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Board on Physics and Astronomy
The National Academies
500 Fifth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001

Phone: 202-334-3520
Fax: 202-334-3575
E-mail: bpa@nas.edu

Adam Burrows, Chair | Don Shapero, Director

The Board on Physics and Astronomy is the Academies' principal forum for issues connected with the fields of physics and astronomy.

Upcoming Board Meetings
November 10-11, 2012 - Beckman Center of the National Academies, Irvine, CA
April 26-27, 2013 - Keck Center of the National Academies, Washington, DC

News & Events

Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics Spring Meeting, June 4-6, 2012
The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics has been reestablished! The committee will hold its spring meeting at the Keck Center of The National Academies in Washington, DC on June 4-6, 2012. For more information please visit the committee web page.

Committee to Assess the Current Status and Future Direction of High Magnetic Field Science in the United States Meeting 3, July 19-20, 2012
The Committee to Assess the Current Status and Future Direction of High Magnetic Field Science in the United States will hold its third meeting at the Beckman Center of the National Academies in Irvine, CA on July 19-20, 2012. For more information please see the committee web page.

Recent Publications

2012
	Assessment of a Plan for U.S. Participation in Euclid (2012)
2011
	An Assessment of the Science Proposed for the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) (2011)
	2020 Vision: An Overview of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2011)
	Implementing Recommendations from New Worlds, New Horizons Decadal Survey (2011)
	Views of the NAS and NAE on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (2011)