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Evidence for a Delayed Ultraviolet Counterpart to X-Ray Quasiperiodic Eruptions in Ansky

Hengxiao Guo et al 2026 ApJL 1000 L57
ZTF19acnskyy may be the first X-ray quasiperiodic eruption source to display correlated ultraviolet emission β€” another strange behavior that researchers must explain for this already unique source.

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The Response of Planetary Atmospheres to the Impact of Icy Comets. III. Impact Driven Atmospheric Escape

F. Sainsbury-Martinez et al 2026 ApJ 1001 57
Simulations suggest that tidally locked planets have similar atmospheric escape rates to Earth analogs despite having cooler and drier atmospheres near their surfaces.

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The First Dedicated Survey of Atmospheric Escape from Planets Orbiting F Stars

Morgan Saidel et al 2026 AJ 171 257
A survey of six gas giants orbiting F-type stars suggests that atmospheric escape of these planets is determined by the X-ray and extreme-ultraviolet output of their host stars as well as the Roche filling factor.

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Measuring the Distances to Asteroids from One Observatory in One Night with Upcoming All-Sky Telescopes

Maryann Benny Fernandes et al 2026 Planet. Sci. J. 7 76
Using simulations of 20 asteroids from 0.05 to 2.4 au away, researchers demonstrate how the technique of topocentric parallax could be used to determine the distance to an asteroid in a single night.

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Blue Straggler in the Making: An X-Ray Active Binary in Algol Configuration

A. H. Sheikh et al 2026 ApJL 1002 L29
Researchers have found a rare example of a blue straggler star in the process of formation, providing direct evidence for the formation of these puzzling stars through ongoing mass transfer in a binary system.

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Dual Active Galactic Nuclei on 100 kpc Scales from the Million Quasar Catalog

Zhuojun Deng et al 2026 ApJS 283 70
In a sample of 171 new dual active galactic nuclei, four triplets, and one quadruplet drawn from a catalog of nearly a million quasars, researchers find that roughly 16% of targets exhibit tidal features.

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Can the Dust Eclipses in WR 104 Provide Constraints on the System’s Inclination?

Noel D. Richardson et al 2026 ApJ 1001 34
Researchers find a system inclination of 41.8 degrees for WR 104; this result is at odds with previous interpretations of the system’s dust plume, but a new geometric model reconciles these results.

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Variability of Europa’s Optical Aurora on Orbital and Multiyear Timescales

Zachariah Milby et al 2026 Planet. Sci. J. 7 60
Analysis of 10 nights of observations of Europa’s auroral emission suggests that optical auroral brightness may be a proxy for electron density variations, assuming a stable atmospheric composition and density.

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Late-Blooming Magnetars: Awakening as Long-Period Transients After a Dormant Cooling Epoch

Arthur G. Suvorov et al 2026 ApJ 1000 55
Magnetothermal modeling suggests that neutron stars may remain β€œsilent” at radio frequencies for approximately 100,000 years before activating, potentially as long-period radio transients.

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HD 164604 c: A Second Giant Planet on a 15 Yr Orbit and Constraints on the Planet–Planet Mutual Inclination

Guang-Yao Xiao et al 2026 AJ 171 209
A newly discovered massive giant planet likely has a retrograde orbit relative to the other known planet in the system, pointing to a potentially violent dynamical history.

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Magnetic Activity in M-Type Stars Based on LAMOST DR11 and TESS Observations

Linfeng Ren et al 2026 ApJS 282 29
Chromospheric and photospheric activity in M dwarfs appear to be correlated, with stellar rotation influencing both types of activity and metallicity impacting the intensity of chromospheric activity.

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Ultra-Faint Milky Way Satellites Discovered in Carina, Phoenix, and Telescopium with DELVE Data Release 3

C. Y. Tan et al 2026 ApJ 1000 46
By cross-matching results from two different search algorithms, researchers have discovered three new Milky Way satellites, two of which appear to be dwarf galaxies and one of which is likely a star cluster.

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Emergence of a Lithium Dip in ∼35 Myr β€œSnake” Open Clusters

Yun-Yi Zhang et al 2026 ApJL 999 L24
New observations of a young star cluster challenge the view that lithium depletion only occurs after 150 million years; the team also uncovered a correlation between stellar rotation rate and lithium depletion.

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