A new view of a 20,000-year old supernova remnant demonstrates the upgraded imaging power of the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array and provides more clues to the history of this giant cloud that resembles a beloved endangered species, the Florida Manatee.
ALMA Sees Star and Planets Grow Together
Astronomers have used the ALMA telescope to get their first glimpse of a fascinating stage of star formation in which planets forming around a young star are helping the star itself continue to grow, resolving a longstanding mystery.
Microquasar Found in Neighbor Galaxy, Tantalizing Scientists
For the first time, astronomers have found a microquasar — a black hole devouring material from a companion star — in a galaxy beyond our own Milky Way.
Astronomers Discover and Weigh Infant Solar System
Astronomers have found the youngest still-forming solar system yet seen, an infant star surrounded by a swirling disk of dust and gas more than 450 light-years from Earth in the constellation Taurus.
Brown Dwarfs May Grow Rocky Planets
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array have for the first time found that the outer region of a dusty disk encircling a brown dwarf contains millimeter-sized solid grains like those found in denser disks around newborn stars.
Surprising Black-Hole Discovery Changes Picture of Globular Star Clusters
An unexpected discovery by astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array is forcing scientists to rethink their understanding of the environment in globular star clusters, tight-knit collections containing hundreds of thousands of stars.