We study the possibility that Type Ia supernovae might be produced by binary systems where the companion of the exploding white dwarf is an M-dwarf star. Such a companion would appear as a runaway star, retaining its pre-explosion orbital velocity along with a kick imparted by the supernova ejecta. It might be rapidly rotating, from being tidally

Satellite galaxies that are near to massive primary galaxies in close pairs can have stellar population ages that are more similar to their primaries than expected. This is one way in which close pairs of galaxies show galactic conformity, which is thought to be driven by assembly bias. Such conformity is seen in ages, morphologies, and star

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) harbor pristine materials from the early solar system. The James Webb Space Telescope offers major insights into the spectral classification of these small bodies. Among the three major spectral classes of TNOs, "cliff" types exhibit steep, red slopes from 0.7 to 1.2 μm, sheer reflectance drops from 2.65 to 2.85 μm

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey V (SDSS-V) is pioneering panoptic spectroscopy: it is the first all-sky, multiepoch, optical-to-infrared spectroscopic survey. SDSS-V is mapping the sky with multiobject spectroscopy (MOS) at telescopes in both hemispheres (the 2.5 m Sloan Foundation Telescope at Apache Point Observatory and the 100-inch du Pont

We present an analysis of 20 tidal disruption events (TDEs) host galaxies observed with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) integral-field spectrograph on European Southern Observatory (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT). We investigate the presence of extended emission line regions (EELRs) and study stellar populations mostly at sub-kpc

We present the discovery and analysis of the sixth microlensing two-planet system, KMT-2022-BLG-1818Lb,c, detected by a follow-up program targeting high-magnification events. The second planet was identified from implausible physical parameters for the models with a single planet. Both planets are subject to the well-known "close/wide" degeneracy