Astrobites Coverage of the 240th AAS Meeting
Kerry Hensley American Astronomical Society (AAS)
Did you miss the 240th American Astronomical Society meeting, which took place 13–16 June 2022 in Pasadena, CA, and online? Or did you attend but miss some of the sessions you were hoping to catch? Then you'll be happy to know that Astrobites and AAS Nova have worked together to publish summaries of many of the plenary talks and press briefings from throughout the meeting!
Astrobites is a daily blog that has been covering the latest research in astronomy since 2010. It is written by graduate students around the world and is supported by the AAS. Astrobites bloggers now regularly bring you coverage of each of the Society's semiannual meetings. You can read the summaries from the 240th AAS meeting here:
Astrobites also conducted a series of interviews with some of the plenary speakers in advance of their talks at AAS 240:
- Jane Greaves
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell
- Héctor Arce
- David Weinberg
- Robert Lupton
- Victoria Kaspi and Paul Scholz
- Thomas Zurbuchen
- Nicholas Scoville
- William Donahue
- Dennis Bodewits
- Courtney Dressing
- Francis Halzen
- Rebekah Dawson
- Allison Strom
- Laura Kreidberg
- Gail Zasowski
Note that webcasts of the press briefings from the meeting are freely available on the AAS Press Office YouTube channel. And if you registered for AAS 240, you can still log in to the online meeting platform to view recordings of most sessions.