E-INSPIRE – I. Bridging the gap with the local Universe: stellar population of a statistical sample of ultra-compact massive galaxies at z < 0.3
This paper presents the first effort to Extend the Investigation of Stellar Populations In RElics (E-INSPIRE). We present a catalogue of 430 spectroscopically confirmed ultra-compact massive galaxies (UCMGs) from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey at redshifts $0.01< z< 0.3$. This increases the original INSPIRE sample eightfold, bridging the gap with the
Connecting laboratory and spectroscopic observations of aerospace materials to characterize the reflectivity of artificial space objects and debris in LEO regimes
Increasing space activities, especially in low-Earth orbits (LEO), lead to more orbital debris and night-sky pollution. Spectroscopic analysis of light reflected from artificial space objects can aid to identify dominant surface materials and their reflective properties. Satellites interact with sunlight in diffuse and specular reflections, which
GRB 221009A: Observations with LST-1 of CTAO and Implications for Structured Jets in Long Gamma-Ray Bursts
GRB 221009A is the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) observed to date. Extensive observations of its afterglow emission across the electromagnetic spectrum were performed, providing the first strong evidence of a jet with a nontrivial angular structure in a long GRB. We carried out an extensive observation campaign in very-high-energy (VHE) gamma