Aims. Determining the dynamical mass profiles of dispersion-supported galaxies is particularly challenging due to projection effects and the unknown shape of their velocity anisotropy profile. Traditionally, this task relies on time-consuming methods that require profile parameterisation and the assumption of dynamical equilibrium and spherical

We report the discovery of a new directly imaged brown-dwarf companion with Keck/NIRC2+pyWFS around a nearby mid-type M-dwarf LSPM J1446+4633 (hereafter J1446). The L ' -band contrast (4.5 × 10 ‑3) is consistent with a ∼20–60 M Jup object at 1–10 Gyr and our two-epoch NIRC2 data suggest a ∼30% (∼3.1σ) variability in its L ' -band flux. We

We present deep optical imaging of the extremely isolated dwarf galaxy NGC 6789, obtained with the new 2 m Two-meter Twin Telescope at Teide Observatory. Despite its location in the Local Void, NGC 6789 exhibits surprising recent central star formation equivalent to approximately 4% of its total stellar mass. The origin of the gas necessary for

We present the METADETECTION weak lensing galaxy shape catalogue from the 6-yr Dark Energy Survey (DES Y6) imaging data. This data set is the final release from DES, spanning 4422 deg $^2$ of the southern sky. We describe how the catalogue was constructed, including the two new major processing steps, cell-based image coaddition, and shear

Long-period radio transients (LPTs) are periodic radio sources showing pulsed emission on time-scales from minutes to hours. The underlying sources behind this emission are currently unclear. There are two leading candidates: neutron stars or white dwarfs. Neutron stars could emit at LPT time-scales as magnetars, binaries, or precessing sources