A dusty, doughnut-shaped feature long thought to be an essential part of the “engines” at the cores of active galaxies, is seen for the first time in one of the most powerful galaxies in the Universe.
What 100,000 Star Factories in 74 Galaxies Tell Us about Star Formation across the Universe
ALMA is revealing new insights into the relationship between star-forming clouds and their host galaxies.
Trans-galactic Streamers Feeding Most Luminous Galaxy in the Universe
New ALMA data reveal distinct streamers of material being pulled from three smaller galaxies into the larger galaxy W2246-0526, the most luminous known galaxy in the universe.
Galaxy-Scale Fountain Seen in Full Glory
A billion light-years from Earth lies one of the universe’s most massive structures, a giant surrounded by a sprawling…
Fierce Winds Quench Wildfire-like Starbirth in Far-flung Galaxy
Astronomers using ALMA, with the aid of a gravitational lens, have detected the most-distant galactic “wind” of molecules ever observed, seen when the universe was only one billion years old. By tracing the outflow of hydroxyl (OH) molecules – which herald the presence of star-forming gas in galaxies – the researchers show how some galaxies in the early universe quenched an ongoing wildfire of starbirth.
VLA Gives Tantalizing Clues About Source of Energetic Cosmic Neutrino
The track of an elusive, energetic neutrino points to a distant galaxy as its source and VLA observations suggest high-energy particles may be generated in superfast jets of material near the galaxy’s core.