Highlights from AAS Nova: 10 July - 23 July 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.
22 July 2016
The Hunt for a Counterpart to GW150914
In September 2015, two days after the detection of GW150914, an alert went out to 63 ground- and space-based observatories. This launched the very first hunt for an electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational wave signal.
20 July 2016
Do Galactic Bars Buckle to Form Bulges?
New observations have caught two galaxies in the process of forming peanut-shaped bulges like the one in the center of our own Milky Way.
18 July 2016
Featured Image: Supernova Remnants in the LMC
These vibrant images of supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud were created to explore the galaxy’s interstellar medium.
15 July 2016
New Objects Beyond the Kuiper Belt
The search for the hypothetical Planet Nine has led to the discovery of a collection of new — and puzzling — objects located in the outer reaches of our solar system.
13 July 2016
A Preferred Home for Disrupted Stars
A new study has examined the preferred home for tidal disruption events — the shredding of passing stars by a supermassive black hole.
11 July 2016
A History of Collisions Between the Magellanic Clouds
A recent stellar arc discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud’s outskirts might be a clue to this dwarf galaxy’s collisional past.