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Newly Identified Galactic Supercluster Is Home to the Milky Way

September 3, 2014 at 5:00 pm | News Release

Astronomers using the GBT find Milky Way is part of ginormous supercluster of galaxies called Laniakea.

SETI, Astrobiology Pioneer Awarded Jansky Lectureship

September 2, 2014 at 8:31 pm | News Release

The 2014 Karl G Jansky Lectureship was awarded to Dr Jill C Tarter of the SETI Institute.

Radio Telescopes Settle Controversy Over Distance to Pleiades

August 28, 2014 at 6:00 pm | News Release

Astronomers have used a worldwide network of radio telescopes to resolve a controversy over the distance to a famous star cluster — a controversy that posed a potential challenge to scientists’ basic understanding of how stars form and evolve.

Orion Molecular Cloud Complex and OMC -2/3 filament

Orion Rocks! Pebble-size Particles May Kick Start Planet Formation

August 27, 2014 at 3:00 pm | News Release

Star-forming filaments in Orion are brimming with dust grains of unusual size.

Merging Galaxies in Distant Universe

August 26, 2014 at 4:00 pm | News Release

ALMA and VLA team up with other observatories for best view ever of merging galaxies in the distant Universe.

First of ALMA’s Fleet of Front End Handling Vehicles Delivered, Compliments of NRAO

August 25, 2014 at 1:22 pm | Announcement

NRAO has delivered the first of ALMA’s four new Front End Handling Vehicles (FEHV).

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