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most citedThe Zwicky Transient Facility: Science Objectives

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astro-ph.HE2026

Tomography analysis of the intermediate-luminosity Type Iax SN 2024pxl

Barnabás Barna, Mridweeka Singh, Lindsey A. Kwok +90

We present an abundance tomography analysis of SN 2024pxl, an intermediate luminosity Type Iax supernova ( mag), with the most-detailed follow-up in the Type…

astro-ph.EP2026

Multiband Color Monitoring of 3I/ATLAS through Ground-Based Relay Observations

Ariel Graykowski, Bryce Bolin, Laura-May Abron +140

We present multiband, long-baseline photometric observations of interstellar comet 3I throughout its 2025--2026 apparition using coordinated ground-based global relay observations.…

astro-ph.SR2026

The FU Ori outburst of PR Ori B

Carlos Contreras Pena, Zsofia Nagy, Gregory Herczeg +42

We report the discovery of a nearby FU Ori-type outburst (FUor), PR Ori B, in the L1641 cluster of the Orion star-forming region. The high-amplitude variability was first identifie…

astro-ph.HE2026

Multi-Wavelength Identification of a Luminous Mid-Infrared Supernova Powered by Circumstellar Interaction with Binary-Driven Pre-supernova Mass Loss

Kohki Uno, Kishalay De, Geoffrey Mo +6

Terminal mass-loss in massive stars is commonly reconstructed from observations of circumstellar interaction in core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe); however, such signatures can be ea…

astro-ph.CO2026

Follow-up of SN 2025wny V: Lens Modelling and Cosmography of a Strongly Lensed Superluminous Supernova at using Space Data

Edvard Mörtsell, Joel Johansson, Ariel Goobar +12

We present a lensing and cosmographic analysis of the strongly lensed Type I superluminous supernova SN 2025wny at redshift , multiply imaged by two foreground galaxies at…

astro-ph.CO2026

Follow-up of SN 2025wny IV: Photometric Time-delay Measurements of a Strongly Lensed Superluminous Supernova

Alice Townsend, Suhail Dhawan, Erin E. Hayes +34

We present photometric time-delay measurements of SN 2025wny, the first strongly lensed Type I superluminous supernova (SLSN-I), discovered at . Time-delay measurements…

astro-ph.CO2026

Follow-up of SN 2025wny III: Spectroscopic Time-delay Measurements of a Strongly Gravitationally Lensed Superluminous Supernova

Joel Johansson, Edvard Mörtsell, Ariel Goobar +30

We present spatially resolved spectra and infer the time-delays between the multiple images of the strongly gravitationally lensed superluminous supernova (SLSN) 2025wny at z=2.015…

astro-ph.CO2026

Follow-up of SN 2025wny II: Superluminous Supernova Physics at Cosmic Noon

Maggie L. Li, Lin Yan, Anamaria Gkini +46

SN 2025wny is a gravitationally lensed, hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN-I) at z = 2.015. To date, it is the most extensively observed high-redshift core-collapse SN and…

astro-ph.CO2026

Follow-up of SN 2025wny I: Space-based Observations of the First Multiply-imaged Superluminous Supernova

Ariel Goobar, Joel Johansson, Edvard Mörtsell +21

We present space-based follow-up observations of the superluminous Type I supernova (SLSN-I) SN 2025wny at redshift , gravitationally lensed by two galaxies at redsh…

astro-ph.HE2026

Can We Find the Emission Mechanism Behind the Extremely Bright GRB 230812B?

Utkarsh Pathak, Sameer K. Patil, Hitesh Tanenia +23

GRB 230812B is a bright long-duration GRB with a luminous, long-lived afterglow and an AstroSat/CZTI polarization measurement during the prompt phase, enabling a joint study of its…

astro-ph.IM2026

Catching Disguised Transients with ASTRANet: Anomaly-Aware Spectroscopic Classification and Conformal Calibration

Argyro Sasli, Maojie Xu, Alexandra Junell +21

Time-domain surveys discover thousands of transients per year, but the spectroscopic identification of rare and physically peculiar objects remains rate-limited by closed-set class…

astro-ph.HE2026

NLTE Spectral Modelling of the Nearby Stripped-Envelope Supernova 2024ehs

Wilmer Sand Hellman, Seán J. Brennan, Stan Bartmentloo +7

We present a detailed study of the Type IIb supernova 2024ehs, discovered in March 2024 in the nearby galaxy NGC 3443 at a distance of Mpc. Using photometric and spec…

astro-ph.HE2026

SN~2018erx: A fast-evolving, dust-reddened Type Icn supernova with broad C II emission lines

Kaustav K. Das, Anjasha Gangopadhyay, Mansi M. Kasliwal +17

We present the discovery and characterization of SN~2018erx (ZTF18abkmbpy), a fast-evolving, unusually red, interacting stripped-envelope supernova. Spectroscopically, SN~2018erx s…

astro-ph.HE2026

Electromagnetic Follow-up of the Sub-Solar Mass Gravitational Wave Candidate S251112cm: Kilonova Constraints and a Coincident IIb Supernova

Xander J. Hall, Tomas Ahumada, Julius Gassert +25

On November 12th, 2025 the LIGO--Virgo--KAGRA (LVK) collaboration reported gravitational waves (GWs) from a compact object merger candidate (S251112cm) with at least one sub-solar…

astro-ph.CO2026

A Natural Telescope: Discovery of the Strongly Lensed Type II SN 2025mkn at

Cameron Lemon, Ariel Goobar, Joel Johansson +90

We present the discovery of SN 2025mkn, a gravitationally lensed Type II supernova. First detected as a blue transient in ZTF, 0.83 from a elliptical gala…

astro-ph.HE2026

SuperSNEC: Fast and Accurate Light Curve Production for Large Hydrodynamic Model Grids Using Adaptive Gridding

Christoffer Fremling, K-Ryan Hinds

We present SuperSNEC, an accelerated version of the SuperNova Explosion Code (SNEC) designed for rapid production of large radiation-hydrodynamic model grids using low-zone-count s…

astro-ph.IM2025

Pre-training vision models for the classification of alerts from wide-field time-domain surveys

Nabeel Rehemtulla, Adam A. Miller, Mike Walmsley +15

Modern wide-field time-domain surveys facilitate the study of transient, variable and moving phenomena by conducting image differencing and relaying alerts to their communities. Ma…

astro-ph.HE2025

ZTF25abjmnps (AT2025ulz) and S250818k: A Candidate Superkilonova from a Sub-threshold Sub-Solar Gravitational Wave Trigger

Mansi M. Kasliwal, Tomas Ahumada, Robert Stein +61

On August 18, 2025, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration reported gravitational waves from a sub-threshold binary neutron star merger. If astrophysical, this event would have a surpr…

astro-ph.IM2025

AppleCiDEr. II. SpectraNet: A Spectroscopic Neural Network Classifier for Transients Demonstrated on ZTF Follow-up Data

Maojie Xu, Argyro Sasli, Alexandra Junell +21

Time-domain surveys such as the Zwicky Transient Facility have opened a new frontier in the discovery and characterization of transients. While photometric light curves provide bro…

astro-ph.HE2025

SN 2023uqf: An Interacting Supernova Coincident with a High-Energy Neutrino

Robert Stein, Anna Y. Q. Ho, Anjasha Gangopadhyay +30

Astrophysical high-energy (TeV-PeV) neutrinos were first discovered in 2013, but their origin remains largely unknown. Here we present SN 2023uqf, a supernova found in coincidence…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 49 cited

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: discovery and physical description

Bryce T. Bolin, Matthew Belyakov, Christoffer Fremling +18

We describe the physical characteristics of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, discovered on 2025 July 1 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System. The comet has eccentricity,…

astro-ph.HE2025

Twin peaks: SN 2021uvy and SN 2022hgk in the landscape of double-peaked stripped envelope supernovae

Yashvi Sharma, Jesper Sollerman, William Meynardie +25

In recent years, a class of stripped-envelope supernovae (SESNe) showing two distinct light-curve peaks has emerged, where the first peak cannot be attributed to shock cooling emis…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

AT2019cmw: A highly luminous, cooling featureless TDE candidate from the disruption of a high mass star in an early-type galaxy

Jacob L. Wise, Daniel A. Perley, Nikhil Sarin +23

We present optical/UV photometric and spectroscopic observations, as well as X-ray and radio follow-up, of the extraordinary event AT2019cmw. With a peak bolometric luminosity of ~…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 5 cited

An optical to infrared study of type II SN2024ggi at nebular times

Luc Dessart, Rubina Kotak, Wynn Jacobson-Galan +5

We present 0.3-21mic observations at ~275d and ~400d for Type II supernova (SN) 2024ggi, combining ground-based optical and near-infrared data from the Keck I/II telescopes and spa…