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Chemistry and Cosmology


Galaxy Cluster Abell 3376

VLA Discovers Giant Rings Around Galaxy Cluster

Posted on November 2, 2006April 5, 2017

Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array radio telescope have discovered giant, ring-like structures around a cluster of galaxies.

Chemistry and CosmologyGalaxies
Graphic illustrating cosmic chemistry cycle

GBT Hunts for Chemical Precursors to Life

Posted on August 7, 2006April 5, 2017

In just two years of work, an international research team has discovered eight new complex, biologically-significant molecules in interstellar space using the National Science Foundation’s Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia.

Chemistry and Cosmology
Graphic of Superbubble rising above plane of Milky Way.

Huge Superbubble of Gas Blowing Out of Milky Way

Posted on January 12, 2006April 5, 2017

Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope have discovered a huge superbubble of hydrogen gas rising nearly 10,000 light-years above the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy.

Chemistry and CosmologyGalaxies
The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope

Astronomers Gain Clues About Fundamental Physics

Posted on December 19, 2005April 4, 2017

An international team of astronomers has looked at something very big — a distant galaxy — to study the behavior of things very small — atoms and molecules — to gain vital clues about the fundamental nature of our entire Universe.

Chemistry and Cosmology
3C 273's core and jet.

VLBA Observations Put New Twist on Quasar Jet Model

Posted on June 1, 2005April 4, 2017

When a pair of researchers aimed the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array radio telescope toward a famous quasar, they sought evidence to support a popular theory for why the superfast jets of particles streaming from quasars are confined to narrow streams.

Chemistry and CosmologySupermassive Black Holes
Central region of the Milky Way Galaxy

Astronomers Detect Powerful Bursting Radio Source

Posted on March 2, 2005April 4, 2017

Astronomers at Sweet Briar College and the Naval Research Laboratory have detected a powerful new bursting radio source whose unique properties suggest the discovery of a new class of astronomical objects.

Chemistry and CosmologySupermassive Black Holes

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