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ALMA Detects First-Ever Hydrogen Recombination Lines From Proplyd Disks in Densely Packed Orion Nebula Cluster

April 9, 2025 at 9:00 am | News Release

Most stars form in clusters, where hundreds to thousands of stars coevolve in proximal environmental conditions that dictate how…

NSF Green Bank Telescope Gets a New Coat of Protection

April 7, 2025 at 8:00 am | News Release

The U.S. National Science Foundation Green Bank Observatory (NSF GBO) is embarking on a crucial maintenance project to protect…

A New Opportunity to Explore the Universe

April 2, 2025 at 11:08 am | News Release

The ALMA Observatory, in collaboration with its partners, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), the European Southern Observatory…

Black Hole Jets Reveal New Insights into the Most Powerful Phenomena in the Universe

March 24, 2025 at 8:00 am | News Feature

An international team of astronomers has made significant strides in understanding the mysterious jets emanating from supermassive black holes…

Astronomers Discover “Space Tornadoes” Around the Milky Way’s Core

March 19, 2025 at 8:00 am | News Release

Swirling through the Milky Way’s central zone, in the turbulent region surrounding the supermassive black hole at the core…

Hidden Cosmic Fuel Tank Found in Infant Galaxy Cluster

March 17, 2025 at 12:00 pm | News Release

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), along with complementary data from the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX), have…

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