Highlights from AAS Nova: 20 March - 2 April 2016
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.
1 April 2016
AAS Publishing News: Getting to Know Frank Timmes
Meet your new AAS Lead Editor for the High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics corridor! Here’s what he thinks about his field, the upcoming HEAD meeting, and authoring scientific papers.
30 March 2016
Outlook for Detecting Gravitational Waves with Pulsars
After 10 years of unsuccessful searching, how likely is it that pulsar-timing-array projects will make their own first detection of gravitational waves soon?
28 March 2016
Temperature Swings in a Hot Jupiter’s Atmosphere
Recent observations have provided direct measurements of the extreme temperature swings in the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter HD 80606 b.
25 March 2016
Simulating Halos with the Caterpillar Project
The Caterpillar Project is a series of high-resolution cosmological simulations designed to teach us about how galaxies like the Milky Way formed and evolved.
23 March 2016
Dance of Two Monster Black Holes
Researchers all over the world recently watched an outburst from the enormous black hole OJ 287, predicted years ago using the general theory of relativity.
21 March 2016
AAS Publishing News: Preparing Your Manuscript Just Got Easier
Are you an astronomer considering submitting a paper to an AAS journal? Read on to find out about the exciting new things you can do with the AAS’s newest LaTeX class file.