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Colouring asteroid Bennu
The main objective of the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission is the collection of material from the surface of primitive asteroid (101955) Bennu, and to bring it back to...
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NewsConfirming new physics in spaceThe interstellar medium is an excellent laboratory to test physical processes that cannot be reproduced in Earth-based laboratories. In this study several...
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NewsConfronting fuzzy dark matter with the rotation curves of nearby dwarf irregular galaxiesDark matter is an invisible substance that makes up more than eighty percent of the matter content of the universe. We know of its existence due to its...
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NewsConstraints on the dust extinction law of the GalaxyThis work explores data from a few surveys, most notably the serendipitous catalogue from the NASA SWIFT mission that made use of the NUV/optical camera UVOT...
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NewsConstraints on the in situ and ex situ stellar masses in nearby galaxies obtained with artificial intelligenceThe hierarchical model of galaxy evolution suggests that mergers have a substantial impact on the intricate processes that drive stellar assembly within a...
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NewsCosmic amorphous dust in the interstellar medium as a possible explanation for the Anomalous Microwave EmissionThe main emission mechanisms of the interstellar medium (ISM) in the spectral range between the radio and the far infrared are very well characterised and...
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NewsDating stars with magnetic activityStellar ages are key to several fields of astrophysics such as exoplanet research, galactic-archeology, and of course stellar physics. Obtaining the ages of...
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NewsDetection of TiO and Na in the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-65bWe present the low-resolution transmission spectra of the puffy hot Jupiter HAT-P-65b (0.53 MJup, 1.89 RJup, Teq = 1930 K), based on two transits observed using...
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NewsDiscovery of a massive black hole companion to a B-type star from radial velocity measurementsAll stellar-mass black holes have hitherto been identified by X-rays emitted from gas that is accreting onto the black hole from a companion star. These systems...