Knock, Knock. Who’s There? A Free-Floating Planet!
Astrobites reports on a free-floating planet that may have paid a visit to a binary star system hosting an exoplanet and a debris disk.
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AAS 241: Day 4
The final day of AAS 241 brought insights into exploding stars, exposition on open-source code, and a summary of a fantastic year of science with JWST.
AAS 241: Day 3
Check out astrobites’s coverage of Day 3 of AAS 241 to learn about how astronomers unearth black holes, study tiny galaxies, and map magnetic fields!
AAS 241: Day 2
Read about exoplanet discoveries, plasma raining down on the Sun, and much, much more in astrobites’s summary of Day 2 at AAS 241!
AAS 241: Day 1
Check out summaries of plenaries, town halls, and lots of JWST news in astrobites’s coverage of Day 1 of AAS 241!
AAS 241: Welcome!
This week we’ll be bringing you updates from the 241st AAS meeting, happening in Seattle, WA, and online.
AAS Publishing at AAS 241 in Seattle (and Online!)
Will you be at the 241st American Astronomical Society meeting? We look forward to seeing you there!
From the Laboratory to CW Leonis: A Hunt for a Metallic Molecule
What molecules are hiding in the spectrum of the sooty, dust-shrouded carbon star CW Leonis?
New Insights into the Puzzle of NGC 1068
Astrobites reports on the active galactic nucleus–starburst composite galaxy NGC 1068 and a model for its multi-messenger emission.
Looking Back on a Year of Astronomy News with AAS Nova
Join us as we close out the year by looking back on some of the most-read AAS Nova highlights from 2022.
Selections from 2022: Tracing Satellite Tracks in Survey Images
Satellites are increasingly prevalent in orbit around Earth and in our astronomical images. How has the impact of Starlink satellites changed over time, and what are the prospects for the future?
Selections from 2022: Would Changing Jupiter’s Orbit Affect Earth’s Habitability?
If the orbit of our solar system’s most massive planet were slightly different, would it make Earth more or less hospitable to life?