News Release – Page 60 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Release: Mysterious Phenomena in a Gigantic Galaxy-Cluster Collision

Researchers using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) have produced the most detailed image yet of a fascinating region where clusters of hundreds of galaxies are colliding, creating a rich variety of mysterious phenomena visible only to radio telescopes.

Image Release: Venus Revealed in Radio Light

GBT partners with Arecibo to reveal the hidden surface of Venus.

ALMA Gains New Capability in First Successful VLBI Observation

ALMA achieves ‘first light’ VLBI observation.

Pockets of Calm Protect Molecules around a Supermassive Black Hole

ALMA finds pockets of complex organic molecules around supermassive black hole.

Why Do Starburst Galaxies Burst? ALMA Sees Super Stellar Nurseries at Heart of Sculptor Galaxy

ALMA dissects NGC 253 to better understand starburst.

Astronomers Catch Multiple-Star System in First Stages of Formation

For the first time, astronomers have caught a multiple-star system in the beginning stages of its formation, and their direct observations of this process give strong support to one of several suggested pathways to producing such systems.

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