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VLA Visitor Center Film Earns Prestigious Media Award

November 20, 2014 at 5:04 pm | News Release

The VLA visitor center film, Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array, received a prestigious Interpretive Media Award from the National Association for Interpretation (NAI).

Labeled artist's impression of the protocluster observed by ALMA.

ALMA Finds Best Evidence Yet for Galactic Merger in Distant Protocluster

November 10, 2014 at 8:30 pm | News Release

ALMA finds evidence for galactic merger in a protocluster more than 12.5 billion light-years away.

Radio image of the protoplanetary disk around young star HL Tau.

Birth of Planets Revealed in Astonishing Detail in ALMA’s ‘Best Image Ever’

November 6, 2014 at 12:00 pm | News Release

Best image ever of planet formation revealed by ALMA.

Planet-forming Lifeline Discovered in a Binary Star System

October 29, 2014 at 6:00 pm | News Release

ALMA has detected a streamer of material flowing from a massive outer disk toward the inner reaches of a binary star system.

Organic Molecules in Titan’s Atmosphere Are Intriguingly Skewed

October 22, 2014 at 4:30 pm | News Release

ALMA reveals unexpectedly off-axis concentrations of organic molecules on Titan.

Milky Way Ransacks Nearby Dwarf Galaxies, Stripping All Traces of Star-Forming Gas

October 15, 2014 at 6:00 pm | News Release

The Milky Way is stripping all traces of star-forming gas from nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxies.

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