#AAS249
🔭 #AAS249 Meet plenary speaker Mary Anne Limbach (U of Michigan) — research focuses on discovering & characterizing planetary systems in unexplored regimes, including cold giant planets, planets around white dwarfs, exomoons & exorings.

Join us in Salt Lake! aas.org/meetings/aas249/registration
September 25, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Goodbye #AAS248, and see everyone in Salt Lake City for #AAS249!!!
June 19, 2026 at 5:52 AM
#AAS249 Excited to welcome Anna Ho to the stage! Her work has revealed ultra-bright, short-duration optical flaring tied to a new class of fast blue optical transients — reshaping how we understand the lives & deaths of stars.

🔭 Early reg closes 12 October: aas.org/meetings/aas249/registration
September 8, 2026 at 6:52 PM
🔭 Meet #AAS249 plenary speaker: Rebecca Charbonneau! Historian at AIP, SETI Institute Fellow, and NRAO scientist studying the history of radio astronomy & technosignatures. Don't miss her talk in Salt Lake City — early registration closes 12 Oct. aas.org/meetings/aas...

@rebeccacharbon.bsky.social
September 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
#AAS249 Your research, center stage in Salt Lake City.

Planning to submit an iPoster for the 249th AAS meeting in Salt Lake City? The abstract deadline has been extended to 5 October.

Students entering the Chambliss competition, your abstract is due by the same deadline. aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
September 30, 2026 at 2:27 PM
🔭 #AAS249 Plenary Speaker: Yao-Yuan Mao (茅耀元)

Assistant Professor at Univ of Utah, Mao studies low-mass galaxies — developing new observational methods to find these faint systems and using them to probe galaxy evolution & the nature of dark matter.

Early reg closes 12 Oct: aas.org/meetings/aas...
September 18, 2026 at 6:47 PM
🔭 #AAS249 Planning to submit an iPoster for the 249th AAS meeting in Salt Lake City? Good news: the abstract deadline has been extended to 5 October! AAS member @drgamble21.bsky.social walks you through it step by step in this short tutorial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlGv...
Creating an iPoster Presentation (Tutorial)
YouTube video by AAS
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September 23, 2026 at 7:10 PM
#AAS249 The AAS invites organizations to participate in the Grad Student/REU Fair at the 249th AAS meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah.

📅 Sunday, 10 January 2027
🕠 5:30–7:00 pm MT

Last year’s event SOLD OUT before the deadline! Reserve your space by 11 December. aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
September 22, 2026 at 3:11 PM
#AAS249 Special Session, Workshop, and Town Hall proposals are due Monday, 3 August by 11:59 pm ET.

AAS meetings feature a variety of sessions and content, and we rely on proposals from the community to build the meeting program. aas.org/meetings/aas...
July 30, 2026 at 5:22 PM
#AAS249 Abstract submission is open!

📢 New this meeting: When you submit your abstract, you'll choose between an iPoster or a paper poster.

Students who enter the Chambliss Competition must submit poster abstracts by the 30 September deadline. Only iPosters can compete. aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
August 27, 2026 at 2:58 PM
🔭 #AAS249 Still thinking about that session idea? Here's your nudge.

Special Session, Workshop, and Town Hall proposals are due Monday, 3 August by 11:59 pm ET. aas.org/meetings/aas...
July 20, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Now that the WFI is on, are you excited to get your hands on Roman data?

Don't forget to sign-up for our workshop when you register for #AAS249 in Salt Lake City, UT:

Roman, JWST, TESS, Gaia, and More: Working with Big Data at MAST, Sunday, January 10, 2027 at 9am.
#NASARoman #DrNefario #MAST
September 16, 2026 at 3:46 PM
#AAS248 The 248th AAS meeting has come to a close, and we can't thank you enough for helping to make this meeting a success!

While the week in Pasadena may be over, we'll continue sharing photos, videos & highlights from an incredible week of science.

See you in Salt Lake City for #AAS249. 🔭
June 23, 2026 at 2:20 PM
This could be you in Salt Lake City.

#AAS249 Abstract deadline is 30 Sep by 11:59 pm ET. When you submit your abstract, you'll be asked to choose between an iPoster or a paper poster.

Students entering the Chambliss competition, your abstract is due by the same deadline. aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
September 21, 2026 at 3:57 PM
🔭 Join us in Salt Lake City (10-14 January 2027) for the 249th AAS meeting! Early registration and housing are open — so start planning.

Be sure to check out:
✨ Dependent Care Grants
✨ KiddieCorp Children's Program
✨ Discounted hotel group rates

aas.org/meetings/aas249

Photo: Visit Salt Lake
August 28, 2026 at 4:53 PM
#AAS249 Call for Splinter Meetings!
Submit your proposals for the 249th AAS meeting, to be held in Salt Lake City, 10–14 January. Splinter Meetings are science or programmatic meetings that do not fit the definition of a Special Session. Proposals are due by 17 September. aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
August 17, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Got an idea for a Special Session, Workshop, or Town Hall at #AAS249? Now's the time to pitch it. Help shape the program for our January meeting (joint w/ HAD) in Salt Lake City. Submit proposals by Monday, 3 August at 11:59 pm ET. Details: aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
July 9, 2026 at 12:57 PM
#AAS249 Splinter Meeting proposals are due soon! Got an idea for a science or programmatic meeting that doesn't fit the Special Session format? Submit now for the 249th AAS meeting in Salt Lake City.

⏰ Deadline: Thursday, 17 September

aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
September 2, 2026 at 3:32 PM
#AAS249 Planning to submit an iPoster for the 249th AAS meeting in Salt Lake City? Now's the time to start preparing! AAS member Dr. Ronald Gamble provides step-by-step instructions in this short tutorial.

Abstract deadline: 30 September
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlGv... 🔭
Creating an iPoster Presentation (Tutorial)
YouTube video by AAS
www.youtube.com
September 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
⏰ Last call! Special Session, Workshop, and Town Hall proposals for #AAS249 are due TODAY — Monday, 3 August, 11:59 pm ET. Have an idea for the program? Submit it before time runs out. aas.org/meetings/aas... 🔭
August 3, 2026 at 4:07 PM