Astrobites Coverage of the 248th AAS Meeting

Did you miss the 248th American Astronomical Society meeting, which took place 14–18 June 2026 in Pasadena, California? 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 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 248th AAS meeting here:

• AAS 248: Welcome!
• AAS 248: Day 1
• AAS 248: Day 2
• AAS 248: Day 3
• AAS 248: Day 4

Astrobites also conducted a series of interviews with some of the plenary speakers in advance of their talks at AAS 248:

• Cara Battersby
• Carolyn Kierans
• Yi-Ming Wang
• David Jewitt
• Esra Bulbul
• Sanmi Koyejo
• George Helou
• Mario Jurić
• Ian Roederer

In addition to plenary coverage, you can also check out the webcasts of the press briefings from the meeting, which are freely available on the AAS Press Office YouTube channel.