News Release – Page 48 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Tsunami of Stars and Gas Produces Dazzling Eye-shaped Feature in Galaxy

Glancing collision produces galactic “eyelids.”

Artist's conception of how the "nearly naked" supermassive black hole originated

Close Galactic Encounter Leaves “Nearly Naked” Supermassive Black Hole

Astronomers using the super-sharp radio vision of the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have found the shredded remains of a galaxy that passed through a larger galaxy, leaving only the smaller galaxy’s nearly-naked supermassive black hole to emerge and speed away at more than 2,000 miles per second.

Young Stellar System Caught in Act of Forming Close Multiples

For the first time, astronomers have seen a dusty disk of material around a young star fragmenting into a multiple-star system.

Image Release: Spiral Arms Embrace Young Star

Density waves produce spiral arms around young star

ALMA image of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field

ALMA Explores the Hubble Ultra Deep Field

ALMA uncovers hidden details in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field

Snapshot from a cosmological simulation of a Lyman-alpha Blob

Galactic Fireworks Illuminate Monster Hydrogen Blob

A rare, glowing blob of gas powered by pair of star-bursting galaxies.

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