More than 3,000 scientists are gathering in Washington, D.C. this week for a five-day conference that has been billed as the \"Super Bowl of astronomy.\" The 223rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) ran from Jan. 5 to Jan. 9. Researchers from around the world presented the latest findings about our own solar system, alien planets, black holes and the evolution of the universe, among other topics. <\/p>\n
SPACE.com reporters Miriam Kramer and Tanya Lewis are in Washington for the AAS conference. Our complete coverage of meeting appears below, with the latest news first: <\/p>\n
Friday, Jan. 10:Searching for Time Travelers, Scientists Look to Social Media Time travelers, if they exist amongst us, have yet to betray their period-hopping ways online, according to a fun, new study that tried to search out visitors from another time, based on their digital footprints. <\/p>\n
Space Images from the 223rd American Astronomical Society Meeting: Gallery <\/p>\n
3D-Printed Hubble Telescope Photos Help Blind Touch the Universe: Video Astronomers with the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore are using a 3D printer to turn Hubble images into textured pictures, opening up the wonders of the universe to people who are visually impaired. <\/p>\n
Thursday, Jan. 9 <\/p>\n
Super-Earth Planets May Have Watery Earthlike Climates According to a new model, tectonically active \"super-Earth\" exoplanets likely store most of their water in the mantle, leaving exposed continents and oceans that would create a stable climate such as that of Earth. <\/p>\n
Wednesday, Jan. 8 <\/p>\n
Scale of Universe Measured with 1-Percent Accuracy An ultraprecise new galaxy map is shedding light on the properties of dark energy, the mysterious force thought to be responsible for the universe's accelerating expansion. <\/p>\n
Smallest, Faintest Galaxies of the Ancient Universe Spotted The Hubble Space Telescope utilized a natural zoom lens to capture nearly 60 of the smallest, faintest galaxies ever spotted in the distant universe. In a separate study, observations by the Spitzer Space Telescope helped researchers determine the masses of four of the brightest early galaxies after Hubble picked them out. <\/p>\n
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