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We present new, deep H I line and 20-cm radio-continuum data of the very puzzling blue compact dwarf galaxy NGC 5253, obtained with the Australia Telescope Compact Array as part of the 'Local Volume H I Survey' (LVHIS). Our low-resolution H I maps show, for the first time, the disturbed H I morphology that NGC 5253 possesses, including tails

Recent data from the VVV survey have strengthened evidence for a structural change in the Galactic bulge inward of |l|

We present here a theoretical model to account for the stellar initial mass function (IMF) as a result of the composite behaviour of the gas and dust distribution functions. Each of these has previously been modelled and the models tested against observations (Casuso & Beckman 2002, 2007, 2010). The model presented here implies a relation between

We report the detection of an orbital period decay of dot{P}=-1.83+/- 0.66 ms yr-1 in the black hole X-ray binary XTE J1118+480. This corresponds to a period change of -0.85 ± 0.30 μs per orbital cycle, which is ~150 times larger than expected from the emission of gravitational waves. These observations cannot be reproduced by conventional models

Extremely low mass (ELM) white dwarfs (WDs) with masses 0.25 M &sun; are rare objects that result from compact binary evolution. Here, we present a targeted spectroscopic survey of ELM WD candidates selected by color. The survey is 71% complete and has uncovered 18 new ELM WDs. Of the seven ELM WDs with follow-up observations, six are short-period