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Seven temperate terrestrial planets around the nearby ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1

M. Gillon, A. H. M. J. Triaud, Brice-Olivier Demory et al. · Nature · 2017 · 1.5K citations · Full text

Planetary Body, Solar Terrestrial Environment, Terrestrial Planet +4

Spectroscopic identification of r-process nucleosynthesis in a double neutron-star merger

E. Pian, P. D’Avanzo, S. Benetti et al. · Nature · 2017 · 935 citations · Full text

The Emergence of a Lanthanide-rich Kilonova Following the Merger of Two Neutron Stars

N. R. Tanvir, A. J. Levan, C. Gónzalez-Fernández et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2017 · 716 citations · Full text

Relativistic Astrophysics, Neutron Star Physics, Engineering +17

The optical afterglow of the short gamma-ray burst associated with GW170817

J. Lyman, Gavin P. Lamb, A. J. Levan et al. · Nature Astronomy · 2018 · 248 citations · Full text

Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes, Relativistic Astrophysics, Photometry +11

The fast, luminous ultraviolet transient AT2018cow: extreme supernova, or disruption of a star by an intermediate-mass black hole?

D. A. Perley, P. A. Mazzali, Lin Yan et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2018 · 214 citations · Full text