Andrew Vanderburg et al 2016 ApJ 829 L9
Two super-Earth planets have been discovered transiting the nearby (46 pc) late G-dwarf HD 3167 — one of the closest and brightest stars to host multiple transiting planets and well suited for follow-up.
Matthew J. Holman and Matthew J. Payne 2016 AJ 152 80
Astrometry of Pluto and other trans-Neptunian objects, used to constrain the location/distance/mass of a possible Planet Nine, suggests the planet is more massive or closer than was originally hypothesized.
Amanda A. Kepley et al 2016 ApJ 828 50
ALMA observations of the prototypical blue compact dwarf galaxy II Zw 40 reveal it to be rapidly evolving, with molecular gas properties dominated by large-scale shocks from its ongoing merger.
Simon B. Porter et al 2016 ApJ 828 L15
The LORRI instrument on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made the first close observations of any Kuiper Belt object other than Pluto, constraining 1994 JR1’s surface properties and rotation period.
R. M. Shannon et al 2016 ApJ 828 L1
A broadband variation is noted in the pulse profile of the millisecond pulsar J1643−1224. Understanding and accounting for such profile variations is essential for pulsar-timing experiments.
Michelle Lochner et al 2016 ApJS 225 31
A pipeline is developed for automated photometric supernova classification that can achieve accurate classification purely from light curve data, without the need for any redshift information.