Based on the article "Dynamical masses of young stellar objects with the VLBA: DYNAMO-VLBA. Radio binary stars in Orion", by S. A. Dzibet al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 708, A300
2026 Press releases
Unraveling the Mass Mystery of Orion's Young Stars
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- Published on 24 April 2026
The Edge of the Milky Way's Star-Forming Disc Revealed
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- Published on 23 April 2026
Based on the article "The edge of the Milky Way’s star-forming disc: Evidence from a ‘U-shaped’ stellar age profile", by K. Fiteni et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 708, A252
A&A announces 2026 Awards for outstanding early-career researchers
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- Published on 22 April 2026
On 20 April 2026, the Board of Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) finalised its selection for this year’s A&A Awards, recognising exceptional work by early-career researchers in the field.
Starquakes and the Archaeology of Stellar Magnetism
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- Published on 14 April 2026
Based on the article "Magneto-archeology of white dwarfs. Revisiting the fossil field scenario with observational constraints during the red giant branch", by L. Einramhofet al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 708, L14
Call for New Associate Editors (April 2026)
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- Published on 02 April 2026
The Board of Directors of Astronomy & Astrophysics invites applications for four Associate Editor positions in the following broad research areas:
- One position in planetary science and exoplanets
- One position in solar physics
- One position in interstellar and circumstellar medium
- One position in theoretical astrophysics
Cosmic Storms in Obscured Quasars Revealed by GTC
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- Published on 01 April 2026
Based on the article "QSOFEED: Investigating warm molecular, low- and high-ionization atomic gas in six type-2 quasars with GTC/EMIR", by P. H. Cezar et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 708, A12
A star more evolved than the main source in the IRAS 18162−2048 region has been identified
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- Published on 31 March 2026
Based on the article "Diverse stages of star formation in the IRAS 18162-2048 region. Emergence of UV feedback", by R. Fedriani et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 708, A11
How Supercomputers Are Rewriting the History of Globular Star Clusters
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- Published on 30 March 2026
Based on the article "ROLLIN’: Rotating globular cluster simulations. I. The kinematic evolution of realistic direct N-body models", by P. Bianchini et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 708, A10
XRISM solves famous star's 50-year mystery
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- Published on 24 March 2026
Based on the article "Orbital motion detected in γ Cas Fe K emission lines", by Y. Nazé et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 707, A334
We are not alone: our Sun escaped together with stellar "twins" from galaxy center
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- Published on 12 March 2026
Based on the articles
"Solar twins in Gaia DR3 GSP-Spec. I. Building a large catalog of solar twins with ages", by D. Taniguchi et al.
"Solar twins in Gaia DR3 GSP-Spec. II. Age distribution and its implications for the Sun’s migration", by T. Tsujimoto et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 707, A260, L11
An intriguing multi-planet system around the nearby K dwarf HIP-99452
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- Published on 10 March 2026
Based on the article "The GAPS programme at TNG. LXXI. A sub-Neptune suitable for atmospheric characterization in a multiplanet and mutually inclined system orbiting the bright K dwarf TOI-5789 (HIP 99452)", by A. S. Bonomo et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 707, A197
Update on the 2026 A&A Awards Announcement
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- Published on 05 March 2026
Astronomy & Astrophysics has received a particularly high number of applications for the 2026 A&A Awards. We thank the community for this strong response and for the continued trust of early-career researchers in choosing to publish their work in Astronomy & Astrophysics.
To ensure that all applications receive the careful consideration they merit, the timeline for announcing the 2026 awardees has been revised.
The awardees will now be announced by mid-April 2026.
How old is the Universe? The oldest stars give us a clue
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- Published on 05 March 2026
Based on the article "The oldest Milky Way stars: New constraints on the age of the Universe and the Hubble constant", by E. Tomasetti et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 707, A111
New evidence that smaller galaxies also experience cosmic cannibalism
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- Published on 27 February 2026
Based on the article "Stellar streams around dwarf galaxies in the local Universe", by J. D. Sakowska et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 707, L1
Phobos, the Doomed Moon: Why Mars Will Erode and Then Disrupt Its Satellite
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- Published on 24 February 2026
Based on the article "Tidal disruptions of rubble piles: The case of Phobos", by H. Agrusa and P. Michel
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 706, A353
University of Liège Scientists Reveals Similarities Between Auroras on Ganymede and Earth
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- Published on 18 February 2026
Based on the article "Juno’s high-spatial-resolution ultraviolet observations of Ganymede’s auroral patches. Constraints on the magnetospheric source region", by A. Moirano et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 706, L16
An unprecedented signal around HD 206893 B: an exomoon candidate revealed by high-precision astrometry
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- Published on 30 January 2026
Based on the article "Exomoon search with VLTI/GRAVITY around the substellar companion HD 206893 B", by Q. Kral et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 705, A217
Probing the jet base of M87's supermassive black hole
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- Published on 28 January 2026
Based on the articles "Probing jet base emission of M87* with the 2021 Event Horizon Telescope observations", by Saurabh et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 706, A27
ICCUB astronomers lead the largest study on massive runaway stars including rotation and binarity in the Milky Way
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- Published on 27 January 2026
Based on the articles "An observational study of rotation and binarity of Galactic O-type runaway stars", by M. Carretero-Castrillo et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 705, A215
Cosmic fireworks 12 billion light-years away: a record-breaking survey by IRAM's 30-meter telescope
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- Published on 26 January 2026
Based on the articles
"NIKA2 Cosmological Legacy Survey. First measurement of the confusion noise at the IRAM 30 m telescope", by N. Ponthieu et al.
"Overdense fireworks in GOODS-N: Unveiling a record number of massive dusty star-forming galaxies at z ∼ 5.2 with the N2CLS", by G. Lagache et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 705, A213, A214
Magnetic avalanches power solar flares
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- Published on 21 January 2026
Based on the article "A magnetic avalanche as the central engine powering a solar flare", by L. P. Chitta et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 705, A113
ALMA Reveals Teenage Years of New Worlds
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- Published on 20 January 2026
Based on the articles
"The ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures (ARKS). I. Motivation, sample, data reduction, and results overview", by S. Marino et al.
"The ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures (ARKS). IV. CO gas imaging and overview", by S. Mac Manamon et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 705, A195, A198
Intermediate-mass black hole incubators in galactic central regions
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- Published on 14 January 2026
Based on the article "Intermediate-mass black hole incubators. Gas accretion onto stellar black hole clusters in galactic central molecular zones", by J. Haas et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 705, L15
Event Horizon Telescope maps twisting magnetic fields near the supermassive binary black hole candidate OJ287
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- Published on 08 January 2026
Based on the article "Spatially resolved polarization swings in the supermassive binary black hole candidate OJ 287 with first Event Horizon Telescope observations", by J. L. Gómez et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 705, A23
Statement of the A&A Board of Directors and Editors
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- Published on 15 March 2022
The Board of Directors and the Editors of Astronomy & Astrophysics are deeply appalled by and concerned with the recent events in Ukraine where the sovereignty and independence of the country and the freedom and the lives of its citizens are suffering direct and brutal military threat by an act of war from its neighbour.