Based on the article "Exomoon search with VLTI/GRAVITY around the substellar companion HD 206893 B", by Q. Kral et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 705, A217
2026 Press releases
An unprecedented signal around HD 206893 B: an exomoon candidate revealed by high-precision astrometry
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- Published on 30 January 2026
Probing the jet base of M87's supermassive black hole
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- Published on 28 January 2026
Based on the articles "Probing jet base emission of M87* with the 2021 Event Horizon Telescope observations", by Saurabh et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 706, A27
ICCUB astronomers lead the largest study on massive runaway stars including rotation and binarity in the Milky Way
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- Published on 27 January 2026
Based on the articles "An observational study of rotation and binarity of Galactic O-type runaway stars", by M. Carretero-Castrillo et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 705, A215
Cosmic fireworks 12 billion light-years away: a record-breaking survey by IRAM's 30-meter telescope
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- Published on 26 January 2026
Based on the articles
"NIKA2 Cosmological Legacy Survey. First measurement of the confusion noise at the IRAM 30 m telescope", by N. Ponthieu et al.
"Overdense fireworks in GOODS-N: Unveiling a record number of massive dusty star-forming galaxies at z ∼ 5.2 with the N2CLS", by G. Lagache et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 705, A213, A214
Magnetic avalanches power solar flares
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- Published on 21 January 2026
Based on the article "A magnetic avalanche as the central engine powering a solar flare", by L. P. Chitta et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 705, A113
ALMA Reveals Teenage Years of New Worlds
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- Published on 20 January 2026
Based on the articles
"The ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures (ARKS). I. Motivation, sample, data reduction, and results overview", by S. Marino et al.
"The ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures (ARKS). IV. CO gas imaging and overview", by S. Mac Manamon et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 705, A195, A198
Intermediate-mass black hole incubators in galactic central regions
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- Published on 14 January 2026
Based on the article "Intermediate-mass black hole incubators. Gas accretion onto stellar black hole clusters in galactic central molecular zones", by J. Haas et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 705, L15
Event Horizon Telescope maps twisting magnetic fields near the supermassive binary black hole candidate OJ287
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- Published on 08 January 2026
Based on the article "Spatially resolved polarization swings in the supermassive binary black hole candidate OJ 287 with first Event Horizon Telescope observations", by J. L. Gómez et al.
Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2026, 705, A23
Statement of the A&A Board of Directors and Editors
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- Published on 15 March 2022
The Board of Directors and the Editors of Astronomy & Astrophysics are deeply appalled by and concerned with the recent events in Ukraine where the sovereignty and independence of the country and the freedom and the lives of its citizens are suffering direct and brutal military threat by an act of war from its neighbour.