Highlights from AAS Nova: 31 August – 13 September 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.

12 September 2025
Chiming In on the Pulsar Search: Searching for Pulsars with CHIME
Using CHIME, a new collaboration has embarked on a journey to discover pulsars across the northern sky.

10 September 2025
Scars from a Black Hole
Say a star wandered close enough to a black hole to be partially ripped apart, but lived to tell the tale. What does the rest of its life look like?

8 September
A Dust Curve That Breaks the Mold
Astobites reports on a surprising dust curve in a distant galaxy that challenges what we know about cosmic dust.

5 September 2025
A Close Look at an Ancient Moon
Researchers present the first-ever millimeter-wavelength map of Callisto, the coldest and most weather-worn of Jupiter's major moons.

3 September 2025
Weather Forecast for the Habitable Worlds Observatory: Cloudy with a Chance of Biosignatures
Astrobites reports on how clouds might actually be a good thing when it comes to detecting biosignatures with NASA's proposed next-generation space telescope, the Habitable Worlds Observatory.

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