OXFORD, England, Oct. 17 -- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, a journal that features astronomy and astrophysics, published research articles, including the following topics, in its Vol. 517, No. 2 edition:

ARTICLES:

* The effects of local stellar radiation and dust depletion on non-equilibrium interstellar chemistry

* Stability analysis of supermassive primordial stars: a new mass range for general relativistic instability supernovae