News Release – Page 69 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

ALMA Observes Two Supermassive Black Holes

Two teams of researchers using the ALMA telescope have made remarkably detailed observations of supermassive black holes caught in the act of ingesting matter and converting it into powerful jets of particles and energy.

Neutron star and its companion during a period of accretion when the neutron star emits powerful X-rays.

‘Jekyll and Hyde’ Star Morphs from Radio to X-ray Pulsar and Back Again

Neutron star morphs from radio to X-ray pulsar and back again.

Artist's impression of Voyager 1's position on the sky when observed by the Very Long Baseline Array

Voyager 1 Spotted from Earth with VLBA and GBT Telescopes

Earlier this year, the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array telescope turned its gaze to NASA’s famed Voyager 1 and captured an image of this iconic spacecraft’s faint radio signal.

Powerful Jets Blowing Material Out of Galaxy

Astronomers using a worldwide network of radio telescopes have found strong evidence that a powerful jet of material propelled to nearly light speed by a galaxy’s central black hole is blowing massive amounts of gas out of the galaxy.

ALMA Opens Another Window on the Universe with Band 8 Receivers

ALMA has opened another window on the Universe as astronomers successfully used the new Band 8 receivers to observe the distribution of atomic carbon in a planetary nebula dubbed NGC 6302.

Graphic showing how radio waves are bent

Gas Cloud Causes Multiple Images of Distant Quasar

For the first time, astronomers have seen the image of a distant quasar split into multiple images by the effects of a cloud of ionized gas in our own Milky Way Galaxy.

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