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MHONGOOSE: A MeerKAT nearby galaxy survey

A JVLA, LOFAR, e-Merlin, VLBA, and EVN study of RBS 797: can binary supermassive black holes explain the outburst history of the central radio galaxy?

3D non-local thermodynamic equilibrium magnesium abundances reveal a distinct halo population

Chronology of our Galaxy from Gaia colour--magnitude diagram fitting (ChronoGal). I. The formation and evolution of the thin disc from the Gaia Catalogue of Nearby Stars

The GLOSTAR VLA radio continuum map at 5.8 GHz (Medina S.-N. X., et al., 2024, A&A, 689, A196)

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Bright unintended electromagnetic radiation from second-generation Starlink satellites

C. G. Bassa, F. Di Vruno, B. Winkel, G. I. G. Józsa, M. A. Brentjens and X. Zhang

A&A, 689 (2024) L10

Published online: 18 September 2024
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Magnetic helicity and energy budgets of jet events from an emerging solar active region

A. Nindos, S. Patsourakos, K. Moraitis, V. Archontis, E. Liokati, M. K. Georgoulis and A. A. Norton

A&A, 689 (2024) L11

Published online: 18 September 2024
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𝒫𝒯 and anti-𝒫𝒯 symmetries for astrophysical waves

Armand Leclerc, Guillaume Laibe and Nicolas Perez

A&A, 689 (2024) A237

Published online: 18 September 2024
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Advancing spectroscopic understanding of HOCS⁺: Laboratory investigations and astronomical implications

Valerio Lattanzi, Miguel Sanz-Novo, Víctor M. Rivilla, Mitsunori Araki, Hayley A. Bunn, Jesús Martín-Pintado, Izaskun Jiménez-Serra and Paola Caselli

A&A, 689 (2024) A260

Published online: 18 September 2024
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The factors that influence protostellar multiplicity - I. Gas temperature, density, and mass in Perseus with Nobeyama

N. M. Murillo, C. M. Fuchs, D. Harsono, N. Sakai, A. Hacar, D. Johnstone, R. Mignon-Risse, S. Zeng, T. H. Hsieh, Y. L. Yang et al. (2 more)

A&A, 689 (2024) A267

Published online: 18 September 2024
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Detection prospects of very and ultra high-energy gamma rays from extended sources with ASTRI, CTA, and LHAASO

S. Celli and G. Peron

A&A, 689 (2024) A258

Published online: 18 September 2024
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Sulfur monoxide (SO) as a shock tracer in protoplanetary disks: Case of AB Aurigae

A. Dutrey, E. Chapillon, S. Guilloteau, Y. W. Tang, A. Boccaletti, L. Bouscasse, T. Collin-Dufresne, E. Di Folco, A. Fuente, V. Piétu et al. (2 more)

A&A, 689 (2024) L7

Published online: 17 September 2024
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K2-399 b is not a planet - The Saturn that wandered through the Neptune desert is actually a hierarchical eclipsing binary

J. Lillo-Box, D. W. Latham, K. A. Collins, D. J. Armstrong, D. Gandolfi, E. L. N. Jensen, A. Castro-González, O. Balsalobre-Ruza, B. Montesinos, S. G. Sousa et al. (12 more)

A&A, 689 (2024) L8

Published online: 17 September 2024

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973	Press Release Free Access Close stellar conjunctions of α Centauri A and B until 2050 - An m_K = 7.8 star may enter the Einstein ring of α Cen A in 2028 P. Kervella, F. Mignard, A. Mérand and F. Thévenin A&A, 594 (2016) A107 Published online: 19 October 2016
816	Planck 2018 results Free Access Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters Planck Collaboration, N. Aghanim, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, M. Ballardini, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, N. Bartolo et al. (172 more) A&A, 641 (2020) A6 Published online: 11 September 2020
513	Press Release Open Access Unintended electromagnetic radiation from Starlink satellites detected with LOFAR between 110 and 188 MHz F. Di Vruno, B. Winkel, C. G. Bassa, G. I. G. Józsa, M. A. Brentjens, A. Jessner and S. Garrington A&A, 676 (2023) A75 Published online: 10 August 2023
471	Press Release Open Access ESPRESSO reveals blueshifted neutral iron emission lines on the dayside of WASP-76 b A.R. Costa Silva, O. D. S. Demangeon, N. C. Santos, D. Ehrenreich, C. Lovis, H. Chakraborty, M. Lendl, F. Pepe, S. Cristiani, R. Rebolo et al. (27 more) A&A, 689 (2024) A8 Published online: 05 September 2024
439	Press Release Highlight Open Access A JWST inventory of protoplanetary disk ices - The edge-on protoplanetary disk HH 48 NE, seen with the Ice Age ERS program J. A. Sturm, M. K. McClure, T. L. Beck, D. Harsono, J. B. Bergner, E. Dartois, A. C. A. Boogert, J. E. Chiar, M. A. Cordiner, M. N. Drozdovskaya et al. (17 more) A&A, 679 (2023) A138 Published online: 06 December 2023

Volume 689 (September 2024) (in progress)
1. Into the Local Bubble: a radioactive neighbourhood (Siegert, T., et al., 2024, A&A, 689, A2)
2. The eROSITA view of the Virgo Cluster (McCall, H., et al., 2024, A&A, 689, A113)
3. The GLOSTAR VLA radio continuum map at 5.8 GHz (Medina S.-N. X., et al., 2024, A&A, 689, A196)
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Volume 688 (August 2024)
1. ALMA detection of hot molecular cores in the LMC (Hamedani Golshan, R., et al., 2024, A&A, 688, A3)
2. Cleanest full sky maps of Galactic CO from Planck (Ghosh, S., et al., 2024, A&A, 688, A54)
3. The young ring of the Cartwheel galaxy observed by MUSE (Ditrani, F. R., et al., 2024, A&A, 688, A89)
4. Craters due to binary asteroids on Ceres and Vesta (Herrera, C., et al., 2024, A&A, 688, A176
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Volume 687 (July 2024)
1. JWST/MIRI mid-IR image of the edge of the Horsehead
  (© ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, K. Misselt (University of Arizona)
  and A. Abergel (IAS/University Paris-Saclay, CNRS))
  (Abergel, A., et al., 2024, 687, A4)
2. Gaia DR3 source density around the VVV survey (Griggio, M., et al., 2024, 687, A94)
3. Fine structure of currents in magnetic turbulence (Brandenburg, A., et al., 2024, 687, A186)
4. Multi-band observations of six nearby barred galaxies (Scaloni, L., et al.,687, A255)
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3066	Planck 2018 results Free Access Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters Planck Collaboration, N. Aghanim, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, M. Ballardini, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, N. Bartolo et al. (172 more) A&A, 641 (2020) A6 Published online: 11 September 2020
2144	Press Release Open Access Dynamics of 2023 FW₁₄, the second L₄ Mars trojan, and a physical characterization using the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias R. de la Fuente Marcos, J. de León, C. de la Fuente Marcos, M. R. Alarcon, J. Licandro, M. Serra-Ricart, S. Geier and A. Cabrera-Lavers A&A, 683 (2024) L14 Published online: 21 March 2024
1895	Press Release Open Access Unintended electromagnetic radiation from Starlink satellites detected with LOFAR between 110 and 188 MHz F. Di Vruno, B. Winkel, C. G. Bassa, G. I. G. Józsa, M. A. Brentjens, A. Jessner and S. Garrington A&A, 676 (2023) A75 Published online: 10 August 2023
1624	Free Access On the growth of pebble-accreting planetesimals Rico G. Visser and Chris W. Ormel A&A, 586 (2016) A66 Published online: 27 January 2016
1269	Open Access TOI-733 b: A planet in the small-planet radius valley orbiting a Sun-like star Iskra Y. Georgieva, Carina M. Persson, Elisa Goffo, Lorena Acuña, Artyom Aguichine, Luisa M. Serrano, Kristine W. F. Lam, Davide Gandolfi, Karen A. Collins, Steven B. Howell et al. (33 more) A&A, 674 (2023) A117 Published online: 13 June 2023

7939	Planck 2018 results Free Access Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters Planck Collaboration, N. Aghanim, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, M. Ballardini, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, N. Bartolo et al. (172 more) A&A, 641 (2020) A6 Published online: 11 September 2020
6369	Press Release Open Access Dynamics of 2023 FW₁₄, the second L₄ Mars trojan, and a physical characterization using the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias R. de la Fuente Marcos, J. de León, C. de la Fuente Marcos, M. R. Alarcon, J. Licandro, M. Serra-Ricart, S. Geier and A. Cabrera-Lavers A&A, 683 (2024) L14 Published online: 21 March 2024
4909	Press Release Open Access Unintended electromagnetic radiation from Starlink satellites detected with LOFAR between 110 and 188 MHz F. Di Vruno, B. Winkel, C. G. Bassa, G. I. G. Józsa, M. A. Brentjens, A. Jessner and S. Garrington A&A, 676 (2023) A75 Published online: 10 August 2023
3550	Press Release Highlight Open Access Discovery of a dormant 33 solar-mass black hole in pre-release Gaia astrometry Gaia Collaboration, P. Panuzzo, T. Mazeh, F. Arenou, B. Holl, E. Caffau, A. Jorissen, C. Babusiaux, P. Gavras, J. Sahlmann et al. (406 more) A&A, 686 (2024) L2 Published online: 27 May 2024
3312	Gaia Data Release 3 Press Release Open Access Gaia Data Release 3 - Summary of the content and survey properties Gaia Collaboration, A. Vallenari, A. G. A. Brown, T. Prusti, J. H. J. de Bruijne, F. Arenou, C. Babusiaux, M. Biermann, O. L. Creevey, C. Ducourant et al. (446 more) A&A, 674 (2023) A1 Published online: 16 June 2023

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Bright unintended electromagnetic radiation from second-generation Starlink satellites

Magnetic helicity and energy budgets of jet events from an emerging solar active region

𝒫𝒯 and anti-𝒫𝒯 symmetries for astrophysical waves

Advancing spectroscopic understanding of HOCS⁺: Laboratory investigations and astronomical implications

The factors that influence protostellar multiplicity - I. Gas temperature, density, and mass in Perseus with Nobeyama

Detection prospects of very and ultra high-energy gamma rays from extended sources with ASTRI, CTA, and LHAASO

Sulfur monoxide (SO) as a shock tracer in protoplanetary disks: Case of AB Aurigae

K2-399 b is not a planet - The Saturn that wandered through the Neptune desert is actually a hierarchical eclipsing binary

Close stellar conjunctions of α Centauri A and B until 2050 - An m_K = 7.8 star may enter the Einstein ring of α Cen A in 2028

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

Unintended electromagnetic radiation from Starlink satellites detected with LOFAR between 110 and 188 MHz

ESPRESSO reveals blueshifted neutral iron emission lines on the dayside of WASP-76 b

A JWST inventory of protoplanetary disk ices - The edge-on protoplanetary disk HH 48 NE, seen with the Ice Age ERS program

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

Dynamics of 2023 FW₁₄, the second L₄ Mars trojan, and a physical characterization using the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias

Unintended electromagnetic radiation from Starlink satellites detected with LOFAR between 110 and 188 MHz

On the growth of pebble-accreting planetesimals

TOI-733 b: A planet in the small-planet radius valley orbiting a Sun-like star

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

Dynamics of 2023 FW₁₄, the second L₄ Mars trojan, and a physical characterization using the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias

Unintended electromagnetic radiation from Starlink satellites detected with LOFAR between 110 and 188 MHz

Discovery of a dormant 33 solar-mass black hole in pre-release Gaia astrometry

Gaia Data Release 3 - Summary of the content and survey properties

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