Physics & Astronomy

Founded in 1930, AAPT serves as a professional society of teachers of physics in colleges, universities, and secondary schools; undergraduates and graduates with major interest in physics..

ACP is the center for many programs of physics societies

ABHP promotes the health physics profession by establishing standards and procedures for certification and conducting certification examinations.

The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit membership corporation created for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its application to human welfare.

The Optical Society (OSA) was organized to increase and diffuse the knowledge of optics, pure and applied; to promote the common interests of investigators of optical problems, of designers and of users of optical apparatus of all kinds; and to encourage cooperation among them.

The world's leading professional association
for the advancement of technology

The American Astronomical Society (AAS), established 1899, is the major organization of professional astronomers in North America.

AURA is a consortium of universities, and educational and other non-profit institutions, that operates world-class astronomical observatories.

The Antique Telescope Society is organized and operated exclusively for educational and/or scientific purposes, to promote the membership's interests in astronomical history and discovery, the history of optics, and the preservation and use of the antique instruments through stewardship and education.

The AAE promotes public education in astronomy and support the teaching of astronomy to students at all levels of education.