The World Series of Astronomy

I’m here in Long Beach, California at the American Astronomical Society meeting. The sessions start this morning, but we’ve already been at our meetings since yesterday morning. Lots to do and see! I will be putting up a more extensive blog posting later today, focusing on the day’s big news. Just to give you a taste of what’s to come: today we’re hearing news about exoplanets, brown dwarfs, a new discovery in the Milky Way, the festivities on store for the International Year of Astronomy, and the debut of a TV special about 400 Years of the Telescope.

So, stay tuned!