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ALMA image of the protoplanetary disk surrounding the young star HD 163296
ALMA Finds Compelling Evidence for Pair of Infant Planets around Young Star
December 12, 2016 at 4:00 pm | News Release

New ALMA observation uncover compelling evidence that two planets orbit young star.

Artist's conception of the Spiderweb.
Embryonic Cluster Galaxy Immersed in Giant Cloud of Cold Gas
December 1, 2016 at 7:00 pm | News Release

Astronomers studying a cluster of still-forming protogalaxies seen as they were more than 10 billion years ago have found that a giant galaxy in the center of the cluster is forming from a surprisingly-dense soup of molecular gas.

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Tsunami of Stars and Gas Produces Dazzling Eye-shaped Feature in Galaxy
November 4, 2016 at 5:00 pm | News Release

Glancing collision produces galactic “eyelids.”

Artist's conception of how the "nearly naked" supermassive black hole originated
Close Galactic Encounter Leaves “Nearly Naked” Supermassive Black Hole
November 2, 2016 at 3:27 pm | News Release

Astronomers using the super-sharp radio vision of the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have found the shredded remains of a galaxy that passed through a larger galaxy, leaving only the smaller galaxy’s nearly-naked supermassive black hole to emerge and speed away at more than 2,000 miles per second.

Poster for The Accelerating Universe talks
Nobel Laureate Adam Riess Free Lecture in Charlottesville
November 1, 2016 at 3:44 pm | Announcement

The Accelerating Universe with Nobel Laureate Adam Riess

ALMA image of the L1448 IRS3B system
Young Stellar System Caught in Act of Forming Close Multiples
October 26, 2016 at 5:00 pm | News Release

For the first time, astronomers have seen a dusty disk of material around a young star fragmenting into a multiple-star system.

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