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NRAO Media Tip Sheet September 2014

Posted on September 25, 2014March 31, 2017

ALMA finds new organic molecule; VLA reveals details of still-forming planetary system; NRAO patent for new radio synthesizer.

Infant Solar System Shows Signs of Windy Weather

Posted on September 22, 2014March 23, 2017

Astronomers using ALMA have observed what may be the first-ever signs of windy weather around a T Tauri star, an infant analog of our own Sun.

Young Binary Star System May Form Planets with Weird and Wild Orbits

Posted on July 30, 2014March 23, 2017

While surveying a series of binary stars with ALMA, astronomers uncovered a pair of misaligned planet-forming disks around the young binary star HK Tau.

NRAO Media Tip Sheet: March 2014

Posted on March 26, 2014March 31, 2017

Astronomers make distance measurement, GBT gets new spectrometer, and protoplanetary disks bulge are topics in March tip sheet.

Artist concept of collisions in outer parts of a solar system

ALMA Sees Icy Wreckage in Nearby Solar System

Posted on March 6, 2014March 23, 2017

Astronomers using the ALMA telescope have discovered the splattered remains of comets colliding together around a nearby star.

NRAO Media Tip Sheet: February 2014

Posted on February 26, 2014March 31, 2017

Merging galaxy clusters, big boost for big data, and exciting sessions at the 2014 AAAS meeting

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