AAS

random snippets from the 213th semi-annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Long Beach

not that I am there...

Hannah - one of the co-bloggers at Women in Astronomy is liveblogging from the AAS

I hear there were some excellent talks and posters on black holes and galaxies and white dwarfs and stuff...

the Universe Today crowd are doing a good job covering the meeting

if you want to read just one snippet, the allegedly recoiling supermassive black hole is a good one

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