News Release – Page 67 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

GBT Sees River of Hydrogen Flowing through Space

Using the National Science Foundation’s GBT, astronomer DJ Pisano from West Virginia University has discovered what could be a never-before-seen river of hydrogen flowing through space.

Dwarf Galaxies Give Clues to Origin of Supermassive Black Holes

Astronomers have found more than 100 small, dwarf galaxies with characteristics indicating that they harbor massive black holes feeding on surrounding gas.

Supernova’s Super Dust Factory Imaged with ALMA

Galaxies can be remarkably dusty places and supernovas are thought to be a primary source of that dust, especially in the early Universe.

Artist impression of a pulsar, white dwarf, and white dwarf triple system

Pulsar in Stellar Triple System

Astronomers using the GBT have discovered a unique stellar system of two white dwarf stars and a superdense neutron star, all packed within a space smaller than Earth’s orbit around the Sun.

Graphic depicting binary star system formation

New Studies Give Boost to Binary Star Formation Theory

Using the new capabilities of the upgraded VLA, scientists have discovered previously unseen binary companions to a pair of very young protostars.

N2D+ ALMA data on artist's impression background

Starless Cloud Cores Reveal Why Some Stars Are Bigger Than Others

Massive stars – those at least 8 times the mass of our Sun – present an intriguing mystery: how…

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