News Release – Page 59 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Illustration of a protoplanetary disk around a young star MWC 480, with molecules in the foreground.

Complex Organic Molecules Discovered in Infant Star System

Using ALMA, astronomers for the first time have discovered complex organic molecules in a protoplanetary disk.

Animation of the asteroid Juno as imaged by ALMA

Asteroid Juno Seen Traveling Through Space in New ALMA Images and Animation

ALMA images asteroid Juno on its journey through solar system.

Artist's conception of the development of W75N(B)-VLA-2

Astronomers Watch Unfolding Saga of Massive Star Formation

A pair of images of a young star, made 18 years apart, has revealed a dramatic difference that is providing astronomers with a unique, ‘real-time’ look at how massive stars develop in the earliest stages of their formation.

Race to Detect Gravitational Waves Advances: New NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center

GBT to join the hunt for gravity waves as NSF awards NANOGrav PFC.

Asteroid Juno Seen Traveling Through Space in New ALMA Images and Animation

ALMA images asteroid Juno on its journey through solar system.

ALMA Sees Einstein Ring in Stunning Image of Lensed Galaxy

Astronomers have observed a cosmic ring with the help of ALMA.

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