Aims. The United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) microlensing survey was conducted over four years, from 2016 to 2019, with the goal of serving as a precursor to future near-infrared microlensing surveys. Focusing on stars in the Galactic center and utilizing near-infrared passbands, the survey identified approximately one thousand microlensing

We reconstructed the star formation histories of seven massive (M ⋆ ≳ 10 10 M ⊙) early-type galaxies (ETGs) in the Virgo cluster by analysing their spatially resolved stellar population (SP) properties including their ultraviolet (UV) and Hα emission. As part of the Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE), we used Hα

Context. The latest Gaia Focused Product Release (FPR) has provided variability information for ∼1000 long-period red giant binaries, including almost ∼700 ellipsoidal binary candidates, thus providing the largest sample to date of this binary type with both photometric and spectroscopic time series observations. Aims. We aim to characterize both

Radar observations of 2020 BX 12 conducted with the S-band planetary radar system (2380 MHz, 12.6 cm) at the Arecibo Observatory on 2020 February 4 and 5 revealed that this potentially hazardous asteroid is a binary system. Spectroscopic observations with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias on 2024 February 16 indicate that 2020 BX 12 is an S

Massive stars drive the ionization and mechanical feedback within young star-forming regions. The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is an ideal galaxy for studying individual massive stars and quantifying their feedback contribution to the environment. We analyze eight exemplary targets in LMC N11 B from the Hubble UV Legacy Library of Young Stars as

Context. Samples from the asteroid Ryugu provide key information on the initial composition and evolutionary processes of primitive bodies. Aims. This study aims to detect H 2O spectral features associated with inter-layer water in a statistically significant number of Ryugu grains protected from terrestrial contamination. Methods. We analysed