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Image Release: Protostar Growth Spurts

November 4, 2015 at 6:00 pm | News Release

Jets from protostar reveal episodic growth spurts.

Astronomers Discover How Lowly Dwarf Galaxy Gets Concentrated Star Power

September 9, 2015 at 5:00 pm | News Release

Dwarf galaxy WLM reveals its star-forming secrets.

Labeled image showing distant galaxy BDF 3299 and a vast cloud of material, detected by ALMA, that is in the process of assembling the very young galaxy.

ALMA Detects Star-Forming Clouds in Normal Galaxy in Early Universe

July 22, 2015 at 1:00 pm | News Release

Astronomers using ALMA detected the most distance star-forming clouds in normal galaxies in the early Universe.

The ALMA data for four galaxies is show in relation to objects in the COSMOS field taken with the Hubble Space Telescope.

ALMA Detects First Traces of Carbon ‘Smog’ Permeating Atmospheres of Early Galaxies

June 24, 2015 at 5:00 pm | News Release

ALMA detected ionized carbon in bevy of early galaxies.

ALMA Weighs Supermassive Black Hole at Center of Distant Spiral Galaxy

June 18, 2015 at 9:00 am | News Release

ALMA weighs black hole at the center of NGC 1097.

Astronomers ‘Unscramble’ Einstein Ring to Reveal Star Formation in the Distant Universe

June 8, 2015 at 6:00 pm | News Release

ALMA’s Long Baseline Campaign reveals hidden views of lensed galaxy SDP.81.

Artist illustration of a reflectionless filter

NRAO and Mini-Circuits Forge New Partnership

May 8, 2015 at 3:00 pm | News Release

NRAO and Mini-Circuits entered into a licensing agreement to use NRAO-developed technology.

Proto Super Star Cluster

May 7, 2015 at 3:00 pm | News Release

ALMA finds first example ever of globular cluster about to be born.

2015 Class for ‘Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program’

April 29, 2015 at 3:30 pm | News Release

NRAO and its ACEAP partners select 2015 education ambassadors.

Artist impression of a supermassive black hole

ALMA Reveals Intense Magnetic Field Close to Supermassive Black Hole

April 16, 2015 at 6:00 pm | News Release

ALMA reveals powerful magnetic field near black hole.

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