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  • Blog Post: American Astronomical Society meeting: The last full day

    Today is the last full day of the American Astronomical Society's (AAS) 222nd conference. Before you cry about that, remember that the discoveries will continue to roll out, even if the astronomers aren't having mid-morning coffee breaks with 500 of their closest friends. Their probing questions and...
  • Blog Post: Tuesday at the American Astronomical Society conference

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  • Blog Post: The American Astronomical Society and Indiana Astronomical Society co-sponsor a star party

    Last night, the American Astronomical Society (AAS) and the Indiana Astronomical Society co-hosted a public star party. The event was BYOT (Bring Your Own Telescope), and people did! Astronomers set up shop and showed visitors double stars and Saturn. Three of the ringed planet's moons were visible,...
  • Blog Post: The American Astronomical Society's 222nd conference: Dispatches from day 1

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  • Blog Post: An interview with the "Toy Hunter" at C2E2

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  • Blog Post: Attend the American Astronomical Society conference and star party in Indianapolis

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  • Blog Post: Astronomy dreams at C2E2

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  • Blog Post: High-energy astrophysics meeting: Future articles and the “Fermi bubbles”

    Sitting in all these science talks and speaking with the researchers at the meeting of the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society is giving me some great ideas for future articles. High-energy astrophysics is a field that doesn’t always get a lot of media (and public...
  • Blog Post: High-energy astrophysics meeting: X-rays and more X-rays

    I’m at the 13th meeting of the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society for a few days. Some 400 astronomers have been updating one another on the state of their studies, and I’m here to listen in and learn about the current projects (plus I’ll receive...
  • Blog Post: On the road: AAS January 2013 meeting — supernovae and dark energy

    It’s the end of the third full day, and my last, at the American Astronomical Society meeting. In addition to attending press conferences about exploding massive stars and cosmology, I spent time checking out some of the poster presentations and attending science sessions about imaging exoplanets...
  • Blog Post: On the road: AAS January 2013 meeting — more exoplanets and a donated telescope

    As the second full day of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting comes to an end, exoplanets yet again were a major focus. The first press conference of the day included announcements of surprising planetary systems. First, we learned of evidence of a planetary system in the Hyades star cluster...
  • Blog Post: On the road: AAS January 2013 meeting — exoplanets and high-energy astrophysics

    It’s no secret that the search for extrasolar planets leads to big news. This field seems to be taking the American Astronomical Society meeting by storm, as evidenced by the number of press conferences and how packed the exoplanet science sessions are — standing room only. The first press...
  • Blog Post: American Astronomical Society January 2013 meeting preview

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  • Blog Post: On the road: Planetary Sciences in Reno, day 3

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  • Blog Post: On the road: Planetary sciences in Reno, day 2

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  • Blog Post: On the road: Planetary sciences in Reno, day 1

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  • Blog Post: I’m off to PATS

    I’m once again headed to Pasadena, California, to attend the fifth annual Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show (PATS). This manufacturers show, to be held Saturday and Sunday, September 22–23, at the Pasadena Convention Center, exists on three levels. First, it gives lots of visitors the...
  • Blog Post: Celebrate 100 years of cosmic expansion knowledge

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  • Blog Post: ALCon to honor young astronomy enthusiasts

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  • Blog Post: C2E2 was a real eye-opener

    The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) ran from April 13 through the 15th in the North Building of Chicago’s McCormick Place. I attended this year’s event , and I had a blast! I also learned quite a bit. [caption image="/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs...
  • Blog Post: See you at C2E2?

    The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) starts Friday, April 13, and I’ll be there. With bells on. With press credentials. And with a burning desire to ask at least one comic book author, “What’s it feel like to create a whole race of extraterrestrials?” [caption...
  • Blog Post: 2012 Youth Essay Contest deadline fast approaches

    Attention everyone 17 and under! With less than two weeks until the deadline for Astronomy magazine’s 2012 Youth Essay Contest, I wanted to make sure everyone knows about this great opportunity. It’s your time to tell Astronomy magazine and the Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF) , one of...
  • Blog Post: Kids: It’s time to tell us what you love most about astronomy!

    The time has come for all you “Generation Zers” to share your favorite thing about the cosmos with Astronomy magazine’s 2012 Youth Essay Contest . The winner will receive two round-trip airline tickets and hotel accommodations for up to three nights for the Northeast Astronomy Forum...
  • Blog Post: On the road: January 2012 AAS meeting, Wednesday recap

    Even though the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting still has another day of research presentations and invited talks, today was the last day of press conferences — and the organizers made sure it was a good one. [caption image="/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs...
  • Blog Post: On the road: January 2012 AAS meeting, Tuesday recap

    Today was another packed day — but that seems to be the norm at the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting. The first invited talk echoed a topic that one of today’s press conferences covered: the status of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. After three years in orbit, the observatory...