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Using Hubble Space Telescope optical imaging, the tip of the red giant branch method is used to more accurately measure the distances to six spiral galaxies in the Local Volume.

Sukrit Ranjan et al 2017 ApJ 843 110

M-dwarf planets have access to 100–1000 times less bioactive UV fluence than the young Earth, which may affect their ability to ultimately develop life via UV-sensitive prebiotic chemistry.

Viacheslav M Sadykov et al 2017 ApJS 231 6

The Interactive Multi-Instrument Database of Solar Flares was developed as a comprehensive database of solar flares, including physical descriptors, observing summary, data links, and multi-wavelength light curves.

Connor Hause et al 2017 AJ 154 48

Synthetic spectral analysis of the HST COS spectrum of the U Geminorum-type dwarf nova CW Mon indicate the presence of a 22–27,000 K WD and a low mass accretion rate.

K. Garcia-Sage et al 2017 ApJL 844 L13

Models show an Earth-like planet would not be able to prevent the evaporation of its atmosphere due to incoming stellar EUV flux at Proxima Centauri b’s location around its host star.

David A. Neufeld et al 2017 ApJ 843 94

The GREAT instrument on SOFIA was used to discover water maser emission at frequencies above 1 THz toward three oxygen-rich evolved stars: W Hya, U Her, and VY CMa.