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Image Release: ALMA Reveals Inner Web of Stellar Nursery
March 7, 2018 at 6:00 am | News Feature

New data from ALMA and other telescopes reveal stunning web of filaments in the Orion Nebula.

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Powerful Flare from Star Proxima Centauri Detected with ALMA
February 26, 2018 at 8:50 am | News Release

ALMA data reveal that a powerful stellar flare erupted from Proxima Centauri last March. This space weather may make that system rather inhospitable to life after all.

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International Collaboration Expands NRAO’s NINE Program with New Hub
February 15, 2018 at 4:40 pm | Announcement

NRAO’s National and International Non-Traditional Exchange (NINE) Program has collaborated with the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) to launch a pilot initiative titled Multi-wavelength Astronomy Public Participation Program (MAPPP).

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NRAO Contracts for Specialized Integrated Circuit for New Radio Telescope
February 15, 2018 at 4:26 pm | Announcement

Using new funding from the National Science Foundation, NRAO has contracted with a firm to design and build an integrated circuit that implements an NRAO-developed technique to greatly improve the efficiency of data transmission for a next-generation radio telescope.

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Stellar Embryos in Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Contain Surprisingly Complex Organic Molecules
January 30, 2018 at 2:00 pm | News Release

Astronomers using ALMA have conclusively detected the largest, most complex molecules ever observed outside the Milky Way.

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ALMA Board Approves Development of New Spectrometer for Morita Array
January 19, 2018 at 10:05 am | Announcement

The ALMA Board approved the development of a new spectrometer for the Morita Array designed and developed by Japan for the ALMA telescope.

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