B. E. Tetarenko et al 2016 ApJ 825 10
The radio source VLA J213002.08+120904 (found at 2.2 kpc) is the first black hole X-ray binary discovered in quiescence outside of a globular cluster. There’s likely a large population of such objects in our galaxy.
Adam L. Kraus et al 2016 AJ 152 8
High-resolution imaging of 382 Kepler Objects of Interest reveals a paucity of binary companions at solar-system scales, suggesting that the influence of a binary companion prevents planetary-system formation.
B. Trakhtenbrot et al 2016 ApJ 825 4
New observations of 14 faint, X-ray selected AGN indicate that a significant population of faint z ~ 5−6 AGNs should be detectable in deep X-ray surveys, but we don’t observe this. Why not?
B. C. Thomas et al 2016 ApJ 826 L3
Two supernovae are thought to have occurred within 100 pc in the last 10 Myr. What impact did they have on life on Earth? This study examines the many effects potentially due to these supernovae.
Arthur D. Adams and Stephen R. Kane 2016 AJ 152 4
The stellar properties of stars with transiting planets are compared to those with transiting planets that orbit in their hosts’ habitable zones. The two populations do not appear to be statistically different.
Adrian M. Price-Whelan et al 2016 ApJ 824 104
The chaotic fanning of the Ophiuchus stellar stream that orbits the Milky Way may have been caused by the graviational potential of the rotating, triaxial bar-like structure located in the galactic bulge.