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Space’s Spinning Enigma: A ‘Unicorn’ Object Defies Astrophysics
Space’s Spinning Enigma: A ‘Unicorn’ Object Defies Astrophysics
July 17, 2025 at 2:00 am | News Release

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery using some of the world’s most advanced radio telescopes. Researchers, led by Fengqiu Adam Dong, a Jansky Fellow at the NSF Green Bank Observatory (NSF GBO), have identified an exceptionally unusual cosmic object known as a Long Period Radio Transient (LPT), named CHIME J1634+44. This object stands out as one of the most polarized LPTs ever discovered, and it is the only one observed to be spinning up (meaning its rotation is speeding up) a phenomenon never seen before in this class of astronomical objects.

Astronomers Discover Massive Molecular Cloud Hidden in Milky Way
Astronomers Discover Massive Molecular Cloud Hidden in Milky Way
July 16, 2025 at 8:00 am | News Release

An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas and dust located in a little-known region…

Galactic Mystery: How “Ice Cubes” Survive in the Milky Way’s Blazing Bubbles
Galactic Mystery: How “Ice Cubes” Survive in the Milky Way’s Blazing Bubbles
July 7, 2025 at 10:44 am | News Release

A team of astronomers has made a surprising discovery using the U.S. National Science Foundation Green Bank Telescope (NSF…

Cosmic Chemistry Breakthrough: Largest Aromatic Molecule Found in Deep Space
Cosmic Chemistry Breakthrough: Largest Aromatic Molecule Found in Deep Space
June 9, 2025 at 6:15 pm | News Release

A team of chemists and astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of astrochemistry: the identification of…

NSF Green Bank Telescope Gets a New Coat of Protection
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…

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…

Astronomers Discover Magnetic Loops Around Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers Discover Magnetic Loops Around Supermassive Black Hole
December 11, 2024 at 8:00 am | News Release

NGC 1068 is a well-known, relatively nearby, bright galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its center. Despite its…

A Cosmic Chemical Breakthrough: Astronomers Discover New Building Blocks for Complex Organic Matter
A Cosmic Chemical Breakthrough: Astronomers Discover New Building Blocks for Complex Organic Matter
October 24, 2024 at 2:00 pm | News Release

The element carbon is a building block for life, both on Earth and potentially elsewhere in the vast reaches…

Massive Stars Born from Violent Cosmic Collapse
Massive Stars Born from Violent Cosmic Collapse
October 22, 2024 at 8:00 am | News Release

Controlled chaos is a key part of forming massive stars. An international team of astronomers has observed evidence that…

Telescope Tag-Team Discovers Galactic Cluster’s Bizarre Secrets
Telescope Tag-Team Discovers Galactic Cluster’s Bizarre Secrets
July 16, 2024 at 8:59 am | News Release

Towards the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, in the constellation Sagittarius, astronomers have discovered 10 monstrous neutron stars. Astronomers already knew that 39 pulsars call Terzan 5 home. With the teamwork of the U.S. National Science Foundation Green Bank Telescope (NSF GBT) and the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory’s MeerKAT Telescope, ten more have been added to the count.

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