Highlights from AAS Nova: 11-24 June 2017
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.
23 June 2017
Exploring the Minispiral at the Milky Way’s Center
The region surrounding the black hole at the center of our galaxy is a complex and dynamic place. New observations reveal more about this unique environment.
21 June 2017
A Partly Cloudy Exoplanet
New direct-imaging observations provide insight into the atmosphere of 51 Eri b, a nearby Jupiter-like exoplanet.
20 June 2017
These Aren’t the Bursts You’re Looking For
During the follow-up to the recent gravitational-wave detection GW170104, scientists uncovered a very special supernova. Astrobites reports on this explosion and what might have caused it.
19 June 2017
Hidden Black Holes Revealed?
New research suggests that the dusty environments surrounding supermassive black holes may be hiding many of the brightest from our view.
16 June 2017
Maxing Out the Mass of Early Stars
How large could some of the earliest stars have grown before collapsing into supermassive black holes?
14 June 2017
A 3D View of a Supernova Remnant
Astronomers have built the first-ever 3D map of a Type Ia supernova remnant using observations of Tycho, a supernova first observed nearly 450 years ago.
13 June 2017
Things That Go “Chirp” in the Night
Do neutron-star–black-hole mergers have electromagnetic chirps similar to the gravitational-wave chirps detected by LIGO? Astrobites reports on what we can expect to see.
12 June 2017
Featured Image: Interacting Galaxies
This beautiful composite image reveals the grazing collision of two galaxies located 114 million light-years away from us.