Highlights from AAS Nova: 30 April - 13 May 2017

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.

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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.

12 May 2017
Are LIGO’s Black Holes Made From Smaller Black Holes?
A new study examines how we can tell whether the black holes detected by LIGO were formed hierarchically from mergers of smaller black holes.

10 May 2017
Designing a Gamma-Ray Telescope on a Budget
Can we learn about the low-energy gamma-ray sky using a tiny satellite telescope?

9 May 2017
Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Events: Very Important Needles in a Very Large Haystack
Astrobites reports on how we might search for electromagnetic counterparts to future gravitational-wave detections.

8 May 2017
Escape for the Slow Solar Wind
New simulations may have resolved the puzzle of where the slow solar wind comes from and how it escapes the Sun.

5 May 2017
Curious Case of a Stripped Elliptical Galaxy
An elliptical galaxy in the cluster Abell 2670 has been discovered with some unexpected features. What conditions led to this galaxy’s unusual morphology?

3 May 2017
Anatomy of an Asteroid Breakup
Scientists recently observed asteroid P/2013 R3 as it disintegrated in its orbit around the Sun. What caused this asteroid’s breakup?

2 May 2017
2 Slow, 2 Furious
According to this Astrobiter, massive elliptical galaxies come in two types: the fast and the furious. But what’s the difference?

1 May 2017
Featured Image: A Slow-Spinning X-Ray Pulsar
A pulsar in the Andromeda galaxy has recently been caught in the act of being “recycled” by a companion.