Highlights from AAS Nova: 25 April - 8 May 2021

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.

30 May 2021
Searching for Universal Acceleration
Is dark matter the cause of strange behavior in galactic outskirts? Or is something else at work? Scientists have turned to elliptical galaxies in search of new clues.

5 May 2021
AAS Seeks Communications Specialist
Applications are now open for a science communications position at the AAS.

4 May 2021
Astrobites Airlines: We’re going to Planet Nine!
Astrobites provides a journey to the outer solar system to learn about the latest models describing the influence of the hypothesized Planet Nine.

3 May 2021
Featured Image: Eclipses Reveal Sources of Solar Wind
A detailed set of images of the eclipsed Sun has helped scientists to identify the source of streams of high-energy particles from our star.

30 April 2021
Signs of Extreme Survivor Stars
A recent study considers what sort of stars could live in the extreme environments surrounding supermassive black holes.

28 April 2021
New View of Asteroid Ryugu’s Surface
Ground-based measurements of Ryugu’s surface are helping to complete the picture of this nearby, rocky body while we wait for sample analysis.

27 April 2021
Evolving Terrestrial Atmospheres: Can Fire and Air Make A Watery Earth?
Astrobites reports on whether interactions between magma and a planetary atmosphere can create a water dominated super-Earth.

26 April 2021
Solving the Mystery of Varying Red Giants
Scientists have long puzzled over slow and regular variations in the brightness of many evolved giant stars. Have we now found an explanation?