Galaxies – Page 10 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Duo of Titanic Galaxies Captured in Extreme Starbursting Merger

Posted on November 13, 2017November 16, 2017

Astronomers using ALMA have discovered two rarely seen, distant galaxies spiraling in toward each other.

IMAGE RELEASE: Shocking Results of Galaxy-Cluster Collisions

Posted on November 7, 2017

A giant collision of galaxy clusters has produced a spectacular panorama of shocks and energy produced by the violent encounters.

VLBA Measurement Promises Complete Picture of Milky Way

Posted on October 9, 2017October 12, 2017

A new record for directly measuring distances within our home Galaxy gives astronomers the ability to finally produce an accurate map of the whole extent of the Milky Way.

Graphic illustrating reservoirs of cold gas surrounding a starburst galaxy

Star-formation ‘Fuel Tanks’ Found around Distant Galaxies

Posted on August 30, 2017August 30, 2017

Using ALMA, astronomers studied six distant starburst galaxies and discovered that five of them are surrounded by turbulent reservoirs of hydrogen gas, the fuel for future star formation.

VLA Reveals Distant Galaxy’s Magnetic Field

Posted on August 25, 2017August 28, 2017

VLA observations of distant galaxy provide important new clues about how magnetic fields originate and influence the development of galaxies.

Artist's conception of binary supermassive black hole pair.

Astronomers Detect Orbital Motion in Pair of Supermassive Black Holes

Posted on June 27, 2017June 26, 2017

VLBA images detect orbital motion of two supermassive black holes as they circle each other at the center of a distant galaxy.

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