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Highly-detailed radio-telescope images have pinpointed the locations where a stellar explosion called a nova emitted gamma rays, the most energetic form of electromagnetic waves. The discovery revealed a probable mechanism for the gamma-ray emissions, which mystified astronomers when first observed in 2012.

Milky Way Explorer tours our Solar System.

ALMA finds new organic molecule; VLA reveals details of still-forming planetary system; NRAO patent for new radio synthesizer.

ALMA scientists successfully test an antenna 11 kilometers from its nearest neighbor — the most extended configuration yet.

Astronomers using ALMA have observed what may be the first-ever signs of windy weather around a T Tauri star, an infant analog of our own Sun.

ALMA and other radio telescopes provide the first direct evidence that merging galaxies can produce disk galaxies.