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PublicationMinutes-duration optical flares with supernova luminositiesIn recent years, certain luminous extragalactic optical transients have been observed to last only a few days 1. Their short observed duration implies a...
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PublicationNearly all the sky is covered by Lyman-α emission around high-redshift galaxiesGalaxies are surrounded by large reservoirs of gas, mostly hydrogen, that are fed by inflows from the intergalactic medium and by outflows from galactic winds...
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PublicationNightside condensation of iron in an ultrahot giant exoplanetUltrahot giant exoplanets receive thousands of times Earth's insolation 1,2. Their high-temperature atmospheres (greater than 2,000 kelvin) are ideal...
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PublicationNo surviving evolved companions of the progenitor of SN1006TypeIa supernovae are thought to occur when a white dwarf made of carbon and oxygen accretes sufficient mass to trigger a thermonuclear explosion. The accretion...
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PublicationObservation of inverse Compton emission from a long γ-ray burstLong-duration γ-ray bursts (GRBs) originate from ultra-relativistic jets launched from the collapsing cores of dying massive stars. They are characterized by an...
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PublicationOptical detection of meteoroidal impacts on the MoonImpacts of meteoroids on the Moon should cause detectable optical flashes, but the population of objects that are big enough is very low, and hitherto no...
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PublicationPhotochemically produced SO<SUB>2</SUB> in the atmosphere of WASP-39bPhotochemistry is a fundamental process of planetary atmospheres that regulates the atmospheric composition and stability 1. However, no unambiguous...
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PublicationPublisher Correction: A planet within the debris disk around the pre-main-sequence star AU MicroscopiiAn amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.