AAS 229: Day 3
This week we’re at the winter AAS meeting in Grapevine, TX. Here are the highlights from Day 3!
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AAS 229: Day 2
This week we’re at the winter AAS meeting in Grapevine, TX. Here are the highlights from Day 2!
AAS 229: Day 1
This week we’re at the winter AAS meeting in Grapevine, TX. Here are the highlights from Day 1!
AAS 229: Welcome!
This week we’ll be bringing you updates from the 229th AAS meeting in Grapevine, TX.
Selections from 2016: Hidden Galaxies Found Behind the Milky Way
Hundreds of new galaxies were discovered this year hiding behind the Milky Way in the “Zone of Avoidance”.
Selections from 2016: A Connection Between Solar Explosions and Dimming on the Sun
A study of a solar explosion has revealed a link between the ejection of plasma from the Sun’s surface and dimming of its corona.
Selections from 2016: A Very Dark Galaxy
This year, scientists discovered Dragonfly 44, a faint galaxy whose center is made up of a whopping 98% dark matter.
Selections from 2016: Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter
Could dark matter be made up of many black holes formed in the early universe? A study from this year examined this possibility.
Selections from 2016: Faintest Early-Universe Galaxy Found
A faint, 13-billion-year-old galaxy may help us to learn how we transitioned out of the universe’s dark ages.
Selections from 2016: An Intermediate-Mass Black Hole in the Milky Way?
Potential signs of the second-largest black hole in our galaxy have been found near the center of the Milky Way.
Selections from 2016: Counting Galaxies in the Observable Universe
How many galaxies are there in the observable universe? The latest estimate is approximately 2 trillion, ten times more than previously thought.
Selections from 2016: Gaps in HL Tau’s Protoplanetary Disk
Beautiful ALMA images of the protoplanetary disk around HL Tau revealed evidence for planets orbiting within the disk.