M. McDonald et al 2016 ApJ 817 86
A study of the 90 brightest cluster galaxies suggests that the dominant mode fueling their star formation may have recently transitioned from galaxy–galaxy interactions to cooling of the intracluster medium.
David Vartanyan et al 2016 ApJ 816 94
Analysis of the properties and evolution of protoplanetary disks around stellar binaries reveals that these are in many ways more favorable sites for planet formation than disks around single stars.
P. L. Kelly et al 2016 ApJ 819 L8
A supernova gravitationally lensed by a galaxy cluster appeared as a first image in Nov 2014. It was predicted to reappear in Dec 2015 in a second host-galaxy image — and the prediction was successful!
Abraham Loeb 2016 ApJ 819 L21
The Fermi-detected transient that followed GW150914 could be related if the binary black hole originated as a dumbbell configuration from the core of a collapsed, rapidly rotating massive star.
James F. Steiner et al 2016 ApJ 817 154
Chandra and NuSTAR data suggest the eclipsing X-ray binary IC 10 X–1 contains a black hole obscured during eclipse by a dense wind. X-ray continuum fitting provides a mass-dependent spin measurement.
Mark Brodwin et al 2016 ApJ 817 122
Chandra observations of the most massive galaxy cluster at z>1.5 provide a low upper limit on metallicity, demonstrate it’s a “cool core” cluster (the first known at z>1.2), and suggest a recent merger occurred.