Death and Birth of Stars – Page 15 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Labeled image showing distant galaxy BDF 3299 and a vast cloud of material, detected by ALMA, that is in the process of assembling the very young galaxy.

ALMA Detects Star-Forming Clouds in Normal Galaxy in Early Universe

Posted on July 22, 2015March 28, 2017

Astronomers using ALMA detected the most distance star-forming clouds in normal galaxies in the early Universe.

Astronomers ‘Unscramble’ Einstein Ring to Reveal Star Formation in the Distant Universe

Posted on June 8, 2015March 28, 2017

ALMA’s Long Baseline Campaign reveals hidden views of lensed galaxy SDP.81.

Proto Super Star Cluster

Posted on May 7, 2015March 28, 2017

ALMA finds first example ever of globular cluster about to be born.

Artist's impression of pulsar PSR J1930-1852

Pulsar with Widest Orbit Ever Detected

Posted on May 1, 2015November 18, 2019

Students using the GBT discover pulsar with amazingly wide orbit around neutron star.

Strange Supernova is ‘Missing Link’ in Gamma-Ray Burst Connection

Posted on April 27, 2015November 20, 2019

Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array (VLA) have found a long-sought ‘missing link’ between supernova explosions that generate gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and those that don’t. The scientists found that a stellar explosion seen in 2012 has many characteristics expected of one that generates a powerful burst of gamma rays, yet no such burst occurred.

Artist's conception of the development of W75N(B)-VLA-2

Astronomers Watch Unfolding Saga of Massive Star Formation

Posted on April 2, 2015March 22, 2017

A pair of images of a young star, made 18 years apart, has revealed a dramatic difference that is providing astronomers with a unique, ‘real-time’ look at how massive stars develop in the earliest stages of their formation.

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