The 2025 'Super Bowl of Astronomy' kicks off this week in Maryland

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January 13, 2025, 4:30 PM

• •The 245th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society is being held Jan. 12 to Jan. 16 and will feature remarkable findings from the James Webb Space Telescope.
• •The conference will include presentations not only on discoveries from the JWST but also recent findings from other revolutionary missions like the Hubble Space Telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM).
• •AAS is regarded as the 'Super Bowl of astronomy' due to the significance and quantity of scientific research discussed, along with the widespread attendance from professional and amateur astronomers, NASA experts, researchers, and university faculty and graduate students.

The 245th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society is being held Jan. 12 to Jan. 16 and will feature remarkable findings from the James Webb Space Telescope. The conference will also cover broader astronomical research topics and include hands-on Python data analysis workshops, focused on teaching astronomers how to analyze data from JWST and Roman using Python software.

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