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IRAS 18162-2048 and magnetic field lines
Magnetism Common to All Cosmic Jets
November 25, 2010 at 7:56 pm | News Release

Astronomers have found the first evidence of a magnetic field in a jet of material ejected from a young star, a discovery that points toward future breakthroughs in understanding the nature of all types of cosmic jets and of the role of magnetic fields in star formation.

Artist's Conception of the Milky Way
New Star-Forming Regions in Milky Way
May 26, 2010 at 6:45 pm | News Release

Astronomers studying the Milky Way have discovered a large number of previously-unknown regions where massive stars are being formed. Their discovery provides important new information about the structure of our home Galaxy and promises to yield new clues about the chemical composition of the Galaxy.

Core-collapse supernova explosion expelling nearly-spherical debris shell.
Astronomers Find Rare Beast by New Means
January 27, 2010 at 7:37 pm | News Release

For the first time, astronomers have found a supernova explosion with properties similar to a gamma-ray burst, but without seeing any gamma rays from it.

Artist's conception of Algol star system
Giant Magnetic Loop Sweeps Between Stellar Pair
January 13, 2010 at 7:33 pm | News Release

Astronomers have found a giant magnetic loop stretched outward from one of the stars making up the famous double-star system Algol. The scientists used an international collection of radio telescopes to discover the feature, which may help explain details of previous observations of the stellar system.

Very Large Array
Blast from the Past Gives Clues About Early Universe
October 28, 2009 at 6:05 pm | News Release

Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array radio telescope have gained tantalizing insights into the nature of the most distant object ever observed in the Universe — a gigantic stellar explosion known as a Gamma Ray Burst.

Artist's impression of neutron star and companion
Missing Link Revealing Fast-Spinning Pulsar Mysteries
May 21, 2009 at 5:48 pm | News Release

Astronomers have discovered a unique double-star system that represents a missing link stage in what they believe is the birth process of the most rapidly-spinning stars in the Universe — millisecond pulsars.

VLA image of gas in young galaxy
Black Holes Lead Galaxy Growth
January 6, 2009 at 6:29 pm | News Release

Astronomers may have solved a cosmic chicken-and-egg problem — the question of which formed first in the early Universe — galaxies or the supermassive black holes seen at their cores.

Distant quasar MG J0414+0534
Astronomers Find Most Distant Water in the Universe
December 17, 2008 at 6:02 pm | News Release

Astronomers have found the most distant water yet seen in the Universe, in a galaxy more than 11 billion light-years from Earth.

Graphic showing gravitational lensing
Cosmic Lens Reveals Distant Galactic Violence
October 20, 2008 at 4:14 pm | News Release

By cleverly unraveling the workings of a natural cosmic lens, astronomers have gained a rare glimpse of the violent assembly of a young galaxy in the early Universe.

Telescope’s High-Tech ‘Heart’
Telescope’s High-Tech ‘Heart’
August 12, 2008 at 4:07 pm | Announcement

The Expanded Very Large Array, part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, took a giant step toward completion on August 7 with successful testing of advanced digital hardware designed to combine signals from its upgraded radio-telescope antennas to produce high resolution images of celestial objects.

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