Highlights from AAS Nova: 6-19 February 2022

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 February 2022
A Magnetar Bursting with Mysteries
What caused the change in behavior of a certain magnetar? Crustal chaos, or magnetic field shifts?

16 February 2022
Seeking Protostellar Companions in Orion
A team of astronomers has used sensitive radio arrays to probe the depths of dusty clouds and investigate the earliest stages of star formation.

15 February 2022
The CHIME is Now for Fast Radio Bursts
Astrobites reports on the new CHIME/FRB catalog, which includes 536 fast radio bursts and a number of exciting new sources.

14 February 2022
Clues from Quasars in the Early Universe
The most luminous objects in the universe can help us understand how supermassive black holes gained mass in the earliest galaxies.

11 February 2022
Galactic Chemistry with Solar Twins
Astronomers study remarkably Sun-like stars to understand how the Milky Way gets its heavy metals.

9 February 2022
Can Gravitational Waves Tell Us How Binary Black Holes Form?
Elusive black hole binaries can arise from isolated pairs of stars or in the heart of dense star clusters — and gravitational waves can reveal their secrets.

8 February 2022
Atmospheres of Small Planets Through a Big Telescope
Astrobites reports on what JWST might bring for detections of biosignatures in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

7 February 2022
Featured Image: Magnetic Fields and Solar Outflows
New models of the Sun’s magnetic field seek to solve a long-standing conflict between simulations and spacecraft observations.