Primitive asteroids belonging to the C-complex groups are considered to be among the most ancient and least thermally altered bodies in the Solar System. They are thought to preserve a record of early Solar System conditions, including the primordial distribution of volatiles and organic compounds that may have played a role in the emergence of

The HyperScout-H hyperspectral imager (HS-H) is one of the payloads aboard ESA's Hera spacecraft, launched in October 7, 2024. It is produced by cosine* and its primary objective is to provide a detailed characterization of the near-Earth binary asteroid system (65803) Didymos-Dimorphos, following the impact of NASA's DART mission [1, 2]. HS-H is a

Luminous and ultraluminous IR galaxies are critical for investigating feedback mechanisms due to a combination of intense star formation episodes and active galactic nuclei (AGN), particularly in the context of complex galaxy interactions. We conduct a detailed analysis of the II ZW 096 merging system using the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer on

SummaryAsteroid 1998 KY26 is a decametre-sized, rapidly rotating body that has been selected as a target for the extended Hayabusa2# mission. Understanding its physical properties is crucial for optimizing mission planning, as it presents both challenges and opportunities for asteroid exploration. This study[1] provides a detailed characterization

Understanding the physical characteristics of small Solar System bodies is important not only for refining formation and evolution models but also for space mission operations. Although several kilometre-sized asteroids have been visited by spacecraft, asteroid 1998 KY 26—the final target of Hayabusa2#, the extended mission of the Japan Aerospace

On 2022 September 26, NASA's DART mission intentionally impacted Dimorphos, the moon of near-Earth asteroid (65803) Didymos, changing the binary system's orbital period. The system was studied intensively from the ground over the ensuing months until February 2023 when its brightness and low solar elongation precluded further observations. These