Highlights from AAS Nova: 13-26 September 2020

AAS Nova provides brief highlights of recently published articles from the AAS journals, i.e., The Astronomical Journal (AJ), The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ), ApJ Letters, ApJ Supplements, The Planetary Science Journal, and Research Notes of the AAS. 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.

25 September 2020
Feedback from AGN-Driven Winds
Are the winds emanating from the active nucleus of a galaxy strong enough to shut off star formation? Astrobites reports.

23 September 2020
New Molecules from GOTHAM
What as-yet unidentified molecules lurk in the dark clouds of our nearby universe? Answering this requires observation, experiment, and theory — and GOTHAM is on the case.

22 September 2020
Lack of Spacetime Squiggles Limit How Much a Pulsar Can Be Squashed
Just how spherical are neutron stars? Astrobites reports on how we can measure spherical perfection for objects hundreds of light-years away.

21 September 2020
Taking Stock of Backyard Worlds
In the census of our solar neighborhood we’re missing a key population: the coolest, dimmest substar dwarfs that lurk nearby. A citizen science project has now tackled this problem.

18 September 2020
Different Views of a Fast Radio Burst
What does a fast radio burst look like at different frequencies? And what can that tell us about them?

16 September 2020
Forecasting Eruptions of Solar Flares
A new look at hundreds of past solar flares may help us predict when a solar flare will be accompanied by a potentially hazardous ejection of mass.

15 September 2020
A Windy Day in the Milky Way
Astrobites reports on how winds in star clusters can drive dramatic turbulence in enormous, expanding superbubbles.

14 September 2020
Featured Image: Simulating the Birth of a Close Binary
Ever wondered how stellar binaries form? Check out this numerical simulation, which tracks the process over 400 years.