Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics - Editorial preface to the Topical CollectionDaniel Bemmerer, David Blaschke, Oleksii Ivanytskyi, Eliana Masha, Marie Pichotta, Konrad Schmidt and Matthias SteffenEur. Phys. J. A, 62 3 (2026) 69DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-026-01842-3