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The AAS Open Access Publishing Model: Open, Transparent, and Fair

As of 2022, all AAS journals are open access. What does our business model look like for the journals now, and why did we choose it?

The AAS Publication Support Fund: Preserving Author Access to the AAS Journals

Ethan Vishniac outlines the AAS Publication Support Fund which provides financial support to authors for the publication of their journal articles.

Response to NASA RFI: NASA Public Access Plan for Increasing Access to the Results of NASA-Supported Research

AAS Publishing staff and editors have contributed a response to NASA’s recent Request for Information on their Public Access Plan for Increasing Access to the Results of NASA-Supported Research. Read AAS’s full response here.

On the Use of Chatbots in Writing Scientific Manuscripts

Ethan Vishniac discusses editorial guidelines for the use of chatbots in preparing manuscripts for submission to the journals of the AAS.

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AAS Nova Research Highlights

A New Way of Looking at the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration has analyzed data that show our home galaxy's central black hole in a new light — polarized light, to be precise.

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How to Tell If a Black Hole Is Making Your Fairy Lights Twinkle

Astrobites reports on how we can find isolated black holes by searching for the twinkling of stars that these black holes pass in front of.

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Crystallization, Convection, and a Magnetic White Dwarf Mystery

When white dwarfs begin to crystallize, can the change prompt the formation of magnetic fields millions of times stronger than Earth's?

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AAS Media Fellowship Now Open for Applications

Are you an astronomy graduate student who’s interested in science communication? Apply for the AAS Media Fellowship by June 21!

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AAS Journals Editorial Board

The AAS Editor in Chief, the ApJ Letters Editor, the PSJ Editor, and a team of seven Lead Editors and more than 30 Science Editors manage peer review of its flagship research journals.

AAS Publications Committee

The AAS Publications Committee works with the AAS Editor in Chief to oversee the policies, editorial personnel, and new initiatives of AAS publishing.