Briefing: Cosmic Explosions

The first of eight press conferences, on Monday morning, was entitled "Cosmic Explosions & Their Aftermath." Speakers were Scott Ransom (National Radio Astronomy Observatory) on the discovery of a millisecond pulsar in a triple-star system, Remy Indebetouw (University of Virginia and National Radio Astronomy Observatory) on the resolution by ALMA of Supernova 1987A’s dust factory and particle accelerator, and Teddy Cheung (Naval Research Laboratory) on the first measurement of gravitational lensing in gamma rays. AAS Press Officer Rick Fienberg moderated the briefing.