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A nuclear spiral in a dusty star-forming galaxy at z = 2.78

H. R. Stacey, M. Kaasinen, C. M. O’Riordan, J. P. McKean, D. M. Powell and F. Rizzo

A&A, 693 (2025) L17

Published online: 24 January 2025
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Spectroscopic confirmation of a dust-obscured, possibly metal-rich dwarf galaxy at z ∼ 5

L. Bisigello, G. Gandolfi, A. Feltre, P. Arrabal Haro, A. Calabrò, N. J. Cleri, L. Costantin, G. Girardi, M. Giulietti, A. Grazian et al. (17 more)

A&A, 693 (2025) L18

Published online: 24 January 2025
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Spectral and photometric characterization of (98943) Torifune in preparation for the Hayabusa2# spacecraft flyby

J. Bourdelle de Micas, D. Perna, S. Fornasier, E. Dotto, S. Ieva, M. A. Barucci, J. Geem, S. Hasegawa, M. Ishiguro, K. Kitazato et al. (5 more)

A&A, 693 (2025) L19

Published online: 24 January 2025
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Illuminated granular water ice shows ‘dust’ emission - A way to understand comet activity

C. Kreuzig, J. N. Brecher, G. Meier, C. Schuckart, N. S. Molinski, J. Pfeifer, J. Markkanen, C. Knoop, M. Timpe, M. Goldmann et al. (3 more)

A&A, 693 (2025) A258

Published online: 24 January 2025
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Euclid and KiDS-1000: Quantifying the impact of source-lens clustering on cosmic shear analyses

L. Linke, S. Unruh, A. Wittje, T. Schrabback, S. Grandis, M. Asgari, A. Dvornik, H. Hildebrandt, H. Hoekstra, B. Joachimi et al. (143 more)

A&A, 693 (2025) A210

Published online: 24 January 2025
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Beyond the horizon: Quantifying the full sky foreground wedge in the cylindrical power spectrum

S. Munshi, F. G. Mertens, L. V. E. Koopmans, A. R. Offringa, E. Ceccotti, S. A. Brackenhoff, J. K. Chege, B. K. Gehlot, S. Ghosh, C. Höfer and M. Mevius

A&A, 693 (2025) A276

Published online: 24 January 2025
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Predicting HCN, HCO⁺, multitransition CO, and dust emission of star-forming galaxies - Extension to luminous infrared galaxies and the role of cosmic-ray ionization

B. Vollmer, J. Freundlich, P. Gratier, Th. Lizée, M. Lendrin, J. Braine and M. Soida

A&A, 693 (2025) A267

Published online: 24 January 2025
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Observable and ionizing properties of star-forming galaxies with very massive stars and different initial mass functions

D. Schaerer, J. Guibert, R. Marques-Chaves and F. Martins

A&A, 693 (2025) A271

Published online: 24 January 2025

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351	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

Volume 693 (January 2025) (in progress)
1. A combinaison of different dark matter clumps describing the mass distribution of Abell 370 (Limousin, M., et al., 2024, A&A, 693, A33)
2. NIRCam+MIRI image of Westerlund 1 and its nebulosity (Guarcello, M. G., et al., 2025, A&A, 693, A120)
3. Simulation of stellar winds feeding Sagittarius A* (Calderón, D., et al., 2025, A&A, 693, A180)
4. REASONS: A mm survey of resolved exocometary belts (Matrà, L., et al., 2025, A&A, 693, A151)
5. Supernova remnant search process (Anderson, L. D., et al., 2025, A&A, 693, A247)
6. Evolution of illuminated granular water-ice (Kreuzig, C., et al., 2025, A&A, 693, A258)
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Volume 692 (December 2024)
1. Euclid NISP view of the globular cluster NGC 6397 (Libralato, M., et al., 2024, A&A, 692, A96)
2. Distribution of supernova remnants in the LMC (Zangrandi, F., et al., 2024, A&A, 692, A237)
3. Origin of dark surface patch on cool giant star (Freytag, B., et al., 2024, A&A, 692, A223)
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Volume 691 (November 2024)
1. HST deep field images of Omega Centauri (Scalco, M., et al., 2024, A&A, 691, A96)
2. 3D retrieved structures of Jovian auroral emission (Benmahi, B., et al., 2024, A&A, 691, A91)
3. 5σ limiting magnitudes of F356+F444 stack mosaics (Merlin, E., et al., 2024, A&A, 691, A240)
4. Microstructure of deuterium-irradiated silicates (Zeng, X., et al., 2024, A&A, 691, A275)
5. The JWST/NIRCam images of 80 sub-millimetre galaxies (Gillman, S., et al., 2024, A&A, 691, A299)
6. Magnetic field of the core dynamo from an A-type star (Hidalgo, J. P., et al., 2024, A&A, 691, A326)
7. Extremely long gas filament discovered in X-rays (Dietl, J., et al., 2024, A&A, 691, A286)
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6996	Press Release Open Access The SRG/eROSITA diffuse soft X-ray background - I. The local hot bubble in the western Galactic hemisphere Michael C. H. Yeung, Gabriele Ponti, Michael J. Freyberg, Konrad Dennerl, Teng Liu, Nicola Locatelli, Martin G. F. Mayer, Jeremy S. Sanders, Manami Sasaki, Andy Strong et al. (3 more) A&A, 690 (2024) A399 Published online: 29 October 2024
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2907	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
1849	Press Release Open Access Broadband multi-wavelength properties of M87 during the 2018 EHT campaign including a very high energy flaring episode J. C. Algaba, M. Baloković, S. Chandra, W.-Y. Cheong, Y.-Z. Cui, F. D’Ammando, A. D. Falcone, N. M. Ford, M. Giroletti, C. Goddi et al. (751 more) A&A, 692 (2024) A140 Published online: 13 December 2024
1561	Press Release Open Access Review Article Highlight Review Asteroseismic modelling of fast rotators and its opportunities for astrophysics Conny Aerts and Andrew Tkachenko A&A, 692 (2024) R1 Published online: 20 December 2024

15230	Press Release Open Access The SRG/eROSITA diffuse soft X-ray background - I. The local hot bubble in the western Galactic hemisphere Michael C. H. Yeung, Gabriele Ponti, Michael J. Freyberg, Konrad Dennerl, Teng Liu, Nicola Locatelli, Martin G. F. Mayer, Jeremy S. Sanders, Manami Sasaki, Andy Strong et al. (3 more) A&A, 690 (2024) A399 Published online: 29 October 2024
12516	Free Access A hydrodynamic mechanism of meteor ablation - The melt-spraying model Oleksandr G. Girin A&A, 606 (2017) A63 Published online: 12 October 2017
10022	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
9287	Press Release Open Access Imaging the innermost circumstellar environment of the red supergiant WOH G64 in the Large Magellanic Cloud K. Ohnaka, K.-H. Hofmann, G. Weigelt, J. Th. van Loon, D. Schertl and S. R. Goldman A&A, 691 (2024) L15 Published online: 21 November 2024
5081	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

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A nuclear spiral in a dusty star-forming galaxy at z = 2.78

Spectroscopic confirmation of a dust-obscured, possibly metal-rich dwarf galaxy at z ∼ 5

Spectral and photometric characterization of (98943) Torifune in preparation for the Hayabusa2# spacecraft flyby

Illuminated granular water ice shows ‘dust’ emission - A way to understand comet activity

Euclid and KiDS-1000: Quantifying the impact of source-lens clustering on cosmic shear analyses

Beyond the horizon: Quantifying the full sky foreground wedge in the cylindrical power spectrum

Predicting HCN, HCO⁺, multitransition CO, and dust emission of star-forming galaxies - Extension to luminous infrared galaxies and the role of cosmic-ray ionization

Observable and ionizing properties of star-forming galaxies with very massive stars and different initial mass functions

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

Discovery of a cold giant planet and mass measurement of a hot super-Earth in the multi-planetary system WASP-132

The eROSITA X-ray telescope on SRG

The Gaia mission

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

The SRG/eROSITA diffuse soft X-ray background - I. The local hot bubble in the western Galactic hemisphere

Unveiling the ice and gas nature of active centaur (2060) Chiron using the James Webb Space Telescope

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

Broadband multi-wavelength properties of M87 during the 2018 EHT campaign including a very high energy flaring episode

Asteroseismic modelling of fast rotators and its opportunities for astrophysics

The SRG/eROSITA diffuse soft X-ray background - I. The local hot bubble in the western Galactic hemisphere

A hydrodynamic mechanism of meteor ablation - The melt-spraying model

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

Imaging the innermost circumstellar environment of the red supergiant WOH G64 in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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

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