9 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

SN 2021pfs: A Type Ia Supernova Likely Affected by Progenitor Metallicity, as Revealed by Comparison with Its Twin Counterpart

Abdusamatjan Iskandar, Xiaofeng Wang, Ali Esamdin +15

We present extensive photometric and spectroscopic observations of the normal type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) 2021pfs, which occurred in the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 5427 at a redshift 0.0…

astro-ph.GA2026

Evidence for the First Globular Cluster Stellar Stream beyond the Milky Way

Julie Kiel Holm, Sarah Pearson, Jacob Nibauer +5

The dark matter content of ultra-diffuse galaxies is the subject of considerable debate. Stellar streams, which form when a host galaxy tidally strips stars from an orbiting stella…

astro-ph.IM2026

Early Exploration of the Scientific Discovery Space for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Courtney D. Dressing, Danica Adams, Evelyne Alecian +324

The paper summarizes 70 science cases for the proposed NASA Habitable Worlds Observatory, outlining the observational needs across four scientific pillars and detailing required ca…

astro-ph.SR2026

The Carbon Giant Population Revealed by Gaia DR3

Benjamin R. Roulston, Paul J. Green

Classical carbon stars (atmospheric C/O >1) are asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars that become carbon-rich through third dredge-up during the thermally pulsing AGB phase. However,…

astro-ph.HE2026

Radiative Transfer Modeling of Stripped-envelope Supernovae II: Neural Network Emulation of Light Curves

S. Karthik Yadavalli, V. Ashley Villar, Maria R. Drout +3

We present the first neural-network emulator of stripped-envelope supernova (SESN) lightcurves, trained on a grid of 4499 light curves simulated with the radiative transfer (RT) co…

astro-ph.HE2026

Three-Dimensional Expansion of Iron Ejecta in Cassiopeia A with Chandra and XRISM

Aya Bamba, Tomoki Kadoya, Kouichi Hagino +4

Measurement of the expansion structure of ejecta in supernova remnants (SNRs) provides important information about their explosion mechanism. We combine Chandra proper-motion measu…