A dusty, doughnut-shaped feature long thought to be an essential part of the “engines” at the cores of active galaxies, is seen for the first time in one of the most powerful galaxies in the Universe.
Astronomers Find “Cannonball Pulsar” Speeding Through Space
VLA image shows the trail of a speeding pulsar pointing directly back at the center of the debris shell from the supernova explosion that created it.
Liberal Sprinkling of Salt Discovered around a Young Star
ALMA discovered ordinary table salt in a not-so-ordinary location: 1,500 light-years from Earth in the disk surrounding a massive young star.
Astronomers Study Mysterious New Type of Cosmic Blast
Astronomers have studied a perplexing cosmic blast with a worldwide collection of telescopes, including ALMA and the VLA, but still are not sure exactly what it is.
What 100,000 Star Factories in 74 Galaxies Tell Us about Star Formation across the Universe
ALMA is revealing new insights into the relationship between star-forming clouds and their host galaxies.
Image Release: ALMA Gives Passing Comet Its Close-up
As comet 46P/Wirtanen neared Earth on December 2, astronomers using ALMA took a remarkably close look at its innermost regions.