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A Few Updates to AAS Journal Style

The Journals staff has been hard at work on a complete revamping of the AASTeX code. In tandem with this, the Publications Committee has identified a few key spots in AAS journal style where improvements could be made to better align with community standards and our core values.

Welcome to Kerry Kroffe, AAS Director of Scholarly Publishing

The American Astronomical Society (AAS) is pleased to announce that Kerry Kroffe is serving as the Director of Scholarly Publishing for the organization as of 9 September, 2024, following the recent retirement of AAS Chief Publishing Officer Julie Steffen.

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.

Author Resources

AAS Nova Research Highlights

Globular Clusters Experience Bar Resonance Repercussions

What happens when a giant star cluster gets trapped in a dance with the Milky Way's central bar? A new study reveals that bar interactions are likely responsible for where we find globular clusters in our galaxy today.

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Cool It Down: Warm Jupiters Are Better Aligned Than Hot Jupiters

Hot Jupiters, especially when placed around hot stars, are notorious troublemakers. A new study suggests that their cooler cousins, the warm Jupiters, tend to follow the rules no matter what kind of star they circle.

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Johannes Kepler and the Case of the Disappearing Sunspots

Astrobites reports on the use of Johannes Kepler’s pre-telescope sunspot drawings to re-examine irregular solar activity in the 17th century.

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Featured Image: The Nova Shells of RX Puppis

Nebulous shells of gas surrounding the symbiotic star RX Puppis hint at outbursts from the system going back thousands of years.

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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.