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Comet’s Water Holds Clues to Life on Earth

New research has uncovered compelling evidence that water from a comet is strikingly similar to that found in Earth’s…

The Universe’s Secret Harvest: ALMA Sheds Light on “the Cosmic Grapes”

Astronomers have discovered a remarkably clumpy rotating galaxy that existed just 900 million years after the Big Bang, shedding…

NSF Green Bank Observatory Works with Local School to Allow WiFi in the “Quiet Zone”

The U.S. National Science Foundation Green Bank Observatory (NSF GBO) is entering a new era for the “Quiet Zone”—…

Groundbreaking Magnetic Field Discovery Near Massive Protostar Made Possible by NSF NRAO’s Very Large Array

An international team, led by astronomers from the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has for the first time detected circular polarization in radio emission originating from a massive protostar, IRAS 18162-2048—unveiling fresh clues about the cosmic forces shaping our universe.

Space’s Spinning Enigma: A ‘Unicorn’ Object Defies Astrophysics

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery using some of the world’s most advanced radio telescopes. Researchers, led by Fengqiu Adam Dong, a Jansky Fellow at the NSF Green Bank Observatory (NSF GBO), have identified an exceptionally unusual cosmic object known as a Long Period Radio Transient (LPT), named CHIME J1634+44. This object stands out as one of the most polarized LPTs ever discovered, and it is the only one observed to be spinning up (meaning its rotation is speeding up) a phenomenon never seen before in this class of astronomical objects.

Astronomers Discover Massive Molecular Cloud Hidden in Milky Way

An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas and dust located in a little-known region…

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