Highlights from AAS Nova: 20 February - 5 March 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.

4 March 2022
A Magnetic Mashup in Binary Neutron Star Mergers
Can we figure out the initial magnetic field configuration of two neutron stars given the magnetic field after they’ve collided?

2 March 2022
A Potential New Source of Quasi-Periodic Eruptions
Only four galaxies in the universe are known to exhibit strange, high-energy eruptions. Now, a serendipitous search may have turned up a fifth.

1 March 2022
Counting Clusters to Probe Ancient Star Formation
Astrobites reports on Hubble Space Telescope observations of globular clusters in an ultra-diffuse galaxy. What can these observations tell us about this galaxy’s star-formation history?

28 February 2022
A Recurring Character: RS Oph Shines Again in X-Rays
Hello again, RS Oph! What can X-ray observations tell us about one of the only known recurrent novae in the Milky Way?

25 February 2022
Chasing a Solar Filament
Astronomers combine spectra and images to track a strand of solar plasma as it escapes from the Sun’s atmosphere.

23 February 2022
Meteorites Reveal Radioactive Heating in Asteroids
Meteorites that rain down on Earth provide a way to study the building blocks of the solar system. What can meteorites tell us about their parent asteroids?

22 February 2022
If You Like OIR-Dark Galaxies, Here’s Two MORA!
Astrobites reports on two dusty star-forming galaxies, which are likely high redshift and appear dark in the optical and near-infrared.