The current studies of microlensing planets are limited by small number statistics. Follow-up observations of high-magnification microlensing events can efficiently form a statistical planetary sample. Since 2020, the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet) and the Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) global network have been conducting a follow-up

We present the results of a fourth planetary defense exercise, focused this time on the small near-Earth asteroid (NEA) 2023 DZ2 and conducted during its close approach to the Earth in 2023 March. The International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN), with support from NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO), has been coordinating planetary

We present a comprehensive analysis of the presence of very massive stars (VMS > 100 M ⊙) in the integrated spectra of 13 UV-bright star-forming galaxies at 2.2 ≲ z ≲ 3.6 taken with the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). These galaxies have very high UV absolute magnitudes (M UV ≃ −24), intense star formation (star formation rate ≃100 − 1000 M ⊙ yr −1

Context. Sigma Orionis is an open cluster in the nearest giant star formation site - Orion. Its youth (3−5 Myr), low reddening, and relative vicinity make it an important benchmark cluster to study stellar and substellar formation and evolution. Aims: Young star-forming sites are complex and hierarchical. Precision astrometry from Gaia DR3 enables

TOI-1518b, a hot Jupiter around a late A-type star, is one of the few planetary systems that transit the edge of the stellar surface (the impact parameter b ~ 0.9) among hot Jupiters around hot stars (Cabot et al. 2021, AJ, 162, 218). The high rotation speed of the host star (~85 km s -1) and the nearly polar orbit of the planet (~120 ○) may cause

The first (Population III) stars formed only out of H and He and were likely more massive than present-day stars. Massive Population III stars in the range 140–260 M ⊙ are predicted to end their lives as pair-instability supernovae (PISNe), enriching the environment with a unique abundance pattern, with high ratios of odd to even elements. Recently