An international team of astronomers used ALMA and the VLA to create more than three hundred images of planet-forming disks around very young stars in the Orion Clouds. These images reveal new details about the birthplaces of planets and the earliest stages of star formation.
New Technologies, Strategies Expanding Search for Extraterrestrial Life
New technologies that enable new strategies are revitalizing the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), by not only augmenting the traditional search for intelligently-generated radio signals but also allowing searches for other signs of life and technological activity.
Astronomers Find Wandering Massive Black Holes in Dwarf Galaxies
Studies with the VLA indicate that roughly half of the massive black holes in dwarf galaxies are not in the centers of those galaxies. This gives astronomers new insights into the conditions in which similar black holes formed and grew in the early history of the Universe.
The Turbulent Life of Two Supermassive Black Holes Caught in a Galaxy Crash
An international team of astronomers used ALMA to create the most detailed image yet of the gas surrounding two supermassive black holes in a merging galaxy.
Image Release: Distant Milky Way-like Galaxies Reveal Star Formation History of the Universe
Thousands of galaxies are visible in this radio image made with the MeerKAT telescope. The numerous faint dots are distant galaxies like our own Milky Way, that have never been observed in radio light before.
ALMA Spots Most Distant Dusty Galaxy Hidden in Plain Sight
Astronomers using ALMA have spotted the light of a massive galaxy seen only 970 million years after the Big Bang!