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Stars, planets, galaxies, cosmology, missions, and space observations.
An analysis of 11 extremely low mass ratio contact binaries found that two systems changed their out-of-eclipse brightness asymmetry within one TESS sector. It also found mixed orbital-period changes and evolutionary tracks that could not reproduce the shortest-period targets under the tested assumptions.
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A chirped femtosecond-laser system produced a measurable broadband heterodyne signal in a single-channel laboratory test, while projected multiplexed sensitivity remains untested.
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A small observational study of blue field candidates confirmed nine ultra-diffuse galaxies and eight other low-surface-brightness galaxies. After an aperture correction, all targets were described as lying within the star-forming main sequence, although the corrected star-formation rates were treated as upper limits.
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ALMA observations show a highly collimated, chemically stratified jet whose shape and velocity pattern fit a disk-wind interpretation better than an X-wind model.
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A preprint reports completed internal tests and modeled targets for PLACID, while the instrument's contrast performance and first science still await on-sky commissioning.
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A seven-star comparison found a sharp contrast between two ways of selecting slowly rotating, chemically peculiar A-type stars for magnetic-field searches.
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A cosmology preprint reports overwhelming statistical support for GPAge expansion histories after CMB distances are included, while stressing that the fitted pattern still needs fuller tests.
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A two-specimen proof of concept reconstructed three-dimensional fluorescence volumes and paired them with structural phase-contrast tomography under the same geometry.
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A preprint analyzing seven years of Van Allen Probes data reports that outer-belt electron flux was far higher during high-Alfvénicity solar wind, with seasonal coherence strongest near solar minimum. The observational result points to a possible role for magnetic fluctuations but does not establish causation or show that it applies beyond solar cycle 24.
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A numerical preprint finds that only one modeled condition with unscaled JWST telemetry reaches the 10−10 raw-contrast target, while a tenfold motion reduction succeeds under idealized assumptions.
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A new deep, multi-epoch VISTA dataset covers about 2.5 million detections in the central Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, with preliminary signs that it may improve motion studies and reveal central structure.
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A modeling study finds that assumed magma composition and condensate chemistry can sharply alter predicted sub-Neptune atmospheres, sizes and spectra, but the results remain conditional on unverified chemistry and simplified planetary physics.
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A modeled Venusian moon survives for up to 4.5 billion years in some scenarios but is destroyed in others, leaving a narrow, model-sensitive survival window.
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A topology-based simulation test distinguished collisionless and self-interacting dark matter around massive halos, but the contrast faded on larger scales.
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A two-object follow-up study identifies J0109–5424 as a z = 2.07 FeLoBAL quasar and does not favor lensing for P170+20.
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An engineering case study of Chile's 4.1-m SOAR telescope finds a 50-Hz optical-axis wobble that blurs speckle data, while the vibration's source and disappearance after 2020 remain unresolved.
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A simulation analysis found the strongest reported galaxy bias in node outskirts and a decline in mean bias from short to long filaments.
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A preprint describes a deterministic pipeline that improves the signal-to-noise of faint Jovian radio emissions in Parker Solar Probe archives, compares its patterns with Stokes V data, and screens likely events without becoming a definitive detector.
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Prime-Cam met its laboratory deployment requirements and shipped with its first two modules, but its projected survey advantage still awaits telescope testing.
Proc. SPIE 14156, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII, 1415604 (20 Aug 2026)5 min read
A preprint describes a browser-based tool for extracting TESS full-frame light curves and reports 86.3% period agreement in a periodic subset, versus 58.8% across a heterogeneous sample, with caveats about crowding and magnitude calibration.
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A preprint modeling study of a hypothetical 10 TeV gamma-gamma collider finds a trade-off between total collision yield and a narrower high-energy peak.
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The model recovered 70% of labeled likely young stars and added 14,426 candidates, but recall ranged from almost 100% in M dwarfs to about 0% in O-type stars.
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A small study of 55 Cnc finds that Hubble's STIS can produce highly stable scanned spectra for exoplanet transit work, while showing why the reddest wavelengths remain difficult to interpret.
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An arXiv preprint describes TOI-4468 as a hot-Jupiter system with a validated outer planet and a separate, unconfirmed signal that may be a distant giant.
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A methods preprint proposes choosing the redshift where the dark-energy equation of state sits farthest from w = −1 relative to its uncertainty, and its illustrative application gives a higher one-dimensional significance than the pivot.
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FAST observations of two bright 2024 comets found contrasting 18-centimeter OH signals, with model-derived production estimates and a tentative satellite-line identification in A3.
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A model-based analysis of 40 selected gamma-ray bursts found mostly small inferred off-axis ratios, with no significant difference between its ISM and wind groups or between bursts with and without X-ray plateaus.
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A fiducial MACER simulation suggests that weak short-term links between AGN brightness and host-galaxy gas can coexist with long-term depletion and star-formation quenching.
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A theoretical study finds that Lense-Thirring precession is essential to stationary orbital arrangements around a spinning black hole, while most modeled equilibria are unstable.
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The study reports a 98.0% pure muon mode with a spatial spread of about 15 millimetres, while measurements across 12 configurations showed a consistent trade-off between intensity and hadron contamination.
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An analysis of 225 Rowan et al. (2023) candidates with two eclipsing periods reports 76 confirmed blends and a 33.8% false-positive fraction for the examined set.
2025MNRAS.544L.174Z3 min read
A short VLA observing run on the single star AU Mic found strong variability even during selected quiet intervals, along with two clear flares. The authors interpret the pattern as evidence that many small, unresolved flares may help sustain the star’s radio emission, but the result is based on one star at one epoch.
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A model of the compact source Punctum finds that a primordial black hole with a dark-matter spike could fit its reported millimeter emission, polarization and size, but the calculation does not confirm that interpretation.
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A targeted optical search of nine unusual eclipsing candidates reported at least four magnetic white dwarfs, including three likely wind-accreting pre-polars and one normal polar, while other classifications remained unclear.
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Under a shared idealized climate setup, 18 of 22 selected Earth-like planets met the study's temperature-based habitability criteria. Stellar heating shaped the broad climate split more than rotation, while pressure mattered most for the hottest modeled worlds.
Astrobiology. 2026;0(0)4 min read
A preprint model forecasts modest Leonid activity in 2031 and 2032, a sharp peak in 2033, and two 2034 encounters whose relative strength could reverse.
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Infrared tests on porous amorphous solid water found a shared spectral restructuring pattern across three vibrational modes, but the accompanying water-desorption signal differed among wavelengths.
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A numerical model matches the Crab Nebula's spectrum and apparent extension while predicting a roughly sixfold larger 1.1-PeV gamma-ray radius when hadronic emission is included.
Phys. Rev. D 114, 043066 (2026)3 min read
A semianalytic simulation estimates how spectral deficits and periodic light curves could identify active supermassive binary black holes, with pulsar-timing forecasts offering a second test.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 551, Issue 1, September 20265 min read
The preprint reports that LY UMa was bluer during the brighter of two B and V observing runs and estimates a K7-K8V mass donor using distance and assumed light-share calculations. It also gives a single V-band estimate for nearby Mrk 153.
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