Every year, for a single day, the Astronomy staff gets together and moves off site to think about the universe. We like to operate like a big family, and when this family goes on the road, we tend to think clearly about the magazine and the web site. The group moves to my house for the day, where we can dress informally, spread out, and think and talk about the coming year.
This year’s summit will take place Friday, October 10. We’ll have coffee, breakfast foods, juice, water, sodas, boxed lunches, lots of laughs, and a whole lot of serious discussion time about the content of the magazine, special stories, themed issues, special editions of the magazine like The Solar System, design discussions, talks about the continuous evolution of the web site, and much more.
So get ready. In the days following October 10, you will start to see some special things cropping up in the magazine and on the site. Fair warning. When this election’s done, we’re going to need something else, and the whole cosmos will still be out there.
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