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Artist's impression of an active galactic nucleus (AGN). From the black hole and its accretion disk, the relativistic jet is launched in a parabolic geometry, later transitioning to a conical appearance.
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…
The Milky Way Galaxy pours into an ALMA antenna. The astro-modified camera used to take this photo lets in the hydrogen alpha light that is normally filtered out. This modification makes the camera more sensitive to the red end of the electromagnetic spectrum, thus giving a pink tint to the sky. The green lights are used to show antenna activity.
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…
Illustration of the extended molecular gas (red) surrounding the galaxies in the protocluster core SPT2349-56.
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…
Image showing an active M dwarf star, Proxima Centuari, in red with many star spots, ejecting a large stellar flare in yellow and white. Proxima Centauri b, a small Earth-like planet is seen in the distant right of the image.
Small Star, Mighty Flares: ALMA Shares New View of Proxima Centauri
March 17, 2025 at 8:00 am | News Release

At a distance of just over four light years, Proxima Centauri is our nearest stellar neighbor and is known…
Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission Nova-C lunar lander, Athena, in the company's Lunar Production and Operations Center.
Space Company Taps Coast-to-Coast Radio Telescopes for Moon Mission
March 6, 2025 at 5:42 pm | News Release

Intuitive Machines has been working with the NSF NRAO over the past year to utilize the NSF Very Long Baseline Array (NSF VLBA) to support precise tracking and data downlink of Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander, named Athena, during its mission to the Moon.
Artist's impression of ngVLA antennas design, as proposed at the current site of the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array on the Plains of San Agustin in west-central New Mexico.
Next-Generation Very Large Array Antenna Design to be Used By German Astronomers
February 10, 2025 at 10:22 am | News Release

The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory has announced a significant collaboration with the Bavarian State Government…
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