AAS 232: Day 3 and Day 4
This week we’re at the summer AAS meeting in Denver, CO. Here are the highlights from Day 3!
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AAS 232: Day 2
This week we’re at the summer AAS meeting in Denver, CO. Here are the highlights from Day 2!
AAS 232: Day 0 and Day 1
This week we’re at the summer AAS meeting in Denver, CO. Here are the highlights from Day 1!
AAS 232: Welcome!
This week we’ll be bringing you updates from the 232nd AAS meeting in Denver, CO.
The Aftermath of GW170817: Neutron Star or Black Hole?
What object was formed in the collision of two neutron stars in August 2017? New X-ray observations may have the answer.
Mars’s Leaky Atmosphere and Habitability
A new study explores Mars’s evolution from a potentially habitable world to an inhospitable environment.
A Classic Optics Experiment, in Space, with Asteroids and AGN
Astrobites reports on what we learned from the occultation of an active galactic nucleus by an asteroid.
A Massive Neutron Star with a Two-Faced Companion
In a recent study, scientists may have identified the most massive neutron star yet — by leveraging observations of its highly irradiated companion.
Dark Matter in NGC 1052-DF2: A Matter of Debate
Does the galaxy NGC 1052-DF2 really lack dark matter, or is this ultra-faint dwarf just misunderstood?
Optics to Outrace Them All
Astronomers are using a once-secret technology to scrutinize Kepler stars. Astrobites reports on the implication this has for our observations of exoplanets.
Bubbles in Titan’s Seas
The frigid seas of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, host a secret: something is causing features to appear and disappear within them. Could these seas be bubbling?
Disentangling the History of the Magellanic Clouds
New images of the faint outskirts of the Milky Way’s largest satellite galaxies reveal the extent of their complex interactions.