News Release – Page 40 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Artist impression of very young galaxy in the early universe.

ALMA Finds Most-Distant Oxygen in the Universe

ALMA detects signature of oxygen from galaxy 13.28 billion light-years away

New Technology Offers to Broaden Vision for Radio Astronomy

NRAO’s CDL led the development of a new and improved version of a Phased Array Feed.

Zoom into galaxies that are evolving into a galaxy cluster

Astronomers Witness Galaxy Megamerger

ALMA has uncovered 14 distant galaxies that are poised to merge, forming the core of what will eventually become a colossal galaxy cluster.

Image Release: ALMA Reveals Inner Web of Stellar Nursery

New data from ALMA and other telescopes reveal stunning web of filaments in the Orion Nebula.

Powerful Flare from Star Proxima Centauri Detected with ALMA

ALMA data reveal that a powerful stellar flare erupted from Proxima Centauri last March. This space weather may make that system rather inhospitable to life after all.

Image illustrating the detection of molecules found by ALMA in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Stellar Embryos in Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Contain Surprisingly Complex Organic Molecules

Astronomers using ALMA have conclusively detected the largest, most complex molecules ever observed outside the Milky Way.

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