A. Kashlinsky 2016 ApJ 823 L25
If LIGO-type primordial black holes make up the bulk or all of dark matter, this would increase the abundance of early collapsed dark-matter halos, suitable for producing the first generation of stars.
Christopher M. Faesi et al 2016 ApJ 821 125
Submillimeter-Array observations of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in NGC 300 indicate that these star-forming regions are similar to GMCs in the disks of the Milky Way and other nearby spiral galaxies.
G. Narayan et al 2016 ApJS 224 3
A series of improvements in the calibration of the photometry for 213 high-redshift Type Ia supernovae will improve estimates of the equation of state parameter for dark energy models.
Marta L. Bryan et al 2016 ApJ 821 89
8 new long-period gas giants are found in a search of 123 exoplanetary systems for companions, bringing the occurrence rate for the sample to 52% for 1-20 Jupiter-mass companions at 5-20 AU.
Saurabh Sharma et al 2016 AJ 151 126
A large number of deeply embedded low-mass young stellar objects were mapped out in eight southern bright-rimmed clouds. Their detection implies recent star formation in these clouds.
J-R Pycke and E. Russell 2016 ApJ 821 110
Analysis of the Cosmic Void Catalog shows that the size distribution of simulated cosmic voids in the universe is very similar to the galaxy log-normal mass distribution also obtained from numerical studies.