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Assisted by magnetic fields, a spiraling wind helps the supermassive black hole in galaxy ESO320-G030 grow. In this illustration, the core of the galaxy is dominated by a rotating wind of dense gas leading outwards from the (hidden) supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s center. The motions of the gas, traced by light from molecules of hydrogen cyanide, have been measured with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array.

Supermassive Black Hole Appears to Grow Like a Baby Star

June 20, 2024 at 9:53 am | News Release

How do supermassive black holes get so big? An international team of astronomers, including scientists at the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) have discovered a powerful, rotating, magnetic wind that they believe is helping a galaxy’s central supermassive black hole to grow.

Engineers Descend upon DC for International Microwave Symposium, NRAO Will Exhibit, Scientist to Receive Pioneer Award

June 14, 2024 at 3:36 pm | Announcement

NRAO and the Central Development Laboratory (CDL) will showcase the latest developments in radio instrumentation technology at the 2024 International Microwave Symposium, where NRAO scientist Marian Pospieszalski will be awarded the 2024 Microwave Pioneer Award.

At left, a mid-infrared image of the rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud complex by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, the focus pointing to star system WL20. At right, WL20 expands to reveal an artist’s impression of this new discovery. Astronomers couldn't believe their luck when observations across multiple radio and infrared wavelengths from ALMA and JWST revealed twin disks and jets erupting from a pair of young binary stars in WL20.

It’s Twins! Astronomers Discover Parallel Disks and Jets Erupting From a Pair of Young Stars

June 12, 2024 at 11:15 am | News Release

Most of the Universe is invisible to the human eye. The building blocks of stars are only revealed in…

The disks in the FO Tau system (right panel) are in similar evolutionary stages; this may be the result of alignment between the orbit, disks, and stars. In contract, for the DF Tau system (left panel), the disk around the secondary star, at the lower left, has decoupled from its parent star and the inner disk has eroded and dissipated, possibly the result of star disk misalignments and dynamics.

ALMA Observations Reveal New Insights into Planet Formation in Binary Star Systems

June 10, 2024 at 11:15 am | News Release

At the 244th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), researchers unveiled groundbreaking findings from a pioneering high-angular resolution program that sheds new light on the process of planet formation in circumstellar disks around young stars in binary systems. Leveraging the unparalleled capabilities of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and near-infrared, component-resolved spectroscopy at the Keck II 10-meter telescope, the study offers a transformative understanding of the conditions that nurture or inhibit planet formation.

NRAO and GBO Have Lots to Share at AAS 244

June 7, 2024 at 9:00 am | News Feature

The American Astronomical Society (AAS) will hold its 244th Meeting June 9 – 13 in Madison, Wisconsin. The National…

Presenters (left to right) Dr. Leon Axel, a radiologist and scientist at the Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research at NYU; Dr. Urvashi Rau, NRAO scientist; Dr. Klaas Pruessmann, Professor and head of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at ETH Zurich; and Dr. Seena Dekharghani of Montefiore Medical Center and NYU, who conceived and organized the ISMRM session.

Invisible Realms Revealed: Radio Technology Expands Frontiers of Astronomy and Medicine

June 4, 2024 at 8:00 am | News Release

For centuries, humans have looked to the skies to solve the mysteries of the Universe. By measuring radio waves,…

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