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JWST image of PLCKG165+67 and arc hosting supernova H0pe (Galan, A., et al., 2026, A&A, 708, A359)

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Discovery of Galactic-centre-ejected star in DESI DR1

Manuel Cavieres, Sergey E. Koposov, Elena Maria Rossi, Zephyr Penoyre and Sill Verberne

A&A, 709 (2026) A117

Published online: 08 May 2026
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First direct detection of an RR Lyrae star conclusively associated with an intermediate-age cluster

Cecilia Mateu, Bolivia Cuevas-Otahola and Juan José Downes

A&A, 709 (2026) A139

Published online: 08 May 2026
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The abundance of interstellar C₆₀ molecules toward BD+31°643 and other stars

Gaël Rouillé and Roland Gredel

A&A, 709 (2026) A104

Published online: 08 May 2026
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Methanimine as a sink in the HCN and HNC solid state hydrogenation network

J. Enrique-Romero and T. Lamberts

A&A, 709 (2026) A116

Published online: 08 May 2026
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What you see is not necessarily what you get: Interpreting near-infrared scattering phase functions of debris discs

Q. Bosschaart and J. Olofsso

A&A, 709 (2026) A118

Published online: 08 May 2026
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An 18–25 GHz spectroscopic survey of southern hemisphere dense cores

Dariusz C. Lis, Karen Willacy, Liton Majumdar, Jorge L. Pineda, Susanna Widicus Weaver and Shinji Horiuchi

A&A, 709 (2026) A121

Published online: 08 May 2026
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The effect of recurrent fluorescence on the survival probability of hot octasulfur cations

P. Ferrari, M. H. Stockett, P. Martini, J. E. Navarro Navarrete, H. Cederquist, L. B. F. M. Waters, H. T. Schmidt, H. Zettergren and J. M. Bakker

A&A, 709 (2026) A136

Published online: 08 May 2026
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JOYS: Unlocking accretion-rate diagnostics for high-mass protostars using JWST/MIRI HI lines

S. D. Reyes-Reyes, H. Beuther, E. F. van Dishoeck, C. Gieser, A. Caratti o Garatti, Ł. Tychoniec, P. J. Kavanagh, P. D. Klaassen, K. Justtanont, L. Francis et al. (7 more)

A&A, 709 (2026) A13

Published online: 08 May 2026

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8137	Open Access FAUST - XXX. Dust enhancement in the young binary L1551 IRS 5 N. Cuello, E. Bianchi, F. Ménard, L. Loinard, R. Hernández Garnica, A. Durán, C. Ceccarelli, M. J. Maureira, C. J. Chandler, C. Codella et al. (10 more) A&A, 705 (2026) L16 Published online: 14 January 2026
2445	Free Access The chemistry of C₂ and C₃ in the coma of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at heliocentric distances r_h ≥ 2.9 AU J. Helbert, H. Rauer, D. C. Boice and W. F. Huebner A&A, 442 3 (2005) 1107-1120 Published online: 14 October 2005
2206	Free Access KOI-200 b and KOI-889 b: Two transiting exoplanets detected and characterized with Kepler, SOPHIE, and HARPS-N G. Hébrard, J.-M. Almenara, A. Santerne, M. Deleuil, C. Damiani, A. S. Bonomo, F. Bouchy, G. Bruno, R. F. Díaz, G. Montagnier and C. Moutou A&A, 554 (2013) A114 Published online: 13 June 2013
1764	Press Release Open Access The edge of the Milky Way’s star-forming disc: Evidence from a ’U-shaped’ stellar age profile Karl Fiteni, Stuart Robert Anderson, Victor. P. Debattista, Joseph Caruana, João A. S. Amarante, Steven Gough-Kelly, Laurent Eyer, Leandro Beraldo e Silva, Tigran Khachaturyants and Virginia Cuomo A&A, 708 (2026) A252 Published online: 13 April 2026
1433	Open Access The Local Distance Network: A community consensus report on the measurement of the Hubble constant at ∼1% precision H0DN Collaboration, Stefano Casertano, Gagandeep Anand, Richard I. Anderson, Rachael Beaton, Anupam Bhardwaj, John P. Blakeslee, Paula Boubel, Louise Breuval, Dillon Brout et al. (28 more) A&A, 708 (2026) A166 Published online: 10 April 2026

Volume 709 (May 2026) (in progress)
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Volume 708 (April 2026)
1. JWST-NIRCam images of protoplanetary disks in the Orion Nebula Cluster (Amiot, P., et al., 2026, A&A, 708, A111)
2. Resolved protoplanetary discs at 1.3 mm (Bosschaart, Q., et al., 2026, A&A, 708, A143)
3. Antlia SNR observed in X-rays with eROSITA/SRG (Knies, F., et al., 2026, A&A, 708, A198)
4. JWST image of PLCKG165+67 and arc hosting supernova H0pe (Galan, A., et al., 2026, A&A, 708, A359)
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Volume 707 (March 2026)
1. Non-thermal filaments in the cluster Abell 2255 (De Rubeis, E., et al., 2026, A&A, 707, A49)
2. Turbulent burning in electron capture supernovae (Holas, A., et al., 2026, A&A, 707, A84)
3. A section of the Galactic plane in LoTSS-DR3 (Shimwell, T. W., et al., 2026, A&A, 707, A198)
4. β Pic submicro-arcsecond astrometry with GRAVITY+ (GRAVITY+ Collaboration, 2026, A&A, 707, A115)
5. Interstellar nebula powered by microquasar SS 433 (Sunyaev, R.., et al., 2026, A&A, 707, A278)
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12384	Open Access FAUST - XXX. Dust enhancement in the young binary L1551 IRS 5 N. Cuello, E. Bianchi, F. Ménard, L. Loinard, R. Hernández Garnica, A. Durán, C. Ceccarelli, M. J. Maureira, C. J. Chandler, C. Codella et al. (10 more) A&A, 705 (2026) L16 Published online: 14 January 2026
8630	Free Access The chemistry of C₂ and C₃ in the coma of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at heliocentric distances r_h ≥ 2.9 AU J. Helbert, H. Rauer, D. C. Boice and W. F. Huebner A&A, 442 3 (2005) 1107-1120 Published online: 14 October 2005
7973	Open Access The Local Distance Network: A community consensus report on the measurement of the Hubble constant at ∼1% precision H0DN Collaboration, Stefano Casertano, Gagandeep Anand, Richard I. Anderson, Rachael Beaton, Anupam Bhardwaj, John P. Blakeslee, Paula Boubel, Louise Breuval, Dillon Brout et al. (28 more) A&A, 708 (2026) A166 Published online: 10 April 2026
6171	Free Access KOI-200 b and KOI-889 b: Two transiting exoplanets detected and characterized with Kepler, SOPHIE, and HARPS-N G. Hébrard, J.-M. Almenara, A. Santerne, M. Deleuil, C. Damiani, A. S. Bonomo, F. Bouchy, G. Bruno, R. F. Díaz, G. Montagnier and C. Moutou A&A, 554 (2013) A114 Published online: 13 June 2013
5125	Planck 2018 results Free Access Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters Planck Collaboration, N. Aghanim, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, M. Ballardini, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, N. Bartolo et al. (172 more) A&A, 641 (2020) A6 Published online: 11 September 2020

15678	Planck 2018 results Free Access Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters Planck Collaboration, N. Aghanim, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, M. Ballardini, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, N. Bartolo et al. (172 more) A&A, 641 (2020) A6 Published online: 11 September 2020
15452	Free Access The chemistry of C₂ and C₃ in the coma of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at heliocentric distances r_h ≥ 2.9 AU J. Helbert, H. Rauer, D. C. Boice and W. F. Huebner A&A, 442 3 (2005) 1107-1120 Published online: 14 October 2005
14845	Euclid on Sky Open Access Euclid - I. Overview of the Euclid mission Euclid Collaboration, Y. Mellier, Abdurro’uf, J. A. Acevedo Barroso, A. Achúcarro, J. Adamek, R. Adam, G. E. Addison, N. Aghanim, M. Aguena et al. (1130 more) A&A, 697 (2025) A1 Published online: 30 April 2025
13488	Open Access FAUST - XXX. Dust enhancement in the young binary L1551 IRS 5 N. Cuello, E. Bianchi, F. Ménard, L. Loinard, R. Hernández Garnica, A. Durán, C. Ceccarelli, M. J. Maureira, C. J. Chandler, C. Codella et al. (10 more) A&A, 705 (2026) L16 Published online: 14 January 2026
10970	Highlight Free Access Medium-resolution échelle spectroscopy of the Red Square Nebula, MWC 922 N. Wehres, B. B. Ochsendorf, A. G. G. M. Tielens, N. L. J. Cox, L. Kaper, J. Bally and T. P. Snow A&A, 601 (2017) A69 Published online: 03 May 2017

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Discovery of Galactic-centre-ejected star in DESI DR1

First direct detection of an RR Lyrae star conclusively associated with an intermediate-age cluster

The abundance of interstellar C₆₀ molecules toward BD+31°643 and other stars

Methanimine as a sink in the HCN and HNC solid state hydrogenation network

What you see is not necessarily what you get: Interpreting near-infrared scattering phase functions of debris discs

An 18–25 GHz spectroscopic survey of southern hemisphere dense cores

The effect of recurrent fluorescence on the survival probability of hot octasulfur cations

JOYS: Unlocking accretion-rate diagnostics for high-mass protostars using JWST/MIRI HI lines

FAUST - XXX. Dust enhancement in the young binary L1551 IRS 5

The chemistry of C₂ and C₃ in the coma of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at heliocentric distances r_h ≥ 2.9 AU

KOI-200 b and KOI-889 b: Two transiting exoplanets detected and characterized with Kepler, SOPHIE, and HARPS-N

The edge of the Milky Way’s star-forming disc: Evidence from a ’U-shaped’ stellar age profile

The Local Distance Network: A community consensus report on the measurement of the Hubble constant at ∼1% precision

FAUST - XXX. Dust enhancement in the young binary L1551 IRS 5

The chemistry of C₂ and C₃ in the coma of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at heliocentric distances r_h ≥ 2.9 AU

The Local Distance Network: A community consensus report on the measurement of the Hubble constant at ∼1% precision

KOI-200 b and KOI-889 b: Two transiting exoplanets detected and characterized with Kepler, SOPHIE, and HARPS-N

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

The chemistry of C₂ and C₃ in the coma of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at heliocentric distances r_h ≥ 2.9 AU

Euclid - I. Overview of the Euclid mission

FAUST - XXX. Dust enhancement in the young binary L1551 IRS 5

Medium-resolution échelle spectroscopy of the Red Square Nebula, MWC 922

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