Context. The photospheric Evershed flow is normally oriented radially outward, yet sometimes opposite velocities are observed not only in the chromosphere but also in the photospheric layers of the penumbra. Aims. We studied the velocity field in a special case of an active region with two mature sunspots, the lesser of which formed several days

A crucial chemical link between stars and their orbiting exoplanets is thought to exist. If universal, this connection could affect the formation and evolution of all planets. Therefore, this potential vital link needs testing by characterizing exoplanets around chemically-diverse stars. We present the discovery of two planets orbiting the metal

We present the results of deep near-infrared imaging of the recently discovered helium star pulsar binary J1928+1815 situated in the Galactic plane. Our observations did not achieve significant detections, providing limiting magnitudes of J = 23.7 and H = 22.2, which are both 2.4 mag deeper than the expected J and H magnitudes for a modeled

The physically motivated definition of galaxy size proposed recently, linked to the farther location of the in situ star formation, considerably reduces the scatter of the galaxy mass─size relation and provides a viable method to infer the galaxy stellar mass from its size. We provide a similar relation correlating the size of galaxies with the

Recent discoveries of dust and molecular gas in quiescent galaxies (QGs) up to z ∼ 4 challenge the long-standing view that the interstellar medium depletes rapidly once star formation ceases, raising key questions of whether dust and gas coevolve in QGs, and how their depletion links to stellar aging. We present deep Atacama Large Millimeter

Stellar occultations, when a distant object passes in front of a star and casts a shadow on Earth, are a powerful tool to probe the physical properties of solar system bodies. They enable precise size and shape measurements and can reveal rings, satellites, atmospheres, or surface features. Here we present results from two stellar occultations by