Massive young clusters with rich populations of high-mass stars are ideal laboratories to explore their evolutionary paths. Despite being the most prominent cluster in the Perseus-arm Cas OB8 association, NGC 663 remains comparatively little studied. We present a comprehensive investigation of its properties, integrating astrometric, photometric

To warn about potential asteroid or comet impacts, we must first observe and discover these objects through dedicated NEO surveys. Most current and planned surveys are ground-based and use visible light, but they face limitations like weather dependency, limited sky visibility, difficulty detecting at low galactic latitudes, and inability to

Near-infrared imaging is a powerful technique in observational astronomy, but the bright background – primarily from the Earth's atmosphere – makes the detection of faint features particularly challenging. To recover low surface brightness (LSB) structures in such data, we present NASIM (Near-infrared Automated low Surface brightness reduction In

Context. Understanding massive star multiplicity is essential for constraining formation scenarios, binary evolution, and stellar feedback in galaxies. The MONOS (Multiplicity Of Northern O-type Spectroscopic systems) project aims to characterize O-type spectroscopic binaries in the northern hemisphere (δ > ‑20°), combining high-resolution

On April 13, 2029, near-Earth asteroid (99942) Apophis will make an exceptionally close approach to Earth, passing at a distance of approximately six Earth radii. This rare event offers a unique opportunity to study the effects of tidal forces on a small body during a planetary flyby. The European Space Agency's Ramses (Rapid Apophis Mission for

We present an analysis of the multi-phase gas properties in the Seyfert II galaxy NGC 424, using spatially resolved spectroscopic data from JWST/MIRI, part of the Mid-InfraRed Activity of Circumnuclear Line Emission (MIRACLE) programme, as well as VLT/MUSE and ALMA. We traced the properties of the multi-phase medium, from cold and warm molecular