S. Singh et al 2016 ApJ 828 55
Evidence for acetylene was detected on the surface of Titan using the Cassini Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer at three different equatorial areas. The acetylene may be mobilized by surface processes.
K. H. Kim et al 2016 ApJS 226 8
Spitzer/IRS was used to investigate 319 class II young stellar objects (YSOs) in the Orion A star-forming region and compare their properties with those of YSOs in other nearby star-forming regions such as Taurus.
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.