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Amplified magnetic field in a common envelope (Gagnier, D., & Pejcha, O., 2024, A&A, 683, A4)

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Solar Orbiter First Results (Nominal Mission Phase)

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Connecting remote and in situ observations of shock-accelerated electrons associated with a coronal mass ejection

D. E. Morosan, J. Pomoell, C. Palmroos, N. Dresing, E. Asvestari, R. Vainio, E. K. J. Kilpua, J. Gieseler, A. Kumari and I. C. Jebaraj

A&A, 683 (2024) A31

Published online: 01 March 2024
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3C 273 host galaxy with Hubble Space Telescope coronagraphy

Bin B. Ren, Kevin Fogarty, John H. Debes, Eileen T. Meyer, Youbin Mo, Dimitri Mawet, Marshall D. Perrin, Patrick M. Ogle and Johannes Sahlmann

A&A, 683 (2024) L5

Published online: 01 March 2024
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Ending the prompt phase in photospheric models of gamma-ray bursts

Filip Alamaa, Frédéric Daigne and Robert Mochkovitch

A&A, 683 (2024) A30

Published online: 01 March 2024
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The effect of pressure-anisotropy-driven kinetic instabilities on magnetic field amplification in galaxy clusters

Y. Rappaz and J. Schober

A&A, 683 (2024) A35

Published online: 01 March 2024
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Double, double, toil, and trouble - The tails, bubbles, and knots of the local compact obscured nucleus galaxy NGC 4418

C. F. Wethers, S. Aalto, G. C. Privon, F. Stanley, J. Gallagher, M. Gorski, S. König, K. Onishi, M. Sato, C. Yang et al. (14 more)

A&A, 683 (2024) A27

Published online: 01 March 2024
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Revealing ringed galaxies in group environments

Julia Fernandez, Sol Alonso, Valeria Mesa and Fernanda Duplancic

A&A, 683 (2024) A32

Published online: 01 March 2024
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Kinematic signatures of planet–disk interactions in vertical shear instability-turbulent protoplanetary disks

Marcelo Barraza-Alfaro, Mario Flock and Thomas Henning

A&A, 683 (2024) A16

Published online: 01 March 2024
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Color measurements of the polarized light scattered by the dust in protoplanetary disks

J. Ma, H. M. Schmid and T. Stolker

A&A, 683 (2024) A18

Published online: 01 March 2024

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Volume 683 (March 2024) (in progress)
1. Amplified magnetic field in a common envelope (Gagnier, D., & Pejcha, O., 2024, A&A, 683, A4)
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Volume 682 (February 2024) (in progress)
1. Hidden protostars create brilliant outflows (Crowe, S., et al., 2024, A&A, 682, A2)
2. eROSITA half-sky intensity maps in four X-ray energy bands (Merloni, A., et al., 2024, A&A, 682, A34)
3. Molecular gas in the LMC overlaid on Hα emission (Grishunin, K., et al., 2024, A&A, 682, A137)
4. LOFAR discovers AGN radio remnant (red) in A1318 galaxy group (Shulevski, A., et al., 2024, A&A, 682, A171)
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Volume 681 (January 2024)
1. Statistical separation of Galactic dust emission and CIB (Auclair, C., et al., 2024, A&A, 681, A1)
2. HD 34700 A disk complexity in multi-band data (Columba, G., et al., 2024, A&A, 681, A19)
3. Massive O and B stars running away from Messier 17 (Stoop, M., et al., 2024, A&A, 681, A21)
4. The first sky map of the O VIII line by eROSITA (Locatelli, N., et al., 2024, A&A, 681, A78)
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Connecting remote and in situ observations of shock-accelerated electrons associated with a coronal mass ejection

3C 273 host galaxy with Hubble Space Telescope coronagraphy

Ending the prompt phase in photospheric models of gamma-ray bursts

The effect of pressure-anisotropy-driven kinetic instabilities on magnetic field amplification in galaxy clusters

Double, double, toil, and trouble - The tails, bubbles, and knots of the local compact obscured nucleus galaxy NGC 4418

Revealing ringed galaxies in group environments

Kinematic signatures of planet–disk interactions in vertical shear instability-turbulent protoplanetary disks

Color measurements of the polarized light scattered by the dust in protoplanetary disks

La2010: a new orbital solution for the long-term motion of the Earth

When the horseshoe fits: Characterizing 2023 FY₃ with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias and the Two-meter Twin Telescope

The persistent shadow of the supermassive black hole of M 87 - I. Observations, calibration, imaging, and analysis

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

The 3D structure of disc-instability protoplanets

The persistent shadow of the supermassive black hole of M 87 - I. Observations, calibration, imaging, and analysis

When the horseshoe fits: Characterizing 2023 FY₃ with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias and the Two-meter Twin Telescope

The SRG/eROSITA all-sky survey - First X-ray catalogues and data release of the western Galactic hemisphere

An almost dark galaxy with the mass of the Small Magellanic Cloud

Solar cycle 24: An unusual polar field reversal

Unintended electromagnetic radiation from Starlink satellites detected with LOFAR between 110 and 188 MHz

Euclid preparation - XXX. Performance assessment of the NISP red grism through spectroscopic simulations for the wide and deep surveys

A giant thin stellar stream in the Coma Galaxy Cluster

The persistent shadow of the supermassive black hole of M 87 - I. Observations, calibration, imaging, and analysis

Planck 2018 results - VI. Cosmological parameters

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