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Graphic of various supernova types
Strange Supernova is ‘Missing Link’ in Gamma-Ray Burst Connection
April 27, 2015 at 4:52 pm | News Release

Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array (VLA) have found a long-sought ‘missing link’ between supernova explosions that generate gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and those that don’t. The scientists found that a stellar explosion seen in 2012 has many characteristics expected of one that generates a powerful burst of gamma rays, yet no such burst occurred.

Artist impression of a supermassive black hole
ALMA Reveals Intense Magnetic Field Close to Supermassive Black Hole
April 16, 2015 at 6:00 pm | News Release

ALMA reveals powerful magnetic field near black hole.

Dr. Nick Z. Scoville
2015 Jansky Lectureship Awarded to Caltech Professor
April 8, 2015 at 8:23 pm | News Release

Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI), and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) have awarded the 2015 Karl G. Jansky Lectureship to Dr. Nick Z. Scoville of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Illustration of a protoplanetary disk around a young star MWC 480, with molecules in the foreground.
Complex Organic Molecules Discovered in Infant Star System
April 8, 2015 at 5:00 pm | News Release

Using ALMA, astronomers for the first time have discovered complex organic molecules in a protoplanetary disk.

Animation of the asteroid Juno as imaged by ALMA
Asteroid Juno Seen Traveling Through Space in New ALMA Images and Animation
April 7, 2015 at 1:00 pm | News Release

ALMA images asteroid Juno on its journey through solar system.

Artist's conception of the development of W75N(B)-VLA-2
Astronomers Watch Unfolding Saga of Massive Star Formation
April 2, 2015 at 6:00 pm | News Release

A pair of images of a young star, made 18 years apart, has revealed a dramatic difference that is providing astronomers with a unique, ‘real-time’ look at how massive stars develop in the earliest stages of their formation.

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