Looking back at the science news released by NRAO in 2014, the staff scientists at NRAO selected what they believed were the top 10 stories based on both scientific impact and public interest.
‘Perfect Storm’ Quenching Star Formation around a Supermassive Black Hole
Turbulence from a black hole in a nearby lenticular galaxy is squelching star formation.
Strange Galaxy Perplexes Astronomers
With the help of citizen scientists, a team of astronomers has found an important new example of a very rare type of galaxy that may yield valuable insight on how galaxies developed in the early Universe.
ALMA Finds Best Evidence Yet for Galactic Merger in Distant Protocluster
ALMA finds evidence for galactic merger in a protocluster more than 12.5 billion light-years away.
Milky Way Ransacks Nearby Dwarf Galaxies, Stripping All Traces of Star-Forming Gas
The Milky Way is stripping all traces of star-forming gas from nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxies.
Galaxy Mergers Defy Expectations to Produce Disk Galaxies
ALMA and other radio telescopes provide the first direct evidence that merging galaxies can produce disk galaxies.