Highlights from AAS Nova: 11-24 March 2018
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 March 2018
Unusual Metals in Galactic Center Stars
The Milky Way’s nuclear star cluster is full of surprises!
21 March 2018
Shaping Globular Clusters with Black Holes
How many black holes lurk within the dense environments of globular clusters, and how do these powerful objects shape the properties of the cluster around them?
20 March 2018
An Occam’s Razor for Very-Hot Hot Jupiters
Astrobites reports on how cues from stellar atmospheric chemistry can help explain observations of the atmospheres of very hot gas giants.
19 March 2018
Featured Image: Bright Dots in a Sunspot
The centers of sunspots aren’t all dark! This image of a sunspot reveals umbral dots — transient, bright features that lie in dark sunspot umbrae.
16 March 2018
AAS Publishing News: An Interview with Christopher Conselice
Meet your new AAS Lead Editor for the Galaxies and Cosmology corridor! Here’s how he got started, and what he thinks about his field and the publishing process.
14 March 2018
Modeling the Variable Heliopause Location
Five and a half years after Voyager 1 zipped across the heliopause, Voyager 2 still hasn’t followed its twin into interstellar space. Can models of the heliopause location help determine why?
13 March 2018
Can We Detect Alien Civilizations from Their Space Junk?
Astrobites explores a possible new detection strategy in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
12 March 2018
NICER Eyes on Bursting Stars
A new instrument recently deployed at the International Space Station is examining X-ray explosions on neutron-star surfaces.