Highlights from AAS Nova: 30 August - 12 September 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.

11 September 2020
A Satellite for Eurybates
It turns out that this asteroid — a target for the upcoming Lucy mission, which will visit Jupiter trojans — isn’t alone.

9 September 2020
An Update on Fast Radio Bursts: New Discovery in Our Own Galaxy
Have we recently spotted the first equivalent of a fast radio burst located within our own galaxy?

8 September 2020
Detecting Non-Uniform Clouds on Hot Jupiters in the Era of JWST
Astrobites reports on how we can find non-uniform cloud cover on exoplanets using the James Webb Space Telescope.

4 September 2020
History as Told by a Merger Background
How does the rate of binary black hole mergers change with time? The gravitational waves produced by undistinguished individual mergers might be able to help.

2 September 2020
LIGO/Virgo’s Newest Merger Defies Mass Expectations
The two black holes that merged in GW190521 are the most massive we’ve observed yet, and this has major astrophysical implications.

1 September 2020
It Isn’t Gatorade Quenching This Galaxy
How do galaxies transition from blue and star-forming to red and dead? Astrobites reports on a new clue.

31 August 2020
Featured Image: Clumps in a Dusty Ring
A recent study shows how a ring of dust and gas surrounding a newly born star might behave as it evolves.