Highlights from AAS Nova: 27 September - 10 October 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 web page for more posts.

9 October 2020
Turbulent Beginnings for Future Planets?
Recent observations from ALMA are providing a new look at the presence — and absence — of turbulence in planet-forming disks.

7 October 2020
New Discoveries from Old Spacecraft
The Voyager probes, launched more than 40 years ago, are still providing new insights.

6 October 2020
Analyzing Thermal Spectra with Machine Learning
Astrobites reports on a machine-learning approach to explore light emitted from the gas distributed throughout galaxy clusters.

5 October 2020
An Explosive Merger … Maybe
Could a pair of faint signals correspond to the first collision we’ve detected of a black hole with a neutron star?

2 October 2020
To Separate Starspots from Planets
Starspots on M dwarfs could be mistaken for planets. How do we distinguish the two?

30 September 2020
The Link Between Black Holes and Their Galaxies
The size of a supermassive black hole seems to track with the size of its host galaxy. But is this a statistical fluke, or is there a physical reason for the connection?

29 September 2020
Life Finds a Way (Even on M Dwarfs?)
M dwarfs are known to be highly active when they’re young, which is bad for habitability. But what about old M dwarfs? Astrobites reports.

28 September 2020
Featured Image: Blob Ejection May Cause Magnetar Bursts
This dramatic simulation shows how the escape of blobs of plasma from a magnetar could produce fast radio bursts.