Highlights from AAS Nova: 17–30 August 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.

29 August 2025
All Alone With No AGN to Call Home? New Results for Little Red Dots
Small in size and glowing red, little red dots have been confusing astronomers since their discovery by JWST. What are the origins of these distant galaxies, and what have researchers learned so far?

27 August 2025
A Dusty Disk Points to a Potential Planet
Rings and gaps in TWA 7's debris disk suggested a planet might be lurking nearby. JWST observations may have revealed the hidden world.

25 August 2025
From Globs to Gravitational Waves: A Simulated Cosmic Choreography
Astrobites reports on how we might be able to observe gravitational wave signals from intermediate-mass black holes in binary systems with stellar-mass black holes.

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