Program News and Announcements

31 March 2025

Save the Date: AXIS Community Science Conference: 14 – 16 May 2025

The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) will bring X-ray astronomy back to the forefront of modern mainstream astrophysics, working alongside other major facilities of the 2030s (e.g., JWST, Roman, Rubin, ngVLA, LISA) to address some of the most important questions identified by the Astro2020 Decadal Survey. With a single-instrument design, AXIS will offer superb arcsecond resolution and high-sensitivity imaging in the 0.3–10 keV band. AXIS is an excellent facility for transient science, with a two-hour response time to alerts and onboard rapid transient detection. AXIS will dedicate 70% of its time to Guest Observer science.

The AXIS Community Science Conference will be held 14 – 16 May 2025 at the Graduate Hotel in Annapolis, Maryland. This open meeting will bring together the scientific community to discuss the major topics driving X-ray astronomy today and the scientific opportunities presented by AXIS in the 2030s. Topics include:

• Seeding and growth of supermassive black holes
• Stellar and AGN feedback on galaxy and cluster scales
• Stellar activity and its influence on exoplanets
• Compact objects and stellar remnants
• X-ray transients and multi-messenger landscape of the 2030s
• Astrophysical constraints on fundamental physics
• Synergies of facilities and opportunities in the 2030s

Please save the date; further details, including registration and abstract submission, will be shared in an upcoming announcement at the end of the month and on the conference webpage. Please share with your colleagues.

We look forward to seeing you in Annapolis in May!