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Ultra diffuse galaxies in the MATLAS survey (Marleau, F. R., et al., 2021, A&A, 654, A105)

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Sub-arcsecond imaging with the International LOFAR Telescope (open issue)
First science highlights from SRG/eROSITA (open issue)
Solar Orbiter First Results (Cruise Phase) (open issue)
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The evolution of lithium in FGK dwarf stars - The lithium-rotation connection and the Li desert

F. Llorente de Andrés, C. Chavero, R. de la Reza, S. Roca-Fàbrega and C. Cifuentes

A&A, 654 (2021) A137

Published online: 22 October 2021
VALES - VIII. Weak ionized gas outflows in star-forming galaxies at z ∼ 0.15 traced with VLT/MUSE

Guilherme S. Couto, Thomas M. Hughes, Médéric Boquien, Eduardo Ibar, Sébastien Viaene, Roger Leiton and Yongquan Xue

A&A, 654 (2021) A128

Published online: 22 October 2021
LLAMA: Stellar populations in the nuclei of ultra-hard X-ray-selected AGN and matched inactive galaxies

L. Burtscher, R. I. Davies, T. T. Shimizu, R. Riffel, D. J. Rosario, E. K. S. Hicks, M.-Y. Lin, R. A. Riffel, M. Schartmann, A. Schnorr-Müller et al. (3 more)

A&A, 654 (2021) A132

Published online: 22 October 2021
Molecular gas and star formation within 12 strong galactic bars observed with IRAM-30 m

S. Díaz-García, U. Lisenfeld, I. Pérez, A. Zurita, S. Verley, F. Combes, D. Espada, S. Leon, V. Martínez-Badenes, J. Sabater and L. Verdes-Montenegro

A&A, 654 (2021) A135

Published online: 22 October 2021
The origin of X-ray emission in 3CRR sources: Hints from mid-infrared Spitzer observations

Shuang-Liang Li and Minfeng Gu

A&A, 654 (2021) A141

Published online: 22 October 2021
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χ¹ Fornacis cluster DANCe - Census of stars, structure, and kinematics of the cluster with Gaia-EDR3

P. A. B. Galli, H. Bouy, J. Olivares, N. Miret-Roig, L. M. Sarro, D. Barrado and A. Berihuete

A&A, 654 (2021) A122

Published online: 22 October 2021
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Star formation around three co-moving HAeBe stars in the Cepheus Flare (Corrigendum)

P. Saha, G. Maheswar, B. Mathew and U. S. Kamath

A&A, 654 (2021) C1

Published online: 22 October 2021
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The diffuse interstellar band around 8620 Å - II. Kinematics and distance of the DIB carrier

H. Zhao, M. Schultheis, A. Rojas-Arriagada, A. Recio-Blanco, P. de Laverny, G. Kordopatis and F. Surot

A&A, 654 (2021) A116

Published online: 22 October 2021

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3087	Press Release Highlight Open Access VLT/SPHERE imaging survey of the largest main-belt asteroids: Final results and synthesis P. Vernazza, M. Ferrais, L. Jorda, J. Hanuš, B. Carry, M. Marsset, M. Brož, R. Fetick, M. Viikinkoski, F. Marchis et al. (57 more) A&A, 654 (2021) A56 Published online: 12 October 2021
255	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
215	Press Release Open Access Solar inertial modes: Observations, identification, and diagnostic promise Laurent Gizon, Robert H. Cameron, Yuto Bekki, Aaron C. Birch, Richard S. Bogart, Allan Sacha Brun, Cilia Damiani, Damien Fournier, Laura Hyest, Kiran Jain et al. (3 more) A&A, 652 (2021) L6 Published online: 06 August 2021
147	Highlight Free Access LOFAR: The LOw-Frequency ARray M. P. van Haarlem, M. W. Wise, A. W. Gunst, G. Heald, J. P. McKean, J. W. T. Hessels, A. G. de Bruyn, R. Nijboer, J. Swinbank, R. Fallows et al. (191 more) A&A, 556 (2013) A2 Published online: 16 July 2013
144	Gaia Data Release 2 Press Release Free Access Gaia Data Release 2 - Summary of the contents and survey properties Gaia Collaboration, A. G. A. Brown, A. Vallenari, T. Prusti, J. H. J. de Bruijne, C. Babusiaux, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, M. Biermann, D. W. Evans, L. Eyer et al. (444 more) A&A, 616 (2018) A1 Published online: 10 August 2018

Volume 654 (October 2021)(open volume)
1. The supersonic pulsar wind nebula IGR J11014–6103 (Bordas, P., et al., 2021, A&A, 654, A4)
2. A multicomponent radio halo in the highly disturbed galaxy cluster Abell 2744 (Rajpurohit, K., et al., A&A, 2021, 654, A41)
3. Detailed views of the largest asteroids with VLT/SPHERE (Vernazza, P., et al., 2021, A&A, 654, A56)
4. Ultra diffuse galaxies in the MATLAS survey (Marleau, F. R., et al., 2021, A&A, 654, A105)
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Volume 653 (September 2021)
1. Particle aggregation in an electric field aboard the ISS (Koch, T. E., et al., 2021, A&A, 653, A1)
2. A census of molecular clouds within 2 kpc distance (Spikler, A., et al., 2021, A&A, 653, A63)
3. The lithology of Vesta unraveled by the VIR spectrometer (Rousseau, B., et al., 2021, A&A, 653, A118)
4. Crack formation on organic-rich comet analogs (Haack, D., et al., 2021, A&A, 653, A153)
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Volume 652 (August 2021)
1. ρ Oph region: two dynamically distinct populations (Grasser, N., et al., 2021, A&A, 652, A2)
2. Three dwarf galaxies discovered around NGC 253 (Martinez-Delgado, D., et al., 2021, A&A, 652, A48)
3. Convective shell simulation on a cubed-sphere mesh (Edelmann, P. V. F., et al., 2021, A&A, 652, A53)
4. TESS massive eclipsing binaries across the sky (IJspeert, L. W., et al., 2021, A&A, 652, A120)
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3087	Press Release Highlight Open Access VLT/SPHERE imaging survey of the largest main-belt asteroids: Final results and synthesis P. Vernazza, M. Ferrais, L. Jorda, J. Hanuš, B. Carry, M. Marsset, M. Brož, R. Fetick, M. Viikinkoski, F. Marchis et al. (57 more) A&A, 654 (2021) A56 Published online: 12 October 2021
1283	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
1016	Press Release Open Access Solar inertial modes: Observations, identification, and diagnostic promise Laurent Gizon, Robert H. Cameron, Yuto Bekki, Aaron C. Birch, Richard S. Bogart, Allan Sacha Brun, Cilia Damiani, Damien Fournier, Laura Hyest, Kiran Jain et al. (3 more) A&A, 652 (2021) L6 Published online: 06 August 2021
856	Planck 2015 results Free Access Planck 2015 results - XXVIII. The Planck Catalogue of Galactic cold clumps Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, N. Bartolo et al. (213 more) A&A, 594 (2016) A28 Published online: 20 September 2016
745	Gaia Early Data Release 3 Press Release Free Access Gaia Early Data Release 3 - Summary of the contents and survey properties Gaia Collaboration, A. G. A. Brown, A. Vallenari, T. Prusti, J. H. J. de Bruijne, C. Babusiaux, M. Biermann, O. L. Creevey, D. W. Evans, L. Eyer et al. (416 more) A&A, 649 (2021) A1 Published online: 28 April 2021

7416	Free Access A high pitch angle structure in the Sagittarius Arm M. A. Kuhn, R. A. Benjamin, C. Zucker, A. Krone-Martins, R. S. de Souza, A. Castro-Ginard, E. E. O. Ishida, M. S. Povich and L. A. Hillenbrand A&A, 651 (2021) L10 Published online: 21 July 2021
3554	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
3328	Planck 2015 results Free Access Planck 2015 results - XXVIII. The Planck Catalogue of Galactic cold clumps Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, N. Bartolo et al. (213 more) A&A, 594 (2016) A28 Published online: 20 September 2016
3279	Free Access A triple active galactic nucleus in the NGC 7733–7734 merging group Jyoti Yadav, Mousumi Das, Sudhanshu Barway and Francoise Combes A&A, 651 (2021) L9 Published online: 19 July 2021
3087	Press Release Highlight Open Access VLT/SPHERE imaging survey of the largest main-belt asteroids: Final results and synthesis P. Vernazza, M. Ferrais, L. Jorda, J. Hanuš, B. Carry, M. Marsset, M. Brož, R. Fetick, M. Viikinkoski, F. Marchis et al. (57 more) A&A, 654 (2021) A56 Published online: 12 October 2021

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