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Updates to Manuscript Status Access for Authors
Starting 28 May 2025, all contributing authors on submitted AAS journal manuscripts will have the ability to check on the status of the manuscript within the submission portal.
Research Notes of the AAS Celebrates Its 2,000th Publication
Since 2017, RNAAS has provided a venue for brief research reports, student work, null results, and more. Editor Chris Lintott shares his reflections on a recent RNAAS milestone: 2,000 Notes.
Introducing AASTeX v7.0
AAS publishing is proud to announce the latest release of our popular AASTeX package! Learn more about the new features in AASTeX v7.0 and download the package here.
Author Contribution Statements
With the release of AASTeX v7.0, AAS Journals authors now have the ability to include Author Contribution statements in their manuscripts.
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AAS Nova Research Highlights
NCIS JWST: Analyzing the Aftermath of the Bullet Cluster’s Collision
Astrobites reports on the famous Bullet Cluster — what JWST observations reveal about its complex merger history and the constraints these observations place on self-interacting dark matter.
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XRISM Spies the Remains of a Galactic Donut
Recent observations of a well-studied but confounding galaxy provide new insights into the structure of low-luminosity active galactic nuclei.
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Seeding Life in the Oceans of Moons
Astrobites reports on research that explores the possibility of impacts delivering organics to the ocean worlds in our solar system.
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Featured Image: Following Photons Through Curved Spacetimes
A new fast and flexible ray-tracing algorithm aims to make the complex world of general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics simulations more approachable.
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