Tuan H. Vu et al 2016 ApJ 816 L26
This experimental study provides insight on the potential composition of Europa’s subsurface ocean based on what minerals are confirmed to have crystallized at its frozen surface.
M. Ansdell et al 2016 ApJ 816 69
Ten young dwarf stars’ “dipping” light curves could be caused by differing mechanisms, including: inner disk warps, vortices at the inner disk edge, and transiting clumps of circumstellar material.
Philipp Girichidis et al 2016 ApJ 816 L19
MHD simulations of supernova-driven interstellar medium show that cosmic rays are able to launch and sustain strong outflows of atomic and ionized gas, with mass-loading factors of ~1.
Jason H. Steffen and Gongjie Li 2016 ApJ 816 97
Numerical simulations of resonant planet-planet interactions show that close-proximity pairs of planets that lie in their host’s habitable zone can be conducive to life in the system.
Sarah Ballard and John Asher Johnson 2016 ApJ 816 66
The best model of Kepler M-dwarf planet hosts predicts that roughly half of these hosts contain ~7 coplanar planets. The other half contain single planets, or multiple planets with large mutual inclinations.
Andrew J. Fox et al 2016 ApJ 816 L11
Hubble measurements show that the Smith Cloud is metal-enriched, suggesting it represents recycled Galactic material rather than a dwarf galaxy remnant or accreting intergalactic gas.