Wish you were at the A A S conference in Pasadena, California? You can watch the press conferences today live, via Dr. Pamela Gay and her minions at Astronomy Cast Live and UStream. Or just watch in the embedded player below. Here’s the schedule for Tuesday’s conferences:
9 a.m. PDT (12 noon EDT): Galaxy Discoveries
10:30 a.m. PDT (1:30 EDT): International Year of Astronomy 2009 Update from the AAS meeting.
12:40 pm PDT (3:40 EDT): Stars and Clusters
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