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Astronomers Discover “Space Tornadoes” Around the Milky Way’s Core

Swirling through the Milky Way’s central zone, in the turbulent region surrounding the supermassive black hole at the core…

Hidden Cosmic Fuel Tank Found in Infant Galaxy Cluster

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), along with complementary data from the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX), have…

Image showing an active M dwarf star, Proxima Centuari, in red with many star spots, ejecting a large stellar flare in yellow and white. Proxima Centauri b, a small Earth-like planet is seen in the distant right of the image.

Small Star, Mighty Flares: ALMA Shares New View of Proxima Centauri

At a distance of just over four light years, Proxima Centauri is our nearest stellar neighbor and is known…

Space Company Taps Coast-to-Coast Radio Telescopes for Moon Mission

Intuitive Machines has been working with the NSF NRAO over the past year to utilize the NSF Very Long Baseline Array (NSF VLBA) to support precise tracking and data downlink of Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander, named Athena, during its mission to the Moon.

Next-Generation Very Large Array Antenna Design to be Used By German Astronomers

The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory has announced a significant collaboration with the Bavarian State Government…

A New Era of Data Compatibility in Astronomy

Software engineers have been hard at work to establish a common language for a global conversation. The topic—revealing the…

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