G. R. Harp et al 2016 AJ 152 181
SETI observations with the Allen Telescope Array of 9293 stars — including 2015 exoplanet stars and Kepler objects of interest — found no detectable persistent signals from extraterrestrial technology.
Chan-Kao Chang et al 2016 ApJS 227 20
Five dedicated intermediate PTF surveys covering 188 deg2 found one new large super-fast rotator: (40511) 1999 RE88, a main-belt asteroid with diameter of ~1.9 km and period of ~1.96 hr.
Roeland P. van der Marel and Johannes Sahlmann 2016 ApJL 832 L23
The first results from Gaia on Local Group dynamics show proper motions and rotation curves consistent with those measured and inferred from past programs, indicating a promising start for this mission.
Fabio Antonini et al 2016 AJ 152 174
The majority of Jupiter pairs are shown to be dynamically unstable if the inner planet is placed more than 1 AU from the host star, suggesting such planets could not have tidally migrated to their current orbits.
Brian Punsly and Preeti Kharb 2016 ApJ 833 57
Deep Very Large Array imaging is used to detect diffuse extended structure — radio lobes — around the jets of the famous radio-loud quasar 3C 273 for the first time.
André Izidoro et al 2016 ApJ 833 40
The orbits of the asteroids in our solar system may have been excited to their current state if Jupiter’s and Saturn’s early orbits were chaotic, and the gas giants only later moved to their current orbits.