UH Astronomer Receives American Astronomical Society’s Highest Award | Big Island Now

#AAS247 We’re thrilled to welcome Evgenya Shkolnik — Professor of Astrophysics at Arizona State University’s School of Earth & Space Exploration — to the 247th AAS meeting (4-8 January 2026 in Phoenix, AZ)! Evgenya explores how stars shape the environments and evolution of their planets, including the impacts of space weather, both radiative and particle-driven, to understand the broader conditions for life beyond Earth. As Principal Investigator of the NASA CubeSat mission SPARCS, she leads eff

#ExSSV Extreme Solar Systems V, the fifth in a series that began in 2007, will cover all aspects of research on exoplanets. It will take place in Christchurch, New Zealand from 16 to 21 March 2024. Register today! https://aas.org/meetings/exssV/registration | American Astronomical Society

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Yes, some people actually do call the winter American Astronomical Society meeting “The Super Bowl of Astronomy.” | Astronomy Magazine

Astronomy contributor Rod Pommier spoke at the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society about his ongoing work identifying the Lynds Dark Nebulae based on Beverly Lynds’ original tracings, gifted to him by the late astronomer. You can read more about this amazing project: https://bit.ly/4f02HfY | Astronomy Magazine