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Unified Astronomy Thesaurus (UAT) News

The Unified Astronomy Thesaurus (UAT) is a structured, controlled vocabulary of astronomical concepts and their inter-relationships. It serves the astronomy community as the standard for classifying data and publications in

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American Astronomical Society public comment on OSTP RFC “Desirable Characteristics of Repositories”

The American Astronomical Society chose to respond to the Request for Public Comment on "Draft Desirable Characteristics of Repositories for Managing and Sharing Data Resulting From Federally Funded Research" (Document

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Access to AAS Journals While Working Outside Your Institution

The AAS and Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP) are working to ensure continuous access to the AAS journals for those who are now working away from their institution’s network in

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Faith Vilas Named Editor of The Planetary Science Journal

This post is based on an AAS press release. Faith Vilas, Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, has accepted appointment as Editor of the Planetary Science Journal (PSJ). This new open access

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AAS Journals Unveil New Tool for Visualizing Time-Series Data

This post is based on a post on the main aas.org website. The AAS journals have long supported the inclusion of animated and even interactive figures. Now, to make producing such graphics

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