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A Molecule, a Telescope, and Everything: A History of ALMA and Millimeter Astronomy

Posted on November 1, 2023November 14, 2023 | By Brian Koberlein

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a simple molecule, just one carbon atom closely bound to one oxygen. Neither of these…

Category: ALMA, History of Science

Cooking With Gas

Posted on June 9, 2023October 10, 2023 | By Brian Koberlein

When a star begins to form, the heat and pressure generated during the initial collapse of a protostar can…

Category: ALMA

The Chaotic Cores of Perseus Protostars

Posted on January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 | By Brian Koberlein

The formation of a star has a simple tale. A region of interstellar gas collapses under its own weight,…

Category: ALMA

The Mouse That Roared: The Strange Tale of a Brown Dwarf

Posted on October 7, 2022October 13, 2022 | By Brian Koberlein

Recently the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) found an unusual object during observations for the Ophiuchus Disk Survey Employing…

Category: ALMA

Dusty Doughnuts from your Local Cosmic Café

Posted on August 2, 2021August 2, 2021 | By Nan Janney

On a clear dark night, the plane of our Galaxy can be seen arching overhead, filled with bright stars…

Category: ALMA

NRAO’s 2020 Astronomy Highlights with Phil Plait

Posted on December 28, 2020January 1, 2021 | By Nan Janney

2020 probably won’t go down as anyone’s favorite year, but we still want to celebrate all of the cool (radio) science we did.

Category: ALMA, Astronomy Highlights, Very Large Array (VLA), VLBA

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