Highlights from AAS Nova: 28 September – 11 October 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.

10 October 2025
Rapid Recurrent Nova May Be Challenging Perceptions
A recent study finds that a recurrent nova may be powered by a rare Be star–white dwarf binary system, broadening the scope of possible nova origins.

8 October 2025
Researchers Spot a Rare Glowing, Growing Planet
Growing planets need to eat, and astronomers just found one snacking on gas in between the rings of a protoplanetary disk.

6 October
Finding Avatar’s Pandora: Exomoons with Astrometry
Astrobites reports on how we might someday detect moons around planets outside our solar system by precisely tracking the positions of a star and a planet.

3 October 2025
AAS Nova Celebrates 10 Years of Astronomy Research News
AAS Nova turned 10 this year! For our 2,000th post, we’re looking back on the past decade of astronomy research.

1 October 2025
Planetary Hide and Seek
Astrobites reports on a study that explores whether there are planets hiding from us inside the gaps of multi-planet systems.

29 September 2025
Featured Image: JWST Expands the Search for Extragalactic Supernova Remnants
Infrared studies of resolved supernova remnants beyond the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds are now within reach.

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