Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Meetings

American Physical Society Joint March Meeting and April Meeting - Global Physics Summit 2026, Denver, Colorado,16-20 March 2026

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.

Advancing Community Observing Plans for Rapid Follow-Up of Explosive Transients Monday, October 27, 2025 Time Presentations Recordings Welcome 8:00 AM Registration 8:45 AM Raffaella Margutti, Michael Coughlin, Cori Fletcher Welcome & Logistics Workshop Overview & Goals [MP4] Program Updates 9:00 AM Justin Vandenbroucke IceCube [MP4] 9:18 AM…

Monday, 13 October 2025 Time Topic Location 1:00 PM NASA’s New Frontiers to Enable TDAMM Science in the Era of Survey Astronomy TBD Tuesday, 14 October 2025 Time Topic Location 1:30 PM The Future of High-Energy Astrophysics Software TBD 4:15 PM Balloon and…

This second workshop will discuss three topics—Science, Missions, and Career Development— and will also showcase the importance of collaborations. This workshop is tailored for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career scientists looking to enhance their professional trajectory in astrophysics. Workshop…

The Physics of the Cosmos (PhysCOS) Program is one of three focused programs contained within NASA’s Astrophysics Division (APD). PhysCOS lies at the intersection of physics and astronomy and has the goal of exploring some of the most fundamental questions…

The Global Physics Summit at the American Physical Society Joint March Meeting & April Meeting 2025. The APS Global Physics Summit is the largest physics research conference in the world, uniting 15,000 scientific community members across all disciplines of physics.

Physics of the Cosmos and Joint Program Analysis Group activities will be scheduled from 9am to 6pm Eastern on Sunday, 12 January 2025. Sunday, 12 January 2025 Physics of the Cosmos & Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group Sessions Room: Maryland Ballroom…

Physics of the Cosmos (PhysCOS) Join Our Email List Interested in the latest Physics of the Cosmos news? Get Involved by Joining a Science Interest Group A Science Interest Group (SIG) consists of members interested in a specific sub-field of…

The workshop aims to provide insights to early career scientists about the fascinating work done in the Physics of the Cosmos Program, explain and demonstrate the tools and opportunities available to them, and answer any questions they may have. This…

Monday, 8 April 2024 HEAD Plenary Session Meeting Time Location Plenary Session 5:00pm – 6:00pm CT Room: Granite Ballroom Tuesday, 9 April 2024 X Ray Science Interest Group (XR SIG) Session Room: Salons ABC Time Title Speaker Presentation 12:05pm –…

Thursday, 4 April 2024 Physics of the Cosmos & Physics of the Cosmos PAG Mini-Symposium Location: Ballroom B2, Floor 2 Time Topic Speaker Presentation 1:30pm – 1:48pm Physics of the Cosmos and PhysPAG Overview Brian Humensky [PDF] 1:48pm – 2:03pm…

Saturday, 6 January 2024 Physics of the Cosmos & Cosmic Origins + Astronomy on Tap Event [Flyer PDF] Time Topic Speaker 7:00pm – 9:00pm Supermassive Black Holes: Monsters of the Universe Ryan Hickox (Dartmouth College) 7:00pm – 9:00pm Trivia Game:…

Sunday, 16 April 2023 Mini-Symposium: Physics of the Cosmos Time Topic Speaker Presentation 2:30 PM – 2:48 PM ET PhysPAG Overview Justin Finke [PDF] 2:48 PM – 3:06 PM ET PhysCOS Review Francesca Civano [PDF] 3:06 PM – 3:18 PM…

Physics of the Cosmos Sessions Sunday, 26 March 2023 X Ray Science Interest Group (XR SIG) Splinter Session Room: Queen’s 5Chair: Kristin Madsen Time Event Presenter Presentation 3:00pm – 3:20pm Introduction & PhysCOS Informercial Kristin Madsen & Francesca Civano [PDF]…

Welcome! The Physics of the Cosmos Program lies at the intersection of physics and astronomy. Its purpose is to explore some of the most fundamental questions regarding the physical forces and laws of the universe. Sunday, 8 January 2023 NASA…

Prioritizing the Science Rationale The 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey identified TDAMM as the top space priority of the sustaining activities for the future decades, recognizing breakthrough science in the last several years and setting expectations for the future. One of…

Welcome! The Physics of the Cosmos (PCOS) Program lies at the intersection of physics and astronomy. Its purpose is to explore some of the most fundamental questions regarding the physical forces and laws of the universe. Sunday, 12 June 2022…

Monday, 11 April 2022 Cosmic Ray & Neutrino SIG Session Virtual Meeting Time Topic Speaker Presentation 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM Cosmic Neutrinos and Multi-Messenger Astronomy Francis Halzen [PDF] 2:20 PM – 2:40 PM Update on the roadmap to POEMMA…

Tuesday, 15 March 2022 NASA X-Ray Science Interest Group Session Room: Frick – CL Floor Time Topic Speaker 12:00 PM Welcome & Introduction Ryan Hickox 12:10 PM Thoughts on the future of X-ray astronomy in the wake of Astro2020 Rob…