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When Is a Nova Not a ‘Nova’? When a White Dwarf and a Brown Dwarf Collide
October 8, 2018 at 12:00 am | News Release

Using ALMA, an international team of astronomers found evidence that a white dwarf and a brown dwarf collided in a short-lived blaze of glory.

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VLA Sky Survey Reveals First “Orphan” Gamma Ray Burst
October 4, 2018 at 10:00 am | News Release

Comparing data from new, ongoing sky survey to data from previous observations reveals probable gamma ray burst that directed no gamma rays toward Earth.

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Stanford Astronomer Honored as Jansky Lecturer by AUI, NRAO
October 1, 2018 at 12:00 pm | News Release

Professor Roger Blandford of Stanford receives the 2018 Jansky Lectureship in recognition of his numerous contributions to the advancement of radio astronomy. He will deliver a series of public lectures in Charlottesville, Virginia; Socorro, New Mexico; and Green Bank, West Virginia.

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VLA Discovers Powerful Jet Coming from “Wrong” Kind of Star
September 26, 2018 at 9:00 am | News Release

The VLA’s discovery of a jet of material launched from a highly-magnetic neutron star has forced rethinking a longstanding theory.

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VLBA Measures Asteroid’s Characteristics
September 13, 2018 at 9:59 am | News Release

Astronomers used the VLBA in an unusual way to learn new details about an asteroid’s size, shape, and orbit.

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Fierce Winds Quench Wildfire-like Starbirth in Far-flung Galaxy
September 6, 2018 at 10:00 am | News Release

Astronomers using ALMA, with the aid of a gravitational lens, have detected the most-distant galactic “wind” of molecules ever observed, seen when the universe was only one billion years old. By tracing the outflow of hydroxyl (OH) molecules – which herald the presence of star-forming gas in galaxies – the researchers show how some galaxies in the early universe quenched an ongoing wildfire of starbirth.

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