Context. Co-orbital objects, also known as Trojans, are celestial bodies that share a 1:1 mean motion resonance orbit with a planet. Many planets in our Solar System hold Trojans, yet none has been confirmed in exoplanetary systems. While theoretical models suggest that hot Jupiters are unlikely to retain co-orbitals, their high transit cadence and

The Neptunian desert is a distinct lack of Neptune-sized planets at short orbital periods, purportedly carved by photoevaporation and tidal circularisation following high-eccentricity migration. Constraining these processes and how they vary across different hoststar spectral types requires detailed characterisation of the planets in the desert and

Current evidence suggests that $\omega$ Cen is the nuclear star cluster of a galaxy that merged with the Milky Way at early times. We use Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE), Gaia, Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer, and Hubble Space Telescope data supplemented by galaxy chemical evolution models to place constraints on

The Milky Way bulge bar is composed of multiple populations. Using chemical and kinematical planes, we segregate six populations in a bulge bar sample observed by the APOGEE survey: two with bar-driven orbits, two with eccentric orbits, and two with low-eccentricity orbits, each composed of low- and high-[Mg/Fe] stars. Our sample spans −2.0 ≲ [Fe/H

The origin of obscuration in active galactic nuclei (AGN) is still a matter of contention. It is unclear whether obscured AGN are primarily due to line-of-sight effects (Orientation model), a transitory, dust-enshrouded phase in galaxy evolution (Evolution models), or a combination of both. The role of an inner torus around the central supermassive

Aims. We investigate whether viscous cold dark matter (vCDM) in a Λ-dominated Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) universe can alleviate the Hubble tension, while satisfying thermodynamic constraints. Here, we examine both flat and curved geometries. Methods. We modeled a vCDM cosmology with a bulk viscosity ζ = ζ 0 (Ω vc/Ω vc0) m, where m