Fusion of JWST data - Demonstrating practical feasibility

This paper presents the first successful application of data fusion to astronomical observations, combining JWST NIRSpec spectroscopy and NIRCam imaging to generate high-resolution hyperspectral cubes of the d203-506 protoplanetary disk and Titan, thereby demonstrating the transformative potential of extracting physical properties with unprecedented spatial detail.

Landry Marquis, Claire Guilloteau, Thomas Oberlin + 2 more2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph

MWA tied-array processing V: Super-resolved localisation via amplitude-only maximum likelihood direction finding

This paper demonstrates a method for achieving "super-resolved" localisation of radio transients and pulsars using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) by applying amplitude-only maximum likelihood direction finding to tied-array beam data, thereby significantly improving source precision beyond the instrument's native spatial resolution to aid follow-up efforts for the Southern-sky pulsar survey.

Bradley W. Meyers, Arash Bahramian2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph

AstroInspect: a web-based system to organize, assess, and visually inspect astronomical objects

The paper introduces AstroInspect, a web-based system designed to streamline the organization, assessment, and visual inspection of astronomical objects by integrating real-time data from multiple surveys into a single intuitive interface, as demonstrated by its successful application in identifying Hα\alpha emission-line galaxies in the Hydra I cluster.

Natanael M. Cardoso, Claudia Mendes de Oliveira, Angela C. Krabbe + 9 more2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph

NASA's Pandora SmallSat Mission\textit{Pandora SmallSat Mission}: Simulating the Impact of Stellar Photospheric Heterogeneity and Its Correction

This study demonstrates through end-to-end simulations that NASA's Pandora SmallSat Mission can effectively correct stellar photospheric contamination in exoplanet transmission spectroscopy by inferring stellar activity parameters from contemporaneous visible and NIR observations, reducing contamination signals to negligible levels for simple spot distributions while identifying cases with complex geometries that require additional constraints.

Benjamin V. Rackham, Aishwarya R. Iyer, Dániel Apai + 28 more2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph

NASA's Pandora SmallSat Mission: Simulated Modeling and Retrieval of Near-Infrared Exoplanet Transmission Spectra

This paper evaluates the anticipated performance of NASA's Pandora SmallSat mission, demonstrating through simulated modeling that it can constrain atmospheric abundances for a diverse range of exoplanets and significantly enhance the reliability of atmospheric characterization when used in synergy with the James Webb Space Telescope.

Yoav Rotman, Peter McGill, Luis Welbanks + 22 more2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph

Experiments towards a neutron target for measurements in inverse kinematics

This paper presents experimental results validating the feasibility of a graphite cube moderator for creating a standing neutron target for inverse kinematics measurements, demonstrating strong agreement between measured and simulated neutron flux distributions for a full cube setup while highlighting discrepancies in a half-cube configuration to inform future proof-of-principle campaigns.

S. F. Dellmann, C. M. Harrington, O. R. Cantrell + 28 more2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph

The Preliminary Mauve Science Programme: Science themes identified for the first year of operations

This paper outlines the ten science themes, observational strategies, and target selection defined by the Mauve science collaboration for the first year of operations of the low-cost Blue Skies Space Ltd. satellite, which utilizes a 13 cm telescope and UV-Vis spectrometer to fill gaps in galactic ultraviolet data following its November 2025 launch.

Mauve Science Collaboration, Marcel Agueros, Don Dixon + 22 more2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph