The 247th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society

Physics of the Cosmos at AAS 247

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Physics of the Cosmos about The 247th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society

Location

Phoenix, Arizona

Dates

4-8 January 2026

Community

Physics of the Cosmos

Type

Meeting

AAS Meeting 247

Physics of the Cosmos Sessions

The PhysPAG session will be a community brainstorming session focusing on “Physics of Cosmos in the 2030s and Beyond: Science, Missions, and Innovations Shaping the Future of NASA Astrophysics.”

The joint meeting of the program analysis groups (PAGs) – for PhysCOS (PhysPAG), Cosmic Origins (COPAG), and Exoplanet Exploration (ExoPAG) – will include updates from the HWO, TDAMM, and AI/ML SIGs and a discussion with Shawn Domagal-Goldman (director of NASA Astrophysics) and the PAG Executive Committee chairs.

Other Sessions of Interest about Physics of the Cosmos Sessions

NASA Science at AAS 247

The 247th AAS meeting (joint with the Historical Astronomy Division) will be held 4-8 January in Phoenix, Arizona at the Phoenix Convention Center.

Join us in the exhibit hall at the NASA booth and attend the NASA sessions.

Please ask your questions to the panel members during the Joint Program Analysis Group meeting at the AAS conference here.

Sunday, 4 January 2026

Event	Time	Location
PhysPAG	9:00am-1:10pm	126C
Joint PAG	2:30pm-6:00pm	301D

Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Agenda

Time	Topic	Speaker
9:00am	Introduction: Overview	Brian Humensky Francesca Civano
9:15am	Introduction to Science/Mission Discussion	Dave Pooley (PhysPAG EC chair)
9:25am	Brainstorming in Breakout Groups	Group #1 Cosmic structure: Johannes Lange, Rebekah Hounsell, Tim Eifler Group #2 X-Ray: Rob Petre, Renee Ludlam Group #3 Gamma Ray: Liz Hays, Chris Karwin Group #4 GW: Igor Andreoni, Ann Hornschemeier Group #5 CMB: Tom Essinger-Hileman, Brendan Crill
10:15am	Group Presentations (5 Groups, 10 min each)	Reports of Brainstorming Groups (10 min each)
11:00am	Break
11:20am	Introduction to Technology Discussion	Manel Errando (PhysPAG EC Vice Chair)
11:30am	Brainstorming in Breakout Groups	Group #1 Tech from Moon: Scott Porter, Jenna Cann, Richard Green, John Conklin, Tabby Boyajian Group #2 Mirrors: Dustin Swarm, Kristin Madsen Group #3 Detectors: Carolyn Kierans, John Tomsick, Johanna Nagy Group #4 Industry Partnership: Jon Arenberg, Rita Sambruna, Michelle Hui Group #5 Software: Adam Goldstein, Johannes Eser
12:10pm	Group presentations (5 Groups, 10 min each)	Group Moderators Present
1:00pm	End

Monday, 5 January 2026

Event	Time	Location
NASA Update	12:45pm-1:45pm	301AB
Beyond the Mid-Decadal: Community Inputs for Space Mission Concepts Toward Astro 2030	2:00pm-3:30pm	225 B
X-Ray SIG	3:30pm-5:00pm	131A

Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Event	Time	Location
Introducing NASA’s Astrophysics Cross-Observatory Science Support (ACROSS) Facility: Enabling People, Tools, and Observations for TDAMM Science	10:00am-11:30am	226 B
Cosmic Pathfinders	1:00pm-2:30pm	127 A/B
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning STIG	3:00pm-4:30pm	231 A/B/C

Physics of the Cosmos Poster

Artistic Vision of the Complex Physics of the Cosmos

Downloads

Physics of the Cosmos Poster Back and Front (PDF)

Dec 5, 2025

PDF (19.54 MB)

Physics of the Cosmos Poster (PNG)

Nov 25, 2025

PNG (7.31 MB)

Other Sessions of Interest

Monday, 5 January 2026

Event	Time	Location
127 – HEAD I: The Legacy of Dr. Katja Pottschmidt: Accreting Compact Objects	10:00am ‑ 11:30am	225 B
141 – Multi-messenger Observations of Compact Objects	10:00am ‑ 11:30am	221 A
Sharing the Sky: Satellite Interference Mitigation Solutions for Optical Astronomy	10:30am – 11:00am	Exhibit Hall B/C/D
The Moon and Beyond, Now: Lunch Reception for Missions and Partnerships shaping Near-Term Lunar Science	12:30pm ‑ 2:00pm	127 A/B/C
Leveraging the Power of Cosmic Messengers with Rubin, LIGO, and Gemini	12:30pm ‑ 3:30pm	131 C
147 – Exploring the MeV Gamma-ray Sky with the Compton Spectrometer and Imager	2:00pm ‑ 3:30pm	226 A
148 – The Moon and Beyond, Now: Missions and Partnerships Shaping the Next Five Years	2:00pm ‑ 3:30pm	226 C
AstroAI: Physical and Generative Models for Astronomy	6:00pm – 6:30pm	Exhibit Hall B/C/D
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope	7:30pm – 9:30pm	224 A

Tuesday, 6 January 2026

Event	Time	Location
224 – NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory	10:00am ‑ 11:30am	224 B
258 – Multi-messenger Observation and Theory in Gravitational Wave Astronomy	10:00am – 11:30am	227 C
Final Cosmological Constraints from the Dark Energy Survey	1:00pm – 2:30pm	126 C
248 – The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS)	2:00pm – 3:30pm	225 B
262 – Little Red Dots and Early Supermassive Black Hole Seeds	2:00pm – 3:30pm	229 A
Resources for the Roman Cosmology, Exoplanet, and Time Domain Communities	3:00pm – 5:00pm	126 C
National Radio Astronomy Observatory Town Hall	6:30pm – 8:30pm	301 C
The HEAD Social and Business Meeting	7:00pm – 8:30pm	127 A/B/C

Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Event	Time	Location
NOIRLab Town Hall	12:45pm ‑ 1:45pm	222 B
343 – The PRobe Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) Mission Concept Special Session	2:00pm ‑ 3:30pm	224 B
363 – 2025 Dannie Heineman Prize Lecture: Priyamvada Natarajan, Unveiling the First Black Holes in the Universe	3:40pm – 4:30pm	West Building 301AB
364 – Plenary: Tonima Tasnim Ananna, Probing the Accretion History of AGN using X-ray and Multi-wavelength Surveys	4:40pm – 5:30pm	West Building 301AB
Science from the TESS Extended Mission	6:00pm – 9:00pm	301 C

Thursday, 8 January 2026

Event	Time	Location
401 – 2025 Annie Jump Cannon Award Lecture: Maya Fishbach, Gravitational Waves from the Stellar Graveyard	8:00am ‑ 9:00am	West Building 301AB
425 – The Euclid Mission: Science with Quick Data Release 1 and Plans for the Future	10:00am ‑ 11:30am	225 B
436 – Gravitational Waves and Multi-messenger Astronomy	10:00am – 11:30am	228 A
442 – Bruno Rossi Prize Plenary: Maura McLaughlin & Xavier Siemens (on behalf of the NANOGrav Collaboration), The Dawn of Low-Frequency Gravitational Wave Astronomy	11:40am ‑ 12:30pm	West Building 301AB
445 – Science Results from XRISM’s First Year	2:00pm – 3:30pm	226 A
464 – Lancelot M. Berkeley – New York Community Trust Prize Lecture: Daniel Eisenstein (on behalf of the DESI collaboration), Measuring Cosmic Sound with DESI	4:40pm – 5:30pm	West Building 301AB

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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