Crystal M. Moorman et al 2016 ApJ 831 118
Analysis of a large sample of SDSS galaxies suggests void environments allow for higher specific star formation rates while forming stars with similar efficiencies to those in walls.
Laura Kreidberg and Abraham Loeb 2016 ApJL 832 L12
The future James Webb Space Telescope is shown to be capable of testing for the presence of an atmosphere that supports liquid water (and therefore, potentially life) on the exoplanet Proxima Centauri b.
Wageesh Mishra et al 2016 ApJ 831 99
Analysis of two coronal mass ejections launched successively from the Sun on 2013 October 25 provides a better understanding of their subsequent collision 37 solar radii away from the Sun.
Lars A. Buchhave et al 2016 AJ 152 160
New observations of the Kepler-20 solar system characterize the 1.8 Earth-radius Kepler-20b as the most massive planet with a likely rocky composition found, and reveal a sixth planet that doesn’t transit.
T. L. Campante et al 2016 ApJ 830 138
NASA’s upcoming Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission is predicted to detect solar-like oscillations in several hundred exoplanet host stars, including both solar-type and red-giant stars.
J. J. DeLaunay et al 2016 ApJL 832 L1
A transient gamma-ray counterpart was found with Swift for the fast radio burst FRB 131104 — but the energy and timescale of the gamma-ray emission are inconsistent with most current models for FRBs.