Highlights from AAS Nova: 5-18 April 2020

AAS Nova provides brief highlights of recently published articles from the AAS journals, i.e., The Astronomical Journal (AJ), The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ), ApJ Letters, ApJ Supplements, The Planetary Science Journal, and Research Notes of the AAS. 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.

17 April 2020
Pulsar Discovery from an Enormous Telescope
Pulsars in distant globular clusters are a challenge to detect — but it’s a job made easier by the world’s largest filled-aperture radio telescope.

15 April 2020
Observations of Betelgeuse’s Dimming from the Stratosphere
An airplane-borne telescope is being used to learn more about why the red supergiant Betelgeuse suddenly dimmed in recent months.

14 April 2020
How It’s Made, Fast Radio Burst Edition
Fast radio bursts are among the most dramatic phenomena in the universe, but we still don’t know what causes them. Does FRB 181112 hold the key? Astrobites reports.

13 April 2020
Astronomy Impacts of Satellite Megaconstellations
A recent study explores how SpaceX’s Starlink satellites and other megaconstellations will impact astronomical observations in the future.

10 April 2020
Merger Partners? Maybe.
Could the participants in binary black hole mergers be picky about who they merge with?

8 April 2020
Jets from a Galaxy Collision
New observations confirm a long-theorized link between galaxy mergers and the launch of powerful relativistic jets.

7 April 2020
You’ve Got a Friend in Me: A Hot Jupiter with a Unique Companion
Astrobites reports on a unique system called TOI-1130, which contains both a hot Jupiter and a mini-Neptune.

6 April 2020
Featured Image: A Distant Cluster Tips the Scales
Scientists have now carefully weighed the most massive distant galaxy cluster known.