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A Cosmic Whodunit: ALMA Study Confirms What’s Robbing Galaxies of Their Star-Forming Gas
A Cosmic Whodunit: ALMA Study Confirms What’s Robbing Galaxies of Their Star-Forming Gas
November 2, 2021 at 5:00 am | News Release

Astronomers examining the nearby Universe with the help of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have just completed the largest high-resolution survey of star-forming fuel ever conducted in galaxy clusters. But more importantly, they’re tackling a long-standing mystery in astrophysics: what’s killing galaxies?

The Baseline 9: How Do Exoplanets Form? Mind The Gaps!
The Baseline 9: How Do Exoplanets Form? Mind The Gaps!
October 14, 2021 at 11:04 am | News Feature

Young stars often have disks of gas and dust around them, and many of these disks have gaps within them. How do astronomers know that these gaps are caused by young planets and not some other effect?

NACtober Showcases Research, Accomplishments of National Astronomy Consortium Participants
NACtober Showcases Research, Accomplishments of National Astronomy Consortium Participants
October 7, 2021 at 4:00 am | Announcement

Kicking off this week, and running throughout the month of October, the annual conference of the National Astronomy Consortium (NAC)—NACtober—will highlight the hard work, research, and accomplishments of the 2021 NAC cohort.

ALMA Scientists Uncover the Mystery of Early Massive Galaxies Running on Empty
ALMA Scientists Uncover the Mystery of Early Massive Galaxies Running on Empty
September 22, 2021 at 7:00 am | News Release

Early massive galaxies—those that formed in the three billion years following the Big Bang—should have contained large amounts of cold hydrogen gas, the fuel required to make stars. But scientists observing the early Universe with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted something strange: half a dozen early massive galaxies that ran out of fuel.

IMAGE RELEASE: Moon’s Tycho Crater Revealed in Intricate Detail
IMAGE RELEASE: Moon’s Tycho Crater Revealed in Intricate Detail
September 21, 2021 at 4:00 am | Announcement

The National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Observatory and National Radio Astronomy Observatory, and Raytheon Intelligence & Space have released new high-resolution images of the Moon, the highest-ever taken from the ground, using new radar technology on the Green Bank Telescope (GBT).

a bright blue young star with a cloud of cold gas surrounding it
ALMA Reveals Carbon-Rich, Organic Birth Environments of Planets
September 15, 2021 at 5:00 am | News Release

An international collaboration of scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has completed the most extensive chemical composition mapping of the protoplanetary disks around five nearby young stars at high resolution, producing images that capture the molecular composition associated with planetary births, and a roadmap for future studies of the makeup of planet- and comet-forming regions. The new study unlocks clues about the role of molecules in planetary system formation, and whether these young planetary systems in the making have what it takes to host life.

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