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Discovery of the Seven-ring Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cyanocoronene (C<sub>24</sub>H<sub>11</sub>CN) in GOTHAM Observations of TMC-1

The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2025 · 56 citations · 5 min read

This paper asks whether a specific, large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) derivative—cyanocoronene, formula ring PAH cyanocoronene ring PAH...

PaperAstrochemistryMolecular spectroscopyRadio astronomy of the ISM

Cosmology in Extended Parameter Space with DESI Data Release 2 Baryon Acoustic Oscillations: A 2<i>σ</i>+ Detection of Nonzero Neutrino Masses with an Update on Dynamical Dark Energy and Lensing Anomaly

The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2025 · 47 citations · 5 min read

This paper asks whether recent large-scale-structure measurements from DESI Data Release 2 (DR2) BAO, when combined with CMB, supernovae, and...

PaperObservational cosmologyCosmological parameter estimationNeutrino cosmology

exoALMA. III. Line-intensity Modeling and System Property Extraction from Protoplanetary Disks

The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2025 · 32 citations · 6 min read

This paper addresses a practical but scientifically central question in protoplanetary disk spectroscopy: how can we reliably extract the physical...

PaperProtoplanetary disksALMA molecular line spectroscopyRadiative transfer and line formation (effective modeling)

exoALMA. XII. Weighing and Sizing exoALMA Disks with Rotation Curve Modelling

The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2025 · 30 citations · 6 min read

This paper addresses a central problem in protoplanetary disk physics: how to measure fundamental disk properties—stellar mass, gas (disk) mass, and...

PaperProtoplanetary disk kinematicsDisk self-gravity and rotation curvesThermal stratification in disks

exoALMA. II. Data Calibration and Imaging Pipeline

The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2025 · 29 citations · 8 min read

This paper, “exoALMA. II. Data Calibration and Imaging Pipeline” (Loomis et al. 2025), addresses a practical but scientifically central question: how...

PaperRadio interferometryALMA data calibrationSelf-calibration and phase decoherence

exoALMA. VI. Rotating under Pressure: Rotation Curves, Azimuthal Velocity Substructures, and Gas Pressure Variations

The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2025 · 23 citations · 5 min read

This paper asks whether small-scale deviations from Keplerian rotation in protoplanetary disks—measured with ALMA at high angular and spectral...

PaperProtoplanetary disksPlanet formationDisk kinematics

From a Different Star: 3I/ATLAS in the Context of the Ōtautahi–Oxford Interstellar Object Population Model

The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2025 · 19 citations · 8 min read

This Astrophysical Journal Letters paper asks how the newly discovered third interstellar object (ISO), 3I/ATLAS (“3I”), fits within a physically...

PaperInterstellar objectsExocomets and exoplanetary system remnantsGalactic dynamics