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‘Death Stars’ in Orion Blast Planets before They Even Form
March 10, 2014 at 2:00 pm | News Release

A team of astronomers from Canada and the United States has used the ALMA Telescope to study the often deadly relationship between highly luminous O-type stars and nearby protostars in the Orion Nebula.

Artist concept of collisions in outer parts of a solar system
ALMA Sees Icy Wreckage in Nearby Solar System
March 6, 2014 at 7:00 pm | News Release

Astronomers using the ALMA telescope have discovered the splattered remains of comets colliding together around a nearby star.

NRAO Media Tip Sheet: February 2014
NRAO Media Tip Sheet: February 2014
February 26, 2014 at 2:00 am | Tip Sheet

Merging galaxy clusters, big boost for big data, and exciting sessions at the 2014 AAAS meeting

M82
Image Release: Starbursting in the Galaxy M82
February 3, 2014 at 4:32 pm | News Release

Messier 82, the galaxy in which the nearest supernova in decades recently exploded, also is the closest galaxy that is undergoing a rapid burst of star formation, known as a starburst.

NGC 6946
GBT Sees River of Hydrogen Flowing through Space
January 27, 2014 at 8:00 pm | News Release

Using the National Science Foundation’s GBT, astronomer DJ Pisano from West Virginia University has discovered what could be a never-before-seen river of hydrogen flowing through space.

Dwarf galaxy NGC 4395
Dwarf Galaxies Give Clues to Origin of Supermassive Black Holes
January 6, 2014 at 7:40 pm | News Release

Astronomers have found more than 100 small, dwarf galaxies with characteristics indicating that they harbor massive black holes feeding on surrounding gas.

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