January 1, 2019 updates Posted on January 1, 2019June 28, 2020 by Doug Loss Dust bombardment can explain the extremely elongated shape of 1I/’Oumuamua and the lack of interstellar objects https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.11334 Modular Inflatable Composites for Space Telescopes https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.11667 Microlensing Results Challenge the Core Accretion Runaway Growth Scenario for Gas Giants https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.11785 Exoplanets in the Antarctic Sky. I. The First Data Release of AST3-II (CHESPA) and New Found Variables within the Southern CVZ of TESS https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.11907