Tong Li et al 2016 ApJ 817 L15
Multiple-band NIR observations are shown to be usable to differentiate between an inhabited planet, and an exomoon with a CH4 atmosphere orbiting an abiotic planet with an O2-rich atmosphere.
B. E. Tetarenko et al 2016 ApJS 222 15
A comprehensive database of black hole X-ray binary activity between 1996 and 2015 is compiled, containing 132 transient outbursts and tracking the behavior of 57 accreting black holes.
A. Dieball et al 2016 ApJ 817 48
The search for old, metal-poor brown dwarfs — useful for testing stellar formation and evolution theories — has turned up 4 candidates in the globular cluster M4 using deep Hubble NIR imaging.
Christopher Spalding et al 2016 ApJ 817 18
Calculations show that when a moon-hosting planet migrates inward, moons orbiting within about ~10 planetary radii could be captured into resonances and destroyed via collision with the planet.
G. A. D. Savorgnan and A. W. Graham 2016 ApJS 222 10
Spitzer imagery is used to decompose 66 galaxies into components (spheroids, disks, bars, rings, arms, halos, etc.) to accurately determine spheroid mass for use in improved black hole mass scaling relations.
S. Archambault et al 2016 ApJ 817 L7
LS I +61° 303 is a TeV binary system of a compact object and a B0 Ve star. VERITAS observations from late 2014 show a series of the brightest TeV flares from this source yet observed.