6 September 2022

Highlights from AAS Nova: 21 August - 3 September 2022

Kerry Hensley

Kerry Hensley American Astronomical Society (AAS)

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.

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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.

2 September 2022
Where Do Eccentric Stellar Twins Come From?
The Milky Way hosts a large number of binary stars with equal masses and wide orbits. A new analysis of data from the Gaia spacecraft may help researchers understand how these systems formed.

31 August 2022
Keeping Tabs on Clusters in an Ultra-diffuse Galaxy
What’s responsible for the arrangement of ultra-diffuse galaxy NGC5846-UDG1’s (many!) globular clusters?

30 August 2022
Pre-Supernova Burps and Red Supergiant Reflux
Astrobites reports on new simulations of pre-supernova outbursts and they affect the final supernova explosion as seen from Earth.

29 August 2022
Featured Image: First Images of a Substellar Companion in the Hyades
A directly imaged object in the nearest star cluster to Earth may help researchers understand how substellar objects evolve over time.

26 August 2022
Probing a Bright Radio Galaxy with X-Rays
What can the polarization of light around the core of Centaurus A tell us about the physics at play in such a high-energy environment?

24 August 2022
Can Machine Learning Warn Us of Approaching Geomagnetic Storms?
In the Sun’s atmosphere, a massive eruption of plasma is brewing — how can we predict if a coronal mass ejection will cause a damaging geomagnetic storm?

23 August 2022
Polka-Dotted Stars: Searching for Spots on KOI-340
Astrobites reports on a search for polka dots of concentrated magnetic flux on the surface of a subgiant star.

22 August 2022
Researchers Reveal a Hidden Pulsar
Astronomers have tracked down a second millisecond pulsar in a nearby globular cluster. Can this discovery help us understand why these systems are so hard to find?

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