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Gravitational lens candidates discovered in the HSC data (Shu, Y., et al., 2022, A&A, 662, A4)

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The Early Data Release of eROSITA and Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC on the SRG mission (in progress)
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Magnetic helicity and energy of emerging solar active regions and their erruptivity

E. Liokati, A. Nindos and Y. Liu

A&A, 662 (2022) A6

Published online: 26 May 2022
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Moving structures in ultraviolet bright points: Observations from Solar Orbiter/EUI

Dong Li

A&A, 662 (2022) A7

Published online: 26 May 2022
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Short-term variability of DS Tucanae A observed with TESS

S. Colombo, A. Petralia and G. Micela

A&A, 661 (2022) A148

Published online: 26 May 2022
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Discovery of a thin lithium plateau among metal-poor red giant branch stars,

A. Mucciarelli, L. Monaco, P. Bonifacio, M. Salaris, M. Deal, M. Spite, O. A. Richard and R. Lallement

A&A, 661 (2022) A153

Published online: 26 May 2022
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Observation from Earth of an atypical cloud system in the upper Martian atmosphere

J. Lilensten, J. L. Dauvergne, C. Pellier, M. Delcroix, E. Beaudoin, M. Vincendon, E. Kraaikamp, G. Bertrand, C. Foster, C. Go et al. (7 more)

A&A, 661 (2022) A127

Published online: 26 May 2022
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N₂⁺ fluorescence spectrum of comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)

P. Rousselot, S. E. Anderson, A. Alijah, B. Noyelles, C. Opitom, E. Jehin, D. Hutsemékers and J. Manfroid

A&A, 661 (2022) A131

Published online: 26 May 2022
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Accurate Einstein coefficients for electric dipole transitions in the first negative band of N₂⁺

Olfa Ferchichi, Najoua Derbel, Alexander Alijah and Philippe Rousselot

A&A, 661 (2022) A132

Published online: 26 May 2022
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Dancing with the stars: Stirring up extraordinary turbulence in Galactic center clouds

Konstantinos Tassis and Vasiliki Pavlidou

A&A, 662 (2022) L1

Published online: 25 May 2022

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Volume 662 (June 2022) (in progress)
1. Gravitational lens candidates discovered in the HSC data (Shu, Y., et al., 2022, A&A, 662, A4)
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Volume 661 (May 2022) (in progress)
1. X-ray image of the central part of the eROSITA Final Depth Equatorial Survey (eFEDS)
  field with the SRG spacecraft overlaid (“The Early Data Release of eROSITA and Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC on the SRG mission” Special issue, 2022, A&A, 661)
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3. Asteroid passing in front of the Crab Nebula (Kruk, S., et al., 2022, A&A, 661, A85)
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Volume 660 (April 2022)
1. LOFAR—WISE view of a 5 Mpc long radio galaxy (Oei, M. S. S. L., et al., 2022, A&A, 660, A2)
2. A depolarizing H I tail in the Fornax A western lobe (Loi, F., et al., 2022, A&A, 660, A48)
3. Leo A - one of the most puzzling local dwarf galaxies (Leščinskaitė, A., et al., 2022, A&A, 660, A79)
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Magnetic helicity and energy of emerging solar active regions and their erruptivity

Moving structures in ultraviolet bright points: Observations from Solar Orbiter/EUI

Short-term variability of DS Tucanae A observed with TESS

Discovery of a thin lithium plateau among metal-poor red giant branch stars,

Observation from Earth of an atypical cloud system in the upper Martian atmosphere

N₂⁺ fluorescence spectrum of comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)

Accurate Einstein coefficients for electric dipole transitions in the first negative band of N₂⁺

Dancing with the stars: Stirring up extraordinary turbulence in Galactic center clouds

Evidence of ram-pressure stripping of WLM, a dwarf galaxy far away from any large host galaxy

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

Hubble Asteroid Hunter - I. Identifying asteroid trails in Hubble Space Telescope images

The new A&A Letters: Short, unlimited, and free for all

The FORS1 catalogue of stellar magnetic field measurements

Evidence of ram-pressure stripping of WLM, a dwarf galaxy far away from any large host galaxy

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

Hubble Asteroid Hunter - I. Identifying asteroid trails in Hubble Space Telescope images

The FORS1 catalogue of stellar magnetic field measurements

Solar inertial modes: Observations, identification, and diagnostic promise

The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey - V. Second data release

HR 6819 is a binary system with no black hole - Revisiting the source with infrared interferometry and optical integral field spectroscopy

A major asymmetric ice trap in a planet-forming disk - III. First detection of dimethyl ether

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

Analysis of broad-band Hα coronagraphic observations

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