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Comet’s Water Holds Clues to Life on Earth
Comet’s Water Holds Clues to Life on Earth
August 8, 2025 at 5:00 am | News Release

New research has uncovered compelling evidence that water from a comet is strikingly similar to that found in Earth’s…

The Universe’s Secret Harvest: ALMA Sheds Light on “the Cosmic Grapes”
The Universe’s Secret Harvest: ALMA Sheds Light on “the Cosmic Grapes”
August 7, 2025 at 8:27 am | News Release

Astronomers have discovered a remarkably clumpy rotating galaxy that existed just 900 million years after the Big Bang, shedding…

ALMA Reveals Stunning Details of Infant Galaxies in the Early Universe
ALMA Reveals Stunning Details of Infant Galaxies in the Early Universe
July 1, 2025 at 11:00 am | News Release

Astronomers are getting a much clearer picture of what galaxies looked like in the early Universe, thanks to a…

Largest Oort Cloud Comet Ever Observed Reveals Its Secrets with ALMA’s Powerful Gaze
Largest Oort Cloud Comet Ever Observed Reveals Its Secrets with ALMA’s Powerful Gaze
June 16, 2025 at 9:46 pm | News Release

A team of astronomers has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting molecular activity in comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)—the largest…

ALMA Reveals Lives of Planet-Forming Disks
ALMA Reveals Lives of Planet-Forming Disks
June 13, 2025 at 9:00 am | News Release

An international team of astronomers has unveiled groundbreaking findings about the disks of gas and dust surrounding nearby young…

From Stardust to Stone: Windswept Grains Hold Clues to Planet’s Beginnings
From Stardust to Stone: Windswept Grains Hold Clues to Planet’s Beginnings
June 12, 2025 at 9:00 am | News Release

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has uncovered a key piece of the puzzle in how rocky planets, such…

exoALMA Gives Astronomers A New Look At How Planets Are Formed
exoALMA Gives Astronomers A New Look At How Planets Are Formed
April 28, 2025 at 12:00 pm | News Release

A team of international astronomers have embarked on an exciting new project to hunt for planets forming around young…

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

A New Opportunity to Explore the Universe
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
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…

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