Highlights from AAS Nova: 16 February – 1 March 2025

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 AAS Nova for more posts. You can also sign up to receive emails each time a new post is published.

28 February 2025
Record-Breaking Pulsating White Dwarf Discovered
A newly investigated ultra-massive white dwarf may provide the best opportunity to study the interior of a white dwarf through its pulsations.

26 February 2025
Echoes of a Tidal Disruption Event
New research investigates the infrared echo from a star being ripped apart in a dusty accretion disk around a supermassive black hole.

25 February 2025
A Little Red Dot by Any Other Name Would Smell Just like a Green Pea!?
Astrobites reports on whether green pea galaxies are the local counterparts of the famous little red dots that are found in the early universe.

24 February 2025
Featured Image: How Do You Solve a Problem like (Lunar) Maria?
Researchers explore the use of machine-learning techniques for classifying maria, cryptomaria, and plains regions on the surface of the Moon.

21 February 2025
Supernova Signatures on Life in the Local Bubble
Clues within Earth’s crust have led astronomers to discover how the solar system’s path through the Local Bubble may have impacted the evolution of our planet’s life.

19 February 2025
I Can See Clearly Now: A Deep Learning Method to Remove Clouds from Solar Images
Clouds getting in the way of ground-based solar images? A new machine learning method can identify and remove clouds, revealing the hidden solar features underneath.

18 February 2025
Feeding CAMELS: An Exploration of Galactic Feedback Effects in Simulations
Astrobites reports on the complicated effects of black hole and stellar feedback in cosmological simulations.

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