A high-velocity hydrogen cloud hurtling toward the Milky Way appears to be encased in a shell of dark matter, according to a new analysis of data from the GBT.
Image Release: Sea of Serenity and Aristillus Crater
New images of the Moon made with GBT and Arecibo collaboration reveal stunning subsurface features.
NRAO, WVU Expand Broadband Data Network to Bolster Astronomy Research
The NRAO and West Virginia University (WVU) have inaugurated a new super high-speed broadband data network to bolster collaboration and scientific research.
‘Death Stars’ in Orion Blast Planets before They Even Form
A team of astronomers from Canada and the United States has used the ALMA Telescope to study the often deadly relationship between highly luminous O-type stars and nearby protostars in the Orion Nebula.
ALMA Sees Icy Wreckage in Nearby Solar System
Astronomers using the ALMA telescope have discovered the splattered remains of comets colliding together around a nearby star.
Image Release: Starbursting in the Galaxy M82
Messier 82, the galaxy in which the nearest supernova in decades recently exploded, also is the closest galaxy that is undergoing a rapid burst of star formation, known as a starburst.