News & Events

PhysCOS Activities at AAS 248 – Tuesday 16 June 2026

GW SIG Seminar. The Deci-hertz Interferometer Space Antenna. Speaker: Jacob Slutsky, NASA / GSFC

This webinar will be on the ASTRA initiative, as the deadline for white paper submissions approaches (June 26th).

The 16th International LISA Symposium. College Park, Maryland. 21-26 June 2026

1-3 September 2026. The Community Science (Ad ASTRA) Workshop is organized by the NASA Astrophysics Division.

Upcoming Science Interest Group & Science Analysis Group Activities,15 June - 17 June 2026

If you’re attending the AAS Summer Meeting this week, stop by the PhysCOS table to learn more about AMMB STIG.

Forthcoming Revisions to NASA Disclosure Forms; In Effect from 5 August 2026

NED has new APIs which provide access to more data and services! See the new NED API specification document for details.

Important and substantial revisions to 2 CFR 200, the government-wide guidance for grants and cooperative agreements are proposed to take effect October 1, 2026.

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) announces the release of an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) to solicit Principal Investigator (PI)-led space science investigations for the Small Explorer (SMEX) opportunity.

Physics of the Cosmos at the 248th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, 14-18 June 2026

Fornax Initiative at the 248th AAS Meeting. 14-18 June 2026.

If you’re attending the American Astronomical Society’s 2026 Summer Meeting (AAS 248) in Pasadena CA, please join us for PhysCOS-organized activities.

Ground- and Space-Based Astronomy in the 2030s/2040s. Speaker: Rob Petre, NASA / GSFC 12 June 2026 12:00pm-1:00pm ET/ 9:00am-10:00am PT

Gamma Ray Science Interest Group Seminar. 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET

As we prepare for our Ad ASTRA Community Science Workshop, we are writing to share important updates regarding the agenda structure and instructions for abstract submissions. 

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

GW SIG Seminar. Speaker: Cole Miller, University of Maryland

The Habitable Worlds Observatory Technology Maturation Project Office and Columbus Technologies are excited to invite you to participate in a Detector System Development Study

The NASA Astrobiology Program and DARES Task Force 2 are pleased to announce the opening of the public comment period for the draft Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy (NASA-DARES).  

We are pleased to send out this first announcement for a pre-proposal workshop in preparation for Cycle 4 of the IXPE General Observer (GO) program.

We are thrilled to let you know that both registration and abstract submission are officially open for NASA’s 2026 Joint HELIOTECH and Orbital Flight Symposium!

Upcoming SIG and SAG Activities, 10 June - 17 June 2026