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Monthly Roundup: The Sun, Space Weather, and Solar Flares

Four research articles take on small-scale phenomena in coronal plumes, the question of magnetic reconnection, red-winged flares, and solar wind forecasts. aasnova.org/2023/12/13/mon…

Monthly Roundup: The Sun, Space Weather, and Solar Flares Four research articles take on small-scale phenomena in coronal plumes, the question of magnetic reconnection, red-winged flares, and solar wind forecasts. aasnova.org/2023/12/13/mon…
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Siblings or Only Children: M-dwarf Planets

astrobites's Jack Lubin reports on the differences between planets orbiting M dwarfs in single-planet and multi-planet systems. aasnova.org/2023/12/12/sib…

Siblings or Only Children: M-dwarf Planets @astrobites's @LubysLemmas reports on the differences between planets orbiting M dwarfs in single-planet and multi-planet systems. aasnova.org/2023/12/12/sib…
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Featured Image: Surveying the Milky Way’s Faint X-ray Sources

The first phase of a survey designed to discover faint X-ray sources in our galaxy is complete, resulting in the discovery of hundreds of new sources. aasnova.org/2023/12/11/fea… NASA Universe

Featured Image: Surveying the Milky Way’s Faint X-ray Sources The first phase of a survey designed to discover faint X-ray sources in our galaxy is complete, resulting in the discovery of hundreds of new sources. aasnova.org/2023/12/11/fea… @NASAUniverse
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Seventeen Days of X-rays with Circinus X-1

An investigation of a young neutron star in an X-ray binary system has led researchers to propose a new model that explains its complicated X-ray behavior.
aasnova.org/2023/12/08/sev… UTokyo | 東京大学 JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

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A Radio Investigation of an Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Candidate

Between stellar-mass and supermassive black holes lie intermediate-mass black holes. New radio data give insight into the nature of a promising intermediate-mass black hole candidate. aasnova.org/2023/12/06/a-r…

A Radio Investigation of an Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Candidate Between stellar-mass and supermassive black holes lie intermediate-mass black holes. New radio data give insight into the nature of a promising intermediate-mass black hole candidate. aasnova.org/2023/12/06/a-r…
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Forget X-ray Vision: Using Gravitational Waves to Peer Inside the Sun

astrobites's Lucas Brown reports on the far-out possibility of using continuous gravitational waves from faraway pulsars to learn about the inside of the Sun. aasnova.org/2023/12/05/for…

Forget X-ray Vision: Using Gravitational Waves to Peer Inside the Sun @astrobites's @lucasb413 reports on the far-out possibility of using continuous gravitational waves from faraway pulsars to learn about the inside of the Sun. aasnova.org/2023/12/05/for…
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Dark Halos and Warped Disks

Can impact-tilted dark matter halos explain why so many spiral galaxies have warped disks? aasnova.org/2023/12/04/dar… Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

Dark Halos and Warped Disks Can impact-tilted dark matter halos explain why so many spiral galaxies have warped disks? aasnova.org/2023/12/04/dar… @CenterForAstro
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Patience Rewarded with a Planet

A recently discovered exoplanet required immense patience to uncover, both from an international team of astronomers and from a plucky suitcase-sized satellite.
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Patience Rewarded with a Planet A recently discovered exoplanet required immense patience to uncover, both from an international team of astronomers and from a plucky suitcase-sized satellite. aasnova.org/2023/12/01/pat…
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Investigation of a Nearby, Cold, and Young Brown Dwarf

Researchers have taken another look at a peculiar brown dwarf, highlighting the challenges of studying these cool, cloudy objects. aasnova.org/2023/11/29/inv… UF Astronomy NOIRLab backyardworlds

Investigation of a Nearby, Cold, and Young Brown Dwarf Researchers have taken another look at a peculiar brown dwarf, highlighting the challenges of studying these cool, cloudy objects. aasnova.org/2023/11/29/inv… @UFastro @NOIRLabAstro @backyardworlds
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Let’s Be Real: A Call for Physically Realistic Assumptions

astrobites's Janette Suherli reports on the assumptions used in photoionization models that affect our understanding of ionized gas clouds surrounding hot stars. aasnova.org/2023/11/28/let…

Let’s Be Real: A Call for Physically Realistic Assumptions @astrobites's Janette Suherli reports on the assumptions used in photoionization models that affect our understanding of ionized gas clouds surrounding hot stars. aasnova.org/2023/11/28/let…
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Featured Image: Solar Flares in Focus

A new catalog of solar flares aims to understand why some flares are accompanied by massive explosions of plasma and others are not. aasnova.org/2023/11/27/fea… LASP National Solar Observatory

Featured Image: Solar Flares in Focus A new catalog of solar flares aims to understand why some flares are accompanied by massive explosions of plasma and others are not. aasnova.org/2023/11/27/fea… @LASPatCU @NatSolarObs
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Sizing Up Neutron Stars with Gravitational Waves

How precise will our measurements of neutron star sizes be when future gravitational wave observatories come online? aasnova.org/2023/11/22/siz… University of Washington Syracuse University Physics

Sizing Up Neutron Stars with Gravitational Waves How precise will our measurements of neutron star sizes be when future gravitational wave observatories come online? aasnova.org/2023/11/22/siz… @UW @syracusephysics
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Monthly Roundup: TRAPPIST-1 Through the Eyes of JWST

Five articles provide perspectives on the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, from JWST’s first search for the innermost planets’ atmospheres to the prospect of detecting life, should it exist. aasnova.org/2023/11/21/mon…

Monthly Roundup: TRAPPIST-1 Through the Eyes of JWST Five articles provide perspectives on the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, from JWST’s first search for the innermost planets’ atmospheres to the prospect of detecting life, should it exist. aasnova.org/2023/11/21/mon…
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Two-for-One, Three Times: New Candidate Brown Dwarf Binaries

With the help of citizen scientists, a team of astronomers found that three previously observed fuzzy blobs may actually be rare, close-in pairs of brown dwarfs. aasnova.org/2023/11/20/two…

Two-for-One, Three Times: New Candidate Brown Dwarf Binaries With the help of citizen scientists, a team of astronomers found that three previously observed fuzzy blobs may actually be rare, close-in pairs of brown dwarfs. aasnova.org/2023/11/20/two…
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An Explanation for the Overmassive Black Hole in the Dwarf Galaxy Leo I

Tidal stripping may explain why a tiny galaxy hosts a black hole nearly as massive as the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole. aasnova.org/2023/11/17/an-… Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University

An Explanation for the Overmassive Black Hole in the Dwarf Galaxy Leo I Tidal stripping may explain why a tiny galaxy hosts a black hole nearly as massive as the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole. aasnova.org/2023/11/17/an-… @CenterForAstro @harvardbhi
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Setting the Speed Limit for Shock-Accelerated Cosmic Rays

Could supernova shocks be the source of charged particles accelerated up to quadrillions of electronvolts? aasnova.org/2023/11/15/set… UChiPhysicalSciences

Setting the Speed Limit for Shock-Accelerated Cosmic Rays Could supernova shocks be the source of charged particles accelerated up to quadrillions of electronvolts? aasnova.org/2023/11/15/set… @UChicagoPSD
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A Cosmic Game of LEGO

astrobites's Lucie Rowland reports on how to identify merging galaxies and investigate the importance of these collisions over cosmic time. aasnova.org/2023/11/14/a-c…

A Cosmic Game of LEGO @astrobites's @lucie_rowland1 reports on how to identify merging galaxies and investigate the importance of these collisions over cosmic time. aasnova.org/2023/11/14/a-c…
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Featured Image: Watching Waves in Sunspot Centers

Researchers analyze solar images to understand how umbral oscillations travel upward and outward from sunspot centers. aasnova.org/2023/11/13/fea…

Featured Image: Watching Waves in Sunspot Centers Researchers analyze solar images to understand how umbral oscillations travel upward and outward from sunspot centers. aasnova.org/2023/11/13/fea…
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Why Are Jets from Disrupted Stars So Rare?

A new theory explains why tidal disruption events are only rarely accompanied by powerful jets. aasnova.org/2023/11/08/why… Hebrew University Columbia University

Why Are Jets from Disrupted Stars So Rare? A new theory explains why tidal disruption events are only rarely accompanied by powerful jets. aasnova.org/2023/11/08/why… @HebrewU @Columbia
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Tracking Down an Escaped White Dwarf

Researchers search for massive white dwarfs that once resided in the nearest open star cluster to Earth. aasnova.org/2023/11/06/tra… UBC PHAS

Tracking Down an Escaped White Dwarf Researchers search for massive white dwarfs that once resided in the nearest open star cluster to Earth. aasnova.org/2023/11/06/tra… @UBCphas
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