Sota Arakawa and Taishi Nakamoto 2016 ApJL 832 L19
A solar system model is put forward in which nm-sized silicate grains are produced by evaporation and recondensation events in early solar nebula, and these nanograins aggregate into rocky planetesimals.
Daisuke Homma et al 2016 ApJ 832 21
Early survey data from Subaru’s Hyper Suprime-Cam program reveals the presence of a new ultra-faint dwarf satellite companion of the Milky Way, located in the constellation of Virgo.
A. Thirouin et al 2016 AJ 152 163
The first photometric results from the MANOS project help to characterize 87 sub-km near-Earth objects and identify seven as the most suitable candidates for a future human or robotic mission.
Y. Shvartzvald et al 2016 ApJ 831 183
Swift, Spitzer, and ground-based groups all simultaneously observed the microlensing event OGLE-2015-BLG-1319, allowing for the measurement of physical properties of the system.
E. Bañados et al 2016 ApJS 227 11
124 quasars are presented in the redshift range 5.6 < z < 6.7, allowing for statistical analysis of the high-redshift quasar population. This can provide unique information about the first Gyr of the universe.
Crystal M. Moorman et al 2016 ApJ 831 118
Analysis of a large sample of SDSS galaxies suggests void environments allow for higher specific star formation rates while forming stars with similar efficiencies to those in walls.