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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,…

Photo courtesy of Carlos Ortiz Quintana.

NAC Alum Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

May 24, 2024 at 9:05 am | Announcement

Carlos Ortiz Quintana, an alumnus of the National Astronomy Consortium (NAC) at NRAO, has been awarded a five-year fellowship…

This image contains two X-ray images presented side by side, separated by a thin, gray line. On the left is an image of galaxy cluster Abell 478, and on the right is an image of galaxy group NGC 5044.

The X-ray image of Abell 478 resembles a gooey, blue substance that has been spilled on a black canvas. Most of the image is covered in this blue goo texture, which is hot gas in X-ray light, however there are cavities where no blue texture is present. At the center of the image is a bright, white region. Within the white region, too small to identify, exists Abell 478's supermassive black hole.

The X-ray image of NGC 5044, on our right, is more pixelated than the image of Abell 478. It resembles blue television static or noise, that is present on a television when no transmission signal is detected. Most of the image is covered in this blue static, however there are cavities where no blue static is present. At the center of the image is a bright, white region. Within the white region, too small to identify, exists NGC 5044's supermassive black hole.

Spotted: ‘Death Star’ Black Holes in Action

May 22, 2024 at 1:11 pm | News Release

Huge black holes are firing powerful beams of particles into space — and then changing their aim to fire at new targets.

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