AAS 245: Day 2
Talks on Day 2 of AAS 245 gave new perspectives on familiar objects, explored the icy origins of planetary systems, and highlighted the power of X-ray astronomy.
Astrobites reports on a cosmic drama in action: three active black holes, tangled jets, and fading light.
Astronomers search for a simple organic molecule in Lynds 1544, a cold, dense clump of gas that will one day become a star.
A chance alignment between galaxies allows astronomers to study a single star system as it was when the universe was just 6 billion years old.
Astrobites reports on the potential habitability of Teegarden’s Star b, a promising Earth-like planet.
How has the Crab Nebula supernova remnant changed since the Hubble Space Telescope observed it in 1999–2000?
A recent study looks to the nearest rubble-ridden systems for the potential origins of interstellar objects that have visited our solar system.
The upcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time will detect an astonishing number of transients — including kilonovae from colliding neutron stars.
Astrobites reports on RACS J0320−35, a quasar that appears to be breaking a cosmic limit by consuming matter faster than theory should allow.