Program News and Announcements

8 January 2024

PhysCos at the AAS Meeting 2024

Dear Physics of the Cosmos (PhysCOS) community members

If you’re attending the American Astronomical Society Winter Meeting in New Orleans (AAS 243), please be aware of several PhysCOS-organized or related events today, Monday, 8 January 2024:

• 12:45p – 1:45p Central: NASA Town Hall [Great Hall A]
• 1p – 2:30p Central: NASA's Cosmic Pathfinders Program [Room 219]

Full details on these sessions, including times, locations, and agendas, can be found on our AAS webpage. In addition, the following sessions may be of special interest to PhysCOS scientists:

• 8:20a Central: Plenary: 102 – Fred Kavli Plenary Lecture: NANOGrav: The Dawn of Gravitational-wave Astronomy at Light-year Wavelengths, Stephen Taylor (Vanderbilt University) [Great Hall A]
• 10a Central: Special Session: 117 – HEAD I – Status of the X-ray Imaging Spectrometry Mission [Room 212]
• 11a Central: Exhibitor Theater: NASA Balloon Program Overview [ Hall B-1 / B-2]
• 2p Central: Special Session: 141 – The Line Emission Mapper: A NASA X-ray Probe Mission Concept [Room 209]
• 2p Central: Special Session: 148 – Lessons Learned from the Implementation of Inclusion Plan Pilots at NASA [Room 220]

Wishing you the best,

Dr Francesca Civano & Dr Brian Humensky
PhysCOS Chief Scientists, NASA GSFC
Dr Bernard Kelly
PhysCOS Support Scientist, NASA GSFC