Rebecca G. Martin et al 2020 ApJL 898 L26

Hydrodynamic modeling of tilt instabilities in accretion disks around binary systems shows that detached circumplanetary disks may commonly be misaligned relative to the planetary orbital plane.

Adam Wheeler et al 2020 ApJ 898 58

A new approach is used to obtain detailed abundances from low-resolution LAMOST spectra for millions of stars, to a precision of 0.05–0.23 dex — providing unprecedented perspective on chemistry across the Milky Way.

Xiaodian Chen et al 2020 ApJS 249 18

The second data release from ZTF contains 781,602 periodic variables — 79.5% of which are newly discovered or newly classified — that can be used to investigate our galaxy’s disk structure and evolution.

Tereasa G. Brainerd and Adam Samuels 2020 ApJL 898 L15

A study of satellites of bright, isolated host galaxies shows a strong tendency for pairs of satellites to be located on the same side of their host, resulting in lopsided spatial distributions.

Imke de Pater et al 2020 Planet. Sci. J. 1 29

Many observed SO emission areas are not known volcanos; instead, the emissions may be caused by a large number of stealth plumes, produced through the interaction of silicate melts with superheated SO₂ vapor at depth.

Giovanni Novara et al 2020 ApJ 898 37

Analysis of a rare flare at a redshift of z = 0.092 — captured by chance by the XMM–Newton spacecraft — suggests that it may be interpreted as a supernova shock break-out or an early cocoon.