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GSAOI+GeMS High-resolution image of two perpendicular jets (Ferrero, L. V., et al., 2022, A&A, 657, A110)

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Solar Orbiter First Results (Cruise Phase) (open issue)
The Early Data Release of eROSITA and Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC on the SRG mission (open issue)
Sub-arcsecond imaging with the International LOFAR Telescope (open issue)
Parker Solar Probe: Ushering a new frontier in space exploration (open issue)

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The width of Herschel filaments varies with distance

G. V. Panopoulou, S. E. Clark, A. Hacar, F. Heitsch, J. Kainulainen, E. Ntormousi, D. Seifried and R. J. Smith

A&A, 657 (2022) L13

Published online: 20 January 2022
Searching for an additional high-energy component in Fermi-LAT GRB afterglows

Xin-Bo He, Pak-Hin Thomas Tam, Guang-Bo Long, Partha Sarathi Pal, Yong Zhang and Li-Jun Zhang

A&A, 657 (2022) A111

Published online: 20 January 2022
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Laboratory modelling of equatorial ‘tongue’ accretion channels in young stellar objects caused by the Rayleigh-Taylor instability

K. Burdonov, W. Yao, A. Sladkov, R. Bonito, S.N. Chen, A. Ciardi, A. Korzhimanov, A. Soloviev, M. Starodubtsev, R. Zemskov et al. (3 more)

A&A, 657 (2022) A112

Published online: 20 January 2022
J1721+8842: a gravitationally lensed binary quasar with a proximate damped Lyman-α absorber

C. Lemon, M. Millon, D. Sluse, F. Courbin, M. Auger, J. H. H. Chan, E. Paic and A. Agnello

A&A, 657 (2022) A113

Published online: 20 January 2022
The MURALES survey - V. Jet-induced star formation in 3C 277.3 (Coma A)

A. Capetti, B. Balmaverde, C. Tadhunter, A. Marconi, G. Venturi, M. Chiaberge, R. D. Baldi, S. Baum, R. Gilli, P. Grandi et al. (6 more)

A&A, 657 (2022) A114

Published online: 20 January 2022
Probing modified Newtonian dynamics with hypervelocity stars

Sankha Subhra Chakrabarty, Luisa Ostorero, Arianna Gallo, Stefano Ebagezio and Antonaldo Diaferio

A&A, 657 (2022) A115

Published online: 20 January 2022
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High-resolution images of two wiggling stellar jets, MHO 1502 and MHO 2147, obtained with GSAOI+GeMS

L. V. Ferrero, G. Günthardt, L. García, M. Gómez, V. M. Kalari and H. P. Saldaño

A&A, 657 (2022) A110

Published online: 20 January 2022
Close binary evolution based on Gaia DR2 - The origin of late WC-type Wolf-Rayet stars with low luminosity

Weiguo Peng, Hanfeng Song, Georges Meynet, Andre Maeder, Fabio Barblan, Ruiyu Zhang, Sylvia Ekströmt, Cyril Georgy, Gang Long, Liuyan Zhao and Ying Qin

A&A, 657 (2022) A116

Published online: 20 January 2022

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3579	Press Release Free Access Detection of the tidal deformation of WASP-103b at 3 σ with CHEOPS S. C. C. Barros, B. Akinsanmi, G. Boué, A. M. S. Smith, J. Laskar, S. Ulmer-Moll, J. Lillo-Box, D. Queloz, A. Collier Cameron, S. G. Sousa et al. (73 more) A&A, 657 (2022) A52 Published online: 11 January 2022
892	Press Release Open Access The “Maggie” filament: Physical properties of a giant atomic cloud J. Syed, J. D. Soler, H. Beuther, Y. Wang, S. Suri, J. D. Henshaw, M. Riener, S. Bialy, S. Rezaei Kh., J. M. Stil et al. (12 more) A&A, 657 (2022) A1 Published online: 20 December 2021
563	Press Release Free Access TOI-2257 b: A highly eccentric long-period sub-Neptune transiting a nearby M dwarf N. Schanche, F. J. Pozuelos, M. N. Günther, R. D. Wells, A. J. Burgasser, P. Chinchilla, L. Delrez, E. Ducrot, L. J. Garcia, Y. Gómez Maqueo Chew et al. (57 more) A&A, 657 (2022) A45 Published online: 07 January 2022
304	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
170	Rosetta mission full comet phase results Open Access H/C elemental ratio of the refractory organic matter in cometary particles of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko R. Isnard, A. Bardyn, N. Fray, C. Briois, H. Cottin, J. Paquette, O. Stenzel, C. Alexander, D. Baklouti, C. Engrand et al. (4 more) A&A, 630 (2019) A27 Published online: 20 September 2019

Volume 657 (January 2022)(open volume)
1. Angled magnetic fields in the high redshift cluster MACS J0717.5+3745 (Rajpurohit, K., et al., 2022, A&A, 657, A2)
2. Narrow magnetic filaments in the cluster medium (Knowles, K., et al., 2022, A&A, 657, A56)
3. The sharpest view ever of the stars in the Galactic center (GRAVITY Collaboration, 2022, A&A, 657, L12)
4. GSAOI+GeMS High-resolution image of two perpendicular jets (Ferrero, L. V., et al., 2022, A&A, 657, A110)
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Volume 656 (December 2021)
1. Solar Orbiter facing the Sun (ESA/ATG medialab; Sun: NASA/SDO/P. Testa - CfA) (“Solar Orbiter First Results (Cruise Phase)” Special issue, 2021, A&A, 656)
2. Cometary dust simulant synthesized in the laboratory (Kim, T. H., et al., 2021, A&A, 656, A42)
3. Reconnection-driven filaments in the Crab Nebula (Cerutti, B. & Giacinti, G., 2021, A&A, 656, A91)
4. Synthetic total intensity of a numerical coronal arcade (Fyfe, L. E., et al., 2021, A&A, 656, A120)
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Volume 655 (November 2021)
1. The AAVS1 array at the Murchison Radio Observatory (Benthem, P., et al., 2021, A&A, 655, A5)
2. Faint galaxies and black hole jets at 54 MHz (williams, W. L., et al., A&A, 2021, 655, A40)
3. Gas drag of porous aggregates in planet formation (Schneider, N., & Wurm, G., 2021, A&A, 655, A50)
4. Giant gravitational arcs in galaxy cluster PSZ1-G311 (Pignataro, G. V., et al., 2021, A&A, 655, A81)
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10573	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
5216	Press Release Free Access The Rossiter–McLaughlin effect revolutions: an ultra-short period planet and a warm mini-Neptune on perpendicular orbits V. Bourrier, C. Lovis, M. Cretignier, R. Allart, X. Dumusque, J.-B. Delisle, A. Deline, S. G. Sousa, V. Adibekyan, Y. Alibert et al. (27 more) A&A, 654 (2021) A152 Published online: 27 October 2021
3579	Press Release Free Access Detection of the tidal deformation of WASP-103b at 3 σ with CHEOPS S. C. C. Barros, B. Akinsanmi, G. Boué, A. M. S. Smith, J. Laskar, S. Ulmer-Moll, J. Lillo-Box, D. Queloz, A. Collier Cameron, S. G. Sousa et al. (73 more) A&A, 657 (2022) A52 Published online: 11 January 2022
2593	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
2180	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

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The width of Herschel filaments varies with distance

Searching for an additional high-energy component in Fermi-LAT GRB afterglows

Laboratory modelling of equatorial ‘tongue’ accretion channels in young stellar objects caused by the Rayleigh-Taylor instability

J1721+8842: a gravitationally lensed binary quasar with a proximate damped Lyman-α absorber

The MURALES survey - V. Jet-induced star formation in 3C 277.3 (Coma A)

Probing modified Newtonian dynamics with hypervelocity stars

High-resolution images of two wiggling stellar jets, MHO 1502 and MHO 2147, obtained with GSAOI+GeMS

Close binary evolution based on Gaia DR2 - The origin of late WC-type Wolf-Rayet stars with low luminosity

Detection of the tidal deformation of WASP-103b at 3 σ with CHEOPS

The “Maggie” filament: Physical properties of a giant atomic cloud

TOI-2257 b: A highly eccentric long-period sub-Neptune transiting a nearby M dwarf

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

H/C elemental ratio of the refractory organic matter in cometary particles of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Detection of the tidal deformation of WASP-103b at 3 σ with CHEOPS

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

The “Maggie” filament: Physical properties of a giant atomic cloud

The LOFAR LBA Sky Survey - I. Survey description and preliminary data release

TOI-2257 b: A highly eccentric long-period sub-Neptune transiting a nearby M dwarf

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

The Rossiter–McLaughlin effect revolutions: an ultra-short period planet and a warm mini-Neptune on perpendicular orbits

Detection of the tidal deformation of WASP-103b at 3 σ with CHEOPS

Solar inertial modes: Observations, identification, and diagnostic promise

Gaia Data Release 2 - Summary of the contents and survey properties

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3579	Press Release Free Access Detection of the tidal deformation of WASP-103b at 3 σ with CHEOPS S. C. C. Barros, B. Akinsanmi, G. Boué, A. M. S. Smith, J. Laskar, S. Ulmer-Moll, J. Lillo-Box, D. Queloz, A. Collier Cameron, S. G. Sousa et al. (73 more) A&A, 657 (2022) A52 Published online: 11 January 2022
2166	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
1903	Press Release Open Access The “Maggie” filament: Physical properties of a giant atomic cloud J. Syed, J. D. Soler, H. Beuther, Y. Wang, S. Suri, J. D. Henshaw, M. Riener, S. Bialy, S. Rezaei Kh., J. M. Stil et al. (12 more) A&A, 657 (2022) A1 Published online: 20 December 2021
1901	Highlight Free Access The LOFAR LBA Sky Survey - I. Survey description and preliminary data release F. de Gasperin, W. L. Williams, P. Best, M. Brüggen, G. Brunetti, V. Cuciti, T. J. Dijkema, M. J. Hardcastle, M. J. Norden, A. Offringa et al. (31 more) A&A, 648 (2021) A104 Published online: 22 April 2021
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