Highlights from AAS Nova: 6-19 December 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.

18 December 2020
Tying Stars and Galaxies Together
A recent study explores how a galaxy’s stars are related to its overall structure.

16 December 2020
Can Computers Identify Holes in the Sun?
Want to be able to predict the flurries of high-energy particles that slam into Earth from the Sun? You’ll first need to track the holes in the Sun’s atmosphere.

15 December 2020
Measuring the Curvature of the Universe with Cosmic Clocks
Astrobites reports on a unique tool for measuring the curvature of the universe: cosmic clocks.

14 December 2020
Diving Into an Atmosphere in Ultraviolet
The hot Jupiter exoplanet HAT-P-41b is harboring a mystery in its atmosphere, recently revealed by observations that span infrared through ultraviolet light.

11 December 2020
A Radio Flare from Colliding Stars?
A new study presents signs of what may be a decades-old merger of two neutron stars.

9 December 2020
Nugget Galaxies Cross in the Sky
Seeing quadruple? Scientists have discovered two new Einstein crosses, rare phenomena in which a distant object appears as four identical copies.

8 December 2020
Warning: Too Much Radiogenic Heat Could Hurt Exoplanet Habitability
Astrobites reports on how radioactive isotopes help to warm up rocky planets — and when that means too much of a good thing.

7 December 2020
Featured Image: Untangling the Galaxy
Did you know that the stars around us are organized into a tangle of strings? Gaia is helping us sort out the threads.