Astronomers have found the remains of the youngest supernova, or exploded star, in our Galaxy.
New View of Distant Galaxy Reveals Furious Star Formation
A furious rate of star formation discovered in a distant galaxy shows that galaxies in the early Universe developed either much faster or in a different way from what astronomers have thought.
VLBA Changes Picture of Famous Star-Forming Region
Using the supersharp radio vision of the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array, astronomers have made the most precise measurement ever of the distance to a famous star-forming region.
Powerful Radio Burst Indicates New Astronomical Phenomenon
Astronomers studying archival data from an Australian radio telescope have discovered a powerful, short-lived burst of radio waves that they say indicates an entirely new type of astronomical phenomenon.
High-School Teams Joining Massive Pulsar Search
High school students and teachers will join astronomers on the cutting edge of science under a program to be operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and West Virginia University, and funded by the National Science Foundation.
Star Cluster Holds Midweight Black Hole, VLA Indicates
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array radio telescope have greatly strengthened the case that supermassive black holes at the cores of galaxies may have formed through mergers of smaller black holes.