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Q&A: Tam O’Shaughnessy honors Sally Ride’s courage and character

In a new documentary, Ride’s life partner of 27 years chronicles the astronaut’s leadership, resilience, and dedication to science.

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Swim Through Images from NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory

JUN 24, 2025

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Planets Around Small Stars Even Less Likely to Have Atmospheres Than Previously Thought

JUN 23, 2025

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First Takes of the Largest Astronomical Movie Ever

JUN 23, 2025

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Topological Twist for Phase Transitions

JUN 23, 2025

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Vera C. Rubin Observatory Releases Long-Awaited First Photos

JUN 23, 2025

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Extreme climate events have long-ranging impacts

JUN 20, 2025

‘Claws of Chaos’ appear in hot Jupiter planets internal name

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‘Claws of Chaos’ appear in hot Jupiter planets

JUN 20, 2025

Controlling intermolecular explosion in the synthesis of compacted multi-graphene structures internal name

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Controlling intermolecular explosion in the synthesis of compacted multi-graphene structures

JUN 20, 2025

Microfluidic chip platform provides non-invasive method for zebrafish behavioral studies internal name

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Microfluidic chip platform provides non-invasive method for zebrafish behavioral studies

JUN 20, 2025

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Framework proposed for predicting risk in pressurized water nuclear reactors

JUN 20, 2025

Low-cost experiment exhibits analogies with black hole collisions internal name

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Low-cost experiment exhibits analogies with black hole collisions

JUN 20, 2025

There’s more to the (biomaterial) surface than meets the eye internal name

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There’s more to the (biomaterial) surface than meets the eye

JUN 20, 2025

Electric sails prove promising for propellant-less spacecraft propulsion internal name

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Electric sails prove promising for propellant-less spacecraft propulsion

JUN 20, 2025

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Silicate Clouds and a Dusty Disk in a Multi-Planet System

JUN 17, 2025

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“Shattering” NSF Budget Proposal Threatens Gravitational Wave Science

JUN 16, 2025

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Featured Image: Following Photons Through Curved Spacetimes

JUN 16, 2025

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Secretary of Energy Chris Wright meets with national lab directors in early 2025.

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DOE Secretary Defends Cuts to National Labs while Suggesting Future Boost

JUN 20, 2025

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 4.

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Commerce Secretary Grilled on NOAA Staffing Shortages

JUN 11, 2025

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National Academies Seeking Ways to Cut Red Tape in Research

JUN 05, 2025

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US to ‘Aggressively Revoke’ Visas Held by Chinese Students

MAY 30, 2025

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Researchers Scramble Following NSF Grant Cuts

MAY 28, 2025

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NSF Adds DEI and Israel Boycott Restrictions to Grant Terms

MAY 22, 2025

President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speak with reporters as they depart a meeting about the reconciliation bill at the U.S. Capitol on May 20.

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What’s in Store for Science in Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill

MAY 22, 2025

Discover Employment and Education Trends

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The State of the Academic Workforce in Physics and Astronomy, 2000-2024

JUN 13, 2025

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Impacts of Restrictions on Federal Grant Funding in Physics and Astronomy Graduate Programs

APR 23, 2025

Influences on Physics Bachelors Decision to Pursue Physics, Classes of 2021 and 2022 combined. Similar proportions of men and women reported being influenced by informal exposure to science, high school physics, and parents or relatives.

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How Women Persist in Undergraduate Physics

APR 02, 2025

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Has the number of students taking physics in US high schools declined?

MAR 10, 2025

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Physics Graduate Student Compensation: Academic Year 2023-24

MAR 07, 2025

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Physics Bachelors Initial Employment Booklet - Academic Years 2020-21 and 2021-22

JAN 08, 2025

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Physics PhDs Initial Employment Booklet - Academic Years 2020-21 and 2021-22

OCT 21, 2024

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Roster of Physics Departments with Enrollment and Degree Data, 2023

OCT 11, 2024

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Roster of Astronomy Departments with Enrollment and Degree Data, 2023

OCT 11, 2024

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Attrition and Persistence in Undergraduate Physics Programs

JUL 23, 2024

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High School Physics Enrollments by Type of Course

JUN 06, 2024

Influences on Physics Bachelors Decision to Pursue Physics, Classes of 2021 and 2022 combined. Similar proportions of men and women reported being influenced by informal exposure to science, high school physics, and parents or relatives.

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Physics Bachelors: Influences and Backgrounds

MAY 21, 2024

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The State of the Academic Workforce in Physics and Astronomy Departments, 2000-2022

MAY 03, 2024

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Who Teaches High School Physics?

APR 30, 2024

Figure 1: Status of Physics Bachelors One Year After Degree. 31% of respondents were in graduate school studying physics or astronomy. 17% were in graduate school in another subject. 46% were employed. 6% were unemployed.

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Physics Bachelors' Outcomes: Focus on Graduate School and the Effects of the Pandemic

DEC 14, 2023

Roster of Physics Departments with Enrollment and Degree Data, 2022

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Roster of Physics Departments with Enrollment and Degree Data, 2022

SEP 14, 2023

Press Releases Across the Federation

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Researchers demonstrate precise optical clock signal transmission via multicore fiber

JUN 19, 2025

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Unprecedented optical clock network lays groundwork for redefining the second

JUN 12, 2025

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AAPM Group Looking for Volunteers

MAY 30, 2025

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Scientific Societies Issue Letter to Congress Regarding National Science Foundation Reorganizations and Cuts

MAY 29, 2025

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Damien Bérubé and Swati Narasimhan Named Optica Congressional Fellows

MAY 28, 2025

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AAS Responds to 2026 President’s Budget Request

MAY 02, 2025

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Turning down starlight to spot new exoplanets

APR 17, 2025

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AAPM Addresses Concerns from Published Study on CT Risk

APR 15, 2025

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AAS Gravely Concerned About Cuts to NASA Science Funding

APR 11, 2025

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AAS Names Steven Finkelstein as Fred Kavli Plenary Lecturer for 246th Meeting

MAR 31, 2025

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AAPM-Commissioned Panel Addresses Implementation of New CMS Quality Measure

MAR 18, 2025

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Ana María Cetto Awarded 2025 Tate Medal for International Leadership in Physics

MAR 18, 2025

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Samson Shatashvili To Receive 2025 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics

MAR 17, 2025

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Optica Names 23 Recipients for 2025 Awards and Medals

FEB 13, 2025

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Optica Names 22 Recipients for 2025 Awards and Medals

FEB 13, 2025

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