Mi-Ryang Kim et al 2016 ApJS 225 26
95 candidate VELLOs, objects with low-luminosity embedded in dense cores, were found. They may be in quiescent phases of a cycle of episodic mass accretion, explaining their low luminosity.
E. J. Zirnstein et al 2016 ApJ 826 58
IBEX observations of the heliotail reveal “lobes,” distinct localized emission features that provide information on the structure and geometry of the inner heliosheath flow around the Sun.
Kevin Heng 2016 ApJ 826 L16
A dimensionless index is developed to quantify the degree of cloudiness of the atmospheres of transiting exoplanets. A tentative correlation is found between more-irradiated atmospheres and fewer clouds.
Jianchuan Zheng et al 2016 ApJ 826 6
Magnetic imaging data from SDO is used to study the rotation of sunspots from two different solar cycles. The rotational direction and magnetic polarity of the sunspots switch between the two cycles.
Jubee Sohn et al 2016 ApJS 225 23
A friends-of-friends algorithm is used to construct a catalog of 1588 compact groups of 3 or more galaxies at redshift 0.01 < z < 0.19. These can be used to study galaxy–galaxy interactions in dense systems.
Travis S. Metcalfe et al 2016 ApJ 826 L2
The Sun may be in a transitional evolutionary phase, suggest data from rotation–age stellar relations. These data indicate that beyond middle-age, magnetic braking efficiency in stars is dramatically reduced.