2017

2017 Press releases

Details: Published on 05 December 2017

Two Super-Earths around the red dwarf K2-18

Based on the article "Characterization of the K2-18 multi-planetary system with HARPS: A habitable zone super-Earth and discovery of a second, warm super-Earth on a non-coplanar orbit",
by R. Cloutier et al.

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017, A608, A35

Details: Published on 29 November 2017

MUSE Probes Uncharted Depths of Hubble Ultra Deep Field

ESO press release

Based on the special issue "The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey",

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017

Details: Published on 15 November 2017

Closest Temperate World Orbiting Quiet Star Discovered

ESO press release

Based on the article "A temperate exo-Earth around a quiet M dwarf at 3.4 parsecs",
by X. Bonfils et al.

To be published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017

Details: Published on 07 November 2017

SOLAR-ISS, a new solar reference spectrum

UVSQ press release (PDF)

Based on the article "SOLAR-ISS: A new reference spectrum based on SOLAR/SOLSPEC observations",
by M. Meftah et al.

To be published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017

Details: Published on 12 October 2017

Astronomers discover unusual spindle-like galaxies

MPIA press release

Based on the article "CALIFA reveals prolate rotation in massive early-type galaxies: A polar galaxy merger origin?",
by A. Tsatsi et al.

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017, 606, A62

Details: Published on 28 September 2017

It Takes the Right Amount of Carbon

University of Heidelberg press release

Based on the article "Spatial distribution of carbon dust in the early solar nebula and the carbon content of planetesimals",
by Hans-Peter Gail et al.

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017, 606, A16

Details: Published on 14 September 2017

The Return of the Comet-like Exoplanet

UNIGE press release

Based on the article "The long egress of GJ 436b’s giant exosphere",
by B. Lavie et al.

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017, 605, L7

Details: Published on 01 August 2017

Gravity waves detected in Sun’s interior reveal rapidly rotating core

ESA press release

© ESA; (Sun’s chromosphere based on SOHO image; credit: SOHO (ESA & NASA))

Based on the article "Asymptotic g modes: Evidence for a rapid rotation of the solar core",
by E. Fossat et al.

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017, 604, A40

Details: Published on 28 July 2017

A tale of three cities - OmegaCAM discovers multiple sequences in the color-magnitude diagram of the Orion Nebula Cluster

ESO press release

Based on the article "A tale of three cities - OmegaCAM discovers multiple sequences in the color-magnitude diagram of the Orion Nebula Cluster",
by G. Beccari, et al.

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017, 604, A22

Details: Published on 11 July 2017

Molecular outflow launched beyond the disk around a young star

MPE press release

Based on the article "Molecular outflow launched beyond the disk edge",
by F. O. Alves et al.

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017, 603, L3

Details: Published on 13 June 2017

A&A special issue: The VLA-COSMOS 3 GHz Large Project

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Astronomy & Astrophysics, volume 602, June 2017
Table of contents of the A&A special issue

Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing a series of articles on the results of the VLA-COSMOS 3 GHz Large Project. The international team, led by researchers from the University of Zagreb, observed a two square degree patch of the sky at radio wavelengths and obtained one of the best-quality radio images ever produced over such a large region of the sky.