Highlights from AAS Nova: 14-26 January 2019
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.
25 January 2019
Eclipses of a Scalding Hot Planet
What’s the atmosphere like on the hottest planet we’ve ever discovered? A new study suggests this toasty world may also be cloudless.
23 January 2019
Taking Note of Molecules in Space
What do methylidyne, cyanamide, vinyl alcohol, and rugbyballene all have in common? They’re all molecules that have been detected in space.
22 January 2019
Living a (Solar System) Lifetime in Color
What can the colors of Kuiper Belt Objects tell us about how our solar system formed and evolved? Astrobites reports.
18 January 2019
Can Blue Stragglers Be Used to Tell Time?
What’s a blue straggler? Hint: It’s not a person coming in to work late on a Monday. In fact, these stars might be pretty good at keeping track of time.
16 January 2019
Are Fast Radio Bursts from Flaring Magnetars?
Could the mysterious fast radio burst signal FRB 121102 be emitted from a flaring, highly magnetic neutron star?
15 January 2019
Mixing up a Batch of Stars
Astrobites reports on what certain carbon-enhanced, metal-poor stars reveal about the history of the universe.
14 December 2018
Featured Image: Star Formation in a Long Tail
This stunning image shows a long gas tail stripped from the center of a speeding spiral galaxy in the Coma Cluster.