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Chemistry and Cosmology


The Boomerang Nebula

ALMA Reveals Ghostly Shape of Coldest Place in the Universe

Posted on October 23, 2013May 23, 2017

At a cosmologically crisp one degree Kelvin, the Boomerang Nebula is the coldest known object in the Universe.

Chemistry and CosmologyRadio Telescopes

NRAO Media Tip Sheet September 2015

Posted on September 23, 2013March 31, 2017

NRAO Media Tip Sheet September 2015: Science, engineering, and technology milestones.

Chemistry and CosmologyProtoplanets and ExoplanetsRadio Telescopes
Planetary Nebula NGC 6302

ALMA Opens Another Window on the Universe with Band 8 Receivers

Posted on September 2, 2013April 6, 2017

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.

Chemistry and Cosmology
Graphic showing how radio waves are bent

Gas Cloud Causes Multiple Images of Distant Quasar

Posted on August 28, 2013April 6, 2017

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.

Chemistry and CosmologyGalaxies
Artist concept of snow line in TW Hydrae

Snow Falling Around Infant Solar System

Posted on July 18, 2013April 6, 2017

The sight of a snowfall can thrill children, but the first-ever snow line seen around a distant star gives astronomers an even greater thrill because of what it reveals about the formation of planets and our Solar System’s history.

Chemistry and CosmologyProtoplanets and Exoplanets
VLA Image of Small Portion of Extragalactic Space

VLA Gives Deep, Detailed Image of Distant Universe

Posted on April 30, 2013April 6, 2017

Staring at a small patch of sky for more than 50 hours with the ultra-sensitive Very Large Array, astronomers have for the first time identified discrete sources that account for nearly all the radio waves coming from distant galaxies.

Chemistry and Cosmology

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