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Fusion of JWST data: Demonstrating practical feasibility

Landry Marquis, Claire Guilloteau, Thomas Oberlin, Nicolas Dobigeon and Olivier Berné

A&A, 708 (2026) L3

Published online: 26 March 2026
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Optical quasi-periodic oscillations of the quasar 4C 50.43 with different periodicities in CSS and ZTF light curves

GuiLin Liao, XingQian Chen, PeiZhen Cheng and Xue-Guang Zhang

A&A, 708 (2026) L4

Published online: 26 March 2026
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H.E.S.S. detection of the PSR J0855−4644 nebula

F. Aharonian, H. Ashkar, M. Backes, R. Batzofin, Y. Becherini, D. Berge, K. Bernlöhr, M. Böttcher, C. Boisson, J. Bolmont et al. (126 more)

A&A, 708 (2026) A6

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Optimising the global detection of solar-like oscillations - Tuning the frequency range for asteroseismic detection predictions and searches

Mikkel N. Lund and William J. Chaplin

A&A, 708 (2026) A24

Published online: 26 March 2026
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Revisiting the formation of molecules and dust in core collapse supernovae

I. Cherchneff, D. Talbi and J. Cernicharo

A&A, 708 (2026) A76

Published online: 26 March 2026
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The AIDA-TNG project: Dark matter profiles and concentrations in alternative dark matter models

Giulia Despali, Carlo Giocoli, Lauro Moscardini, Annalisa Pillepich, Mark Vogelsberger and Massimo Meneghetti

A&A, 708 (2026) A47

Published online: 26 March 2026
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Correcting the fiber-aperture bias affecting galaxy stellar populations in the Legacy Sloan Digital Sky Survey - Aperture corrections to absorption indices based on CALIFA integral field observations

Stefano Zibetti, Jacopo Pratesi, Anna R. Gallazzi, Daniele Mattolini and Laura Scholz-Díaz

A&A, 708 (2026) A13

Published online: 26 March 2026
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Multi-spin stellar velocity maps of the most massive galaxies

Davor Krajnović, Eric Emsellem, Roland Bacon, Leindert A. Boogaard, Peter M. Weilbacher and Lutz Wisotzki

A&A, 708 (2026) A15

Published online: 26 March 2026

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Volume 708 (April 2026) (in progress)
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Volume 707 (March 2026) (in progress)
1. Non-thermal filaments in the cluster Abell 2255 (De Rubeis, E., et al., 2026, A&A, 707, A49)
2. Turbulent burning in electron capture supernovae (Holas, A., et al., 2026, A&A, 707, A84)
3. A section of the Galactic plane in LoTSS-DR3 (Shimwell, T. W., et al., 2026, A&A, 707, A198)
4. β Pic submicro-arcsecond astrometry with GRAVITY+ (GRAVITY+ Collaboration, 2026, A&A, 707, A115)
5. Interstellar nebula powered by microquasar SS 433 (Sunyaev, R.., et al., 2026, A&A, 707, A278)
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Volume 706 (February 2026)
1. Millimeter-selected clusters and dusty galaxies (Archipley, M., et al., 2026, A&A, 706, A17)
2. CO(2–1) velocity maps of the IRAS 04166 outflow (Tafalla, M., et al., 2026, A&A, 706, A248)
3. Bayesian imaging of LMC SN1987A components (Eberle, V., et al., 2026, A&A, 706, A229)
4. GLOSTAR–Effelsberg map of the Galaxy at 4.9 GHz (Gong, Y., et al., 2026, A&A, 706, A230)
5. Tracing the interplay between stars and gas in M33 (Feltre, A., et al., 2026, A&A, 706, A367)
6. CH and H₂O spectra constraining variations α (Muller, S., et al., 2026, A&A, 706, A365)
7. The tidal disruption of a rubble-pile Phobos (Agrusa, H. & Michel, P., 2026, A&A, 706, A353)
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Fusion of JWST data: Demonstrating practical feasibility

Optical quasi-periodic oscillations of the quasar 4C 50.43 with different periodicities in CSS and ZTF light curves

H.E.S.S. detection of the PSR J0855−4644 nebula

Optimising the global detection of solar-like oscillations - Tuning the frequency range for asteroseismic detection predictions and searches

Revisiting the formation of molecules and dust in core collapse supernovae

The AIDA-TNG project: Dark matter profiles and concentrations in alternative dark matter models

Correcting the fiber-aperture bias affecting galaxy stellar populations in the Legacy Sloan Digital Sky Survey - Aperture corrections to absorption indices based on CALIFA integral field observations

Multi-spin stellar velocity maps of the most massive galaxies

Solar twins in Gaia DR3 GSP-Spec - I. Building a large catalog of solar twins with ages

FENRIR: A statistical model of stellar variability - I. A physics-based, fast Gaussian process model to represent stellar activity and perform statistical Doppler imaging

Photodissociation and photoionisation of atoms and molecules of astrophysical interest

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

Solar twins in Gaia DR3 GSP-Spec - II. Age distribution and its implications for the Sun’s migration

Euclid - I. Overview of the Euclid mission

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

Solar twins in Gaia DR3 GSP-Spec - I. Building a large catalog of solar twins with ages

Medium-resolution échelle spectroscopy of the Red Square Nebula, MWC 922

Planck 2018 results - III. High Frequency Instrument data processing and frequency maps

The chemistry of C₂ and C₃ in the coma of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at heliocentric distances r_h ≥ 2.9 AU

A long term spectroscopic and photometric study of the old nova HR Delphini

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

Euclid - I. Overview of the Euclid mission

Assessing interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias and the Two-meter Twin Telescope

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