Highlights from AAS Nova: 3-16 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.
15 April 2016
Where Are the Universe’s Globular Clusters?
Where do most of the globular clusters in today’s universe reside? A recent study answers this question.
13 April 2016
A Speeding Binary in the Galactic Halo
The recent discovery of a hyper-velocity binary star system in the halo of the Milky Way poses a mystery: how was this system accelerated to its high speed?
11 April 2016
Featured Image: A Gap in TW Hydrae
Recent ALMA observations reveal beautiful concentric ring structure within the protoplanetary disk that surrounds a young, Sun-like star.
8 April 2016
How Bright Can Supernovae Get?
Enormously bright supernovae have been observed in recent years. But is there a limit on the brightness these stellar explosions can achieve?
6 April 2016
The Birth of Super-Earths and Super-Puffs
A recent study explores how two types of planets — super-Earths and super-puffs — might form.
4 April 2016
Forming Galaxies Without Bulges
A new study seeks to explain how pure disk galaxies — galaxies without a central bulge — were able to form and survive in our universe.