Shuhong Yang et al 2016 ApJL 833 L18

Observations from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph show how a light wall on the solar surface responds when flare material hits its base: the wall brightens at the base and then increases in height.

C. Garraffo et al 2016 ApJL 833 L4

3D MHD modeling of Proxima Centauri’s wind and magnetic field suggest that Proxima Centauri b is subject to stellar wind pressures of more than 2000 times those experienced by Earth from the solar wind.

N. G. Rudraswami et al 2016 ApJS 227 15

Dust-sized cosmic particles undergo ablation and chemical alteration during atmospheric entry, causing significant changes in the composition of particles with large sizes or high entry velocities.

Hao Xu et al 2016 ApJ 833 84

Renaissance Simulation results show that bursty star formation occurs in halos as small as 10^7 solar masses, confirming the importance of radiation from the smallest galaxies in reionizing the early universe.

Konstantin Batygin and Michael E. Brown 2016 ApJL 833 L3

Simulations show that a hypothetical Planet Nine on an eccentric, mildly inclined orbit can generate the population of unusual-orbit, highly-inclined Kuiper Belt objects we observe in the solar system.

Takashi J. Moriya et al 2016 ApJ 833 64

Light curves are modeled for supernovae that are powered by rapidly rotating, strongly magnetized neutron stars that collapse into black holes after losing the rotation energy required to support their mass.