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Artist's impression of collisions in outer solar system

Swarms of Pluto-Size Objects Kick Up Dust around Adolescent Sun-Like Star

Astronomers using ALMA may have detected Pluto-size objects swarming around a Sun-like star.

Artist impression of the central region of NGC 1266.

‘Perfect Storm’ Quenching Star Formation around a Supermassive Black Hole

Turbulence from a black hole in a nearby lenticular galaxy is squelching star formation.

Strange Galaxy Perplexes Astronomers

With the help of citizen scientists, a team of astronomers has found an important new example of a very rare type of galaxy that may yield valuable insight on how galaxies developed in the early Universe.

VLA Visitor Center Film Earns Prestigious Media Award

The VLA visitor center film, Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array, received a prestigious Interpretive Media Award from the National Association for Interpretation (NAI).

Labeled artist's impression of the protocluster observed by ALMA.

ALMA Finds Best Evidence Yet for Galactic Merger in Distant Protocluster

ALMA finds evidence for galactic merger in a protocluster more than 12.5 billion light-years away.

Radio image of the protoplanetary disk around young star HL Tau.

Birth of Planets Revealed in Astonishing Detail in ALMA’s ‘Best Image Ever’

Best image ever of planet formation revealed by ALMA.

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