PhysCOS Activities at AAS 247–Monday 5 January

by | Jan 4, 2026 | Climate Change

Physics of the CosmosDear Physics of the Cosmos (PhysCOS) Community Members-

If you’re attending the American Astronomical Society’s 2026 Winter Meeting (AAS 247) in Phoenix, AZ, please join us for the following PhysCOS-organized activities (all times Mountain):

12:45p-1:45p, room 301AB: NASA Update

2:00p-3:30p, room 225 B: Beyond the Mid-Decadal: Community Inputs for Space Mission Concepts Toward Astro 2030

3:30p-5:00p, room 131A: X-Ray Science Interest Group

Additionally, the following activities may be of special interest to the PhysCOS community:

10:00a ‑ 11:30a, room 225 B: HEAD I: The Legacy of Dr. Katja Pottschmidt: Accreting Compact Objects

10:00a ‑ 11:30a, room 221 A: Multi-messenger Observations of Compact Objects

10:30a – 11:00a, Exhibit Hall B/C/D: Sharing the Sky: Satellite Interference Mitigation Solutions for Optical Astronomy

12:30p ‑ 2:00p, room 127 A/B/C: The Moon and Beyond, Now: Lunch Reception for Missions and Partnerships shaping Near-Term Lunar Science

12:30p ‑ 3:30p, room 131 C: Leveraging the Power of Cosmic Messengers with Rubin, LIGO, and Gemini

2:00p ‑ 3:30p, room 226 A: Exploring the MeV Gamma-ray Sky with the Compton Spectrometer and Imager

2:00p ‑ 3:30p, room 226 C: The Moon and Beyond, Now: Missions and Partnerships Shaping the Next Five Years

6:00p – 6:30p, Exhibit Hall B/C/D: AstroAI: Physical and Generative Models for Astronomy

7:30p – 9:30p, room 224 A: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

And please drop by the PhysCOS table in the NASA booth in the Exhibition Hall!

For more information on PhysCOS throughout the meeting, check out our meeting webpage.

Wishing you the best,

Dr Francesca Civano & Dr Brian Humensky

PhysCOS Chief Scientists, NASA GSFC

Dr Bernard Kelly

PhysCOS Support Scientist, NASA GSFC

American Astronomical Society
The 247th Meeting of the AAS
The 247th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (joint with the Historical Astronomy Division) will be held 4-8 January 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona.

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