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  • BOWIE-ALIGN: JWST reveals hints of planetesimal accretion and complex sulphur chemistry in the atmosphere of the misaligned hot Jupiter WASP-15b
    We present a transmission spectrum of the misaligned hot Jupiter WASP-15b from 2.8-5.2 microns observed with JWST's NIRSpec/G395H grating. Our high signal-to-noise data, which has negligible red noise, reveals significant absorption by H $_2$O ( $4.2\sigma$) and CO $_2$ ( $8.9\sigma$). From independent data reduction and atmospheric retrieval
    Kirk, James et al.

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    2025
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  • An Unexplained Origin for the Unusual Globular Cluster System in the Ultradiffuse Galaxy FCC 224
    We study the quiescent ultradiffuse galaxy FCC 224 in the Fornax cluster using Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging, motivated by peculiar properties of its globular cluster (GC) system revealed in shallower imaging. The surface brightness fluctuation distance of FCC 224 measured from HST is 18.6 ± 2.7 Mpc, consistent with the Fornax cluster
    Tang, Yimeng et al.

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    3
    2025
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    6
  • Accretion disc winds imprint distinct signatures in the optical variability spectrum of black hole transients
    Quantifying the variability, measured as the root mean square (rms), of accreting systems as a function of energy is a powerful tool for constraining the physical properties of these objects. Here, we present the first application of this method to optical spectra of low-mass X-ray binaries. We use high-time-resolution data of the black hole
    Vincentelli, Federico M. et al.

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    2025
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  • A swarm of dusty objects in orbit around the central star of planetary nebula WeSb 1
    Exoplanets and smaller bodies have been detected orbiting different kind of stars. However, we do not know of any such objects in planetary nebulae, the short-lived stage of stellar evolution between the asymptotic giant branch and white dwarf phases. The planetary activity (destruction and formation) may be accompanied by dust clouds. Hence, we
    Budaj, Jan et al.

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    3
    2025
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  • A new class of dark matter-free dwarf galaxies?: I. Clues from FCC 224, NGC 1052-DF2, and NGC 1052-DF4
    Context. The discovery of quiescent, dark matter (DM)-deficient ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) with overluminous globular clusters (GCs) has challenged galaxy formation models within the Lambda cold dark matter (ΛCDM) cosmological paradigm. Previously, such galaxies were only identified in the NGC 1052 group, raising the possibility that they are
    Buzzo, Maria Luisa et al.

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    3
    2025
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  • A joint effort to discover and characterize two resonant mini-Neptunes around TOI-1803 with TESS, HARPS-N, and CHEOPS
    Context. The discovery and characterization of mini-Neptunes hold a potentially crucial impact on planetary formation and evolution theories. Estimating their orbital parameters and atmospheric properties would provide valuable hints to improve formation and atmospheric models. Aims. We present the discovery of two mini-Neptunes near a 2:1 orbital
    Zingales, T. et al.

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    2025
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