Today’s second American Astronomical Press conference is on stars in the Milky Way, and will start at noon Central time. I’ve embedded the video below. If you want to participate in the chat room, go to the UStream channel.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 11:00 am
Phil, have you seen this yet? Dirt from Mars.
In case my href fails: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/images/press/rac_scoop_all_focus_color_v3.html
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:21 am
NEW LINK:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/astronomy-cast-live-%3A-press-conference-coverage
posted by Nancy from Universe Today
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:27 am
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/astronomy-cast-live-%3A-press-conference-coverage
works for me now
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 am
Phil, have you seen this yet? Dirt from Mars.
I guess even Martian celebrities have to deal with… oh, you mean actual dirt!
Where’s a super high res version so I can look for bugs?
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Is there another one scheduled for today? If so, when?
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Here I link to the full story – the article was actually up 40 minutes before Benjamin gave his presentation because the embargo for the press releases was lifted at precisely noon CDT. Benjamin stressed that the pic was only preliminary work and would probably be updated fairly soon. But the general conclusion – two arms, not four – seems secure.
June 3rd, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Comment containing schedule at
http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/06/02/tuesday-aas-press-conferences/#comments indicates next press conference is:
Wednesday 9:30 AM [CDT] Press Conference on Speculative Astrophysics [3 reports]
June 3rd, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Wow! Looking at that artist’s conception, is our bar really thought to be that prominent?
That’ll be a nice picture to show future classes, as long as it’s made abundantly clear that it’s a conception based on a model based on observations from within the Milky Way. You’d be surprised how many people think we have pictures of the Milky Way from outside of it, at least before giving it a few seconds thought.