin Swarm, Kristin Madsen Group #3 Detectors: Carolyn Kierans, John Tomsick, Johanna Nagy Group #4 Industry Partnership: Jon Arenberg, Rita Sambruna, Michelle Hui Group #5 Software: Adam Goldstein, Johannes Eser
12:10pm	Group presentations (5 Groups, 10 min each)	Group Moderators Present
1:00pm	End

Monday, 5 January 2026

Event	Time	Location
Beyond the Mid-Decadal: Community Inputs for Space Mission Concepts Toward Astro 2030	2:00pm-3:30pm	225 B
X-Ray SIG	3:30pm-5:00pm	131A

Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Event	Time	Location
Introducing NASA’s Astrophysics Cross-Observatory Science Support (ACROSS) Facility: Enabling People, Tools, and Observations for TDAMM Science	10:00am-11:30am	226 B
Cosmic Pathfinders	1:00pm-2:30pm	127 A/B
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning STIG	3:00pm-4:30pm	231 A/B/C

Physics of the Cosmos Poster