Audrey Thirouin et al 2018 ApJS 239 4

Over 4.5 years, the Mission Accessible Near-Earth Object Survey assembled 228 near-Earth object (NEO) light curves; the team characterizes two NEOs as appropriate targets for a potential robotic/human mission.

Adam M. Dempsey and Benjamin E. Nelson 2018 ApJ 867 75

Dissipative N-body simulations demonstrate that the GJ876 system, an M-dwarf hosting three planets orbiting in a chaotic 4:2:1 Laplace resonance, can be formed through smooth disk migration models.

Luis A. Zapata et al 2018 AJ 156 239

ALMA’s resolved images of carbon monoxide toward the binary flows associated with the BHR 71 protostellar system reveal for the first time solid evidence that their flows are partially colliding.

Howard Chen et al 2018 ApJL 868 L6

Simulations show that changes in illumination geometry and rotation-induced circulation can influence the global distribution of atmospheric biosignatures on tidally locked exoplanets.

Pei Zuo et al 2018 ApJ 867 13

The discovery of a rare, isolated dark cloud currently undergoing H₂ formation lets us examine the atomic-to-molecular transition and suggests that a classical star formation picture is favored over fast star formation models.

Thomas Barclay et al 2018 ApJS 239 2

Estimates suggest TESS will find 1,250 ± 70 exoplanets, including 250 smaller than 2 R_⊕. An additional 3,100 planets will be found in full-frame image data orbiting bright dwarf stars and more than 10,000 around fainter stars.