Eliza M.-R. Kempton et al 2017 ApJL 845 L20

Photochemically generated hazes and equilibrium condensate clouds can be distinguished in observations of exoplanet atmospheres based on the transmission spectra measured at the planet limbs.

H. Boyce et al 2017 ApJ 846 14

The dynamics of the Large Magellanic Cloud are analyzed to arrive at a 3-sigma upper limit of 10^7.1 solar masses for the mass of the potential black hole in the LMC’s center.

Weida Hu et al 2017 ApJL 845 L16

The Magellan telescope in Chile has been used to spectroscopically confirm nine narrowband-selected Lyman-alpha-emitting galaxies located at z ≥ 7, roughly tripling the sample size.

Trent J. Dupuy and Michael C. Liu 2017 ApJS 231 15

A decade of astrometric monitoring of 31 ultracool binaries with component spectral types M7–T5 have allowed the precise determination of 38 individual masses spanning 30–115 Jupiter masses.

T. Izumi et al 2017 ApJL 845 L5

ALMA observations of the low-luminosity active galactic nucleus of NGC 1097 reveal a lack of a dense and compact cold molecular torus, implying less active nuclear star formation and/or inflows in NGC 1097.

Michael E. Brown 2017 AJ 154 65

The bias of observations of Kuiper-belt-object (KBO) clustering is assessed. While observational bias is shown to be present, it is unlikely to explain the observed alignment of distant eccentric KBOs.