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NGC 1275 X-ray flux (in erg cm−2 s−1) versus ti...

NGC 1275 X-ray flux (in erg cm−2 s−1) versus time (in MJD). 1σ flux errors are shown. Th...

Sarah Ketchum et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Left: Swift/XRT spectra of the Perseus Cluster ...

Left: Swift/XRT spectra of the Perseus Cluster and NGC 1275, illustrating variability in...

Sarah Ketchum et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Zoomed-in view of the peak at 60000 MJD highlig...

Zoomed-in view of the peak at 60000 MJD highlighted in Figure 1. The large peak at 60000...

Sarah Ketchum et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Close-in look at the first subregion (the red r...

Close-in look at the first subregion (the red region of Figure 3) of the large flare (hi...

Sarah Ketchum et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Close-in look at the second subregion (the blue...

Close-in look at the second subregion (the blue region of Figure 3) of the large flare h...

Sarah Ketchum et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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The Swift/XRT, MOJAVE, and VLBA-BU-BLAZAR light...

The Swift/XRT, MOJAVE, and VLBA-BU-BLAZAR light curve of NGC 1275 over the same time spa...

Sarah Ketchum et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Evolutionary paths of protoplanets around M dwa...

Evolutionary paths of protoplanets around M dwarfs via two stages of accretion. (a) Fina...

Shunjing Zhao et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Two-dimensional simulations of the flyby of an ...

Two-dimensional simulations of the flyby of an M dwarf system through a protoplanetary d...

Shunjing Zhao et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Potential evolutionary paths of TOI-6894 b. Upp...

Potential evolutionary paths of TOI-6894 b. Upper two panels show results of the scenari...

Shunjing Zhao et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Contour plots of final planetary mass as a func...

Contour plots of final planetary mass as a function of initial mass and initial orbital ...

Shunjing Zhao et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Probability of giant planet formation via the F...

Probability of giant planet formation via the FISA mechanism for different masses and du...

Shunjing Zhao et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Evolution time required for planets with varyin...

Evolution time required for planets with varying initial inclinations and orbital radii ...

Shunjing Zhao et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Two-dimensional simulations of the hyperbolic f...

Two-dimensional simulations of the hyperbolic flyby of an M dwarf system with v∞ = 3 km ...

Shunjing Zhao et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Evolutionary pathway of a giant planet around a...

Evolutionary pathway of a giant planet around an M dwarf through FISA. The formation pro...

Shunjing Zhao et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Night-sky luminance maps in Hammer–Aitoff equal...

Night-sky luminance maps in Hammer–Aitoff equal-area projection (in cd m−2, logarithmic ...

Miroslav Kocifaj et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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The same as in Figure 2, but for an observer lo...

The same as in Figure 2, but for an observer located inside the illuminated area. Left: ...

Miroslav Kocifaj et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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The same as in Figure 2, but showing the ratio ...

The same as in Figure 2, but showing the ratio of the diffuse sky luminance produced by ...

Miroslav Kocifaj et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Top left: the sky luminance (in cd m−2) as a fu...

Top left: the sky luminance (in cd m−2) as a function of zenith distance for an observer...

Miroslav Kocifaj et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Schematic view of a proposed space mirror illum...

Schematic view of a proposed space mirror illuminating the Earth. The observer is past a...

Miroslav Kocifaj et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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An overview of magnetic-field measurements wher...

An overview of magnetic-field measurements where MAVEN and TW-1 traversed during a time ...

Yuanzheng Wen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Time-series overview of the FR observed by TW-1...

Time-series overview of the FR observed by TW-1 and MAVEN. Panels (a)–(b): magnetic-fiel...

Yuanzheng Wen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Schematic illustration of the formation of a lo...

Schematic illustration of the formation of a loop-like FR in the Martian ionosphere thro...

Yuanzheng Wen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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The three-dimensional plot of the spacecraft tr...

The three-dimensional plot of the spacecraft trajectories and the crustal magnetic field...

Yuanzheng Wen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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Electron energy spectra for the parallel (red),...

Electron energy spectra for the parallel (red), perpendicular (green), and antiparallel ...

Yuanzheng Wen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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An overview of magnetic-field measurements for ...

An overview of magnetic-field measurements for the commensurable orbit. (a) The spacecra...

Yuanzheng Wen et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 1

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