23 December 2015

Highlights from AAS Nova: 6-19 December 2015

Susanna Kohler

Susanna Kohler American Astronomical Society (AAS)

AAS Nova provides brief highlights of recently published articles from the AAS journals, i.e., the Astronomical Journal (AJ) and the Astrophysical Journal (ApJ), ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements. The website's intent is to gain broader exposure for AAS authors and to provide astronomy researchers and enthusiasts with summaries of recent, interesting research across a wide range of astronomical fields.

The following are the AAS Nova highlights from the past two weeks; follow the links to read more, or visit the AAS Nova webpage for more posts.

18 December 2015
Planet Masses from Disk Spirals
What can spiral structures in protoplanetary disks tell us about the planets that formed them?

16 December 2015
What Happened to Leo P’s Metals?
New observations of a nearby dwarf galaxy may help to us understand how galaxies lose their metals.

14 December 2015
Featured Image: Reddened Stars Reveal Andromeda’s Dust
A recent study has used the reddening of several stars in nearby Andromeda to learn about the properties of the dust within this galaxy.

11 December 2015
Rotating Stars Can Help Planets Become Habitable
A recent study has determined how host stars can help their planets to lose initial, enormous gaseous envelopes and become more Earth-like.

9 December 2015
Supermassive Black Hole Through a Magnifying Glass
Gravitational microlensing of quasar Q2237+0305 has provided us with a close look at the structure within the innermost region surrounding its central black hole.

7 December 2015
Companions for “Nessie” in the Milky Way’s Skeleton
A recently discovered dark cloud nicknamed “Nessie” may have companions that make up a skeleton of the Milky Way, tracing out the densest parts of our galaxy’s spiral arms.