Highlights from AAS Nova: 13-26 September 2015
Susanna Kohler American Astronomical Society (AAS)
AAS Nova is a new website that provides brief highlights of recently published articles from the AAS journals. Its 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 2015
How Normal Is Our Solar System?
To date, we’ve discovered nearly 2,000 confirmed exoplanets, as well as thousands of additional candidates. Amidst this vast sea of solar systems, how special is our own?
23 September 2015
Collapsing Enormous Stars
A recent study explores what we would see if supermassive stars in the early universe collapsed directly into black holes.
21 September 2015
Bow Shock Leads the Way for a Speeding Hot Jupiter
A bow shock has been detected ahead of transiting exoplanet HD 189733b, providing a potential indicator of the remarkably strong magnetic field of the planet.
18 September 2015
What X-Shaped Sources Tell Us About Gravitational Waves
A new study suggests we may be over-predicting the rate of galaxy mergers — and the gravitational wave background — by counting X-shaped radio sources.
16 September 2015
What’s Causing the Activity on Comet 67P?
Recent models provide an explanation for the “early activity” unexpectedly emerging from the neck of comet 67P.
14 September 2015
Forming Stars from the Cosmic Web
Observations of starbursts in low-metallicity galaxies have provided long-awaited evidence supporting predictions of how stars formed throughout cosmic history.