Astrobites at AAS 235: Welcome
This week, Astrobites is attending the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii! We’ll be bringing you highlights from the meeting all week long.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Jennifer van Saders
Long-term space missions have left us with a wealth of stellar data. Come to Dr. Jennifer van Saders’s talk at #AAS235 to learn more about how these data, along with stellar models, can reveal a star’s evolutionary past and future.
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Ted Bergin
Professor Ted Bergin is looking for the elements that make habitable worlds. Come learn about how to make an Earth-like planet in his talk at #AAS235!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Brian Metzger
We’ve seen supernovae, but what’s a kilonova? Professor Brian Metzger will tell us all about these high energy events in his talk at #AAS235.
BEYOND: Space Missions To Look Forward To In the 2020s
A brief summary of some of the major space missions that are planning to launch in the 2020s.
Another interstellar interloper
A few years ago, an asteroid visited our solar system…now, a comet from a different star is here!