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From Stardust to Stone: Windswept Grains Hold Clues to Planet’s Beginnings

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has uncovered a key piece of the puzzle in how rocky planets, such…

NASA’s Chandra and the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array See Surprisingly Strong Black Hole Jet at Cosmic “Noon”

Astronomers used Chandra and the U.S. National Science Foundation Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (NSF VLA) to study this black hole and its jet at a period they call “cosmic noon,” which occurred about three billion years after the universe began.

Texas Tech University System and NSF NRAO Forge Cosmic Alliance in West Texas

The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) and the Texas Tech University System (TTU System)…

Cosmic Chemistry Breakthrough: Largest Aromatic Molecule Found in Deep Space

A team of chemists and astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of astrochemistry: the identification of…

Inaugural Cosmic Horizons Conference Unites Astronomers and AI Experts

This news was originally shared by the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins. Read the full story here. In…

Charting the Cosmos Together: NRAO and Johns Hopkins University Launch ngVLA Partnership

The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) are thrilled to…

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