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NRAO Media Tip Sheet: February 2016

Posted on February 25, 2016March 31, 2017

Details of Jet from Black Hole, Maser Distance Measure, and New APS Fellow.

Image Release: Space-Earth System Produces Highest-Resolution Astronomical Image

Posted on January 26, 2016March 28, 2017

Using an orbiting radio-astronomy satellite combined with 15 ground-based radio telescopes, astronomers have made the highest-resolution, or most-detailed, astronomical image yet.

Pairs of Supermassive Black Holes in Galaxies May Be Rarer Than Previously Thought

Posted on September 21, 2015March 23, 2017

There may be fewer pairs of supermassive black holes orbiting each other at the cores of giant galaxies than previously thought.

ALMA Weighs Supermassive Black Hole at Center of Distant Spiral Galaxy

Posted on June 18, 2015March 5, 2018

ALMA weighs black hole at the center of NGC 1097.

VLA Reveals Bashful Black Hole in Neighboring Galaxy

Posted on June 17, 2015March 22, 2017

Thanks to the extraordinary sensitivity of the Karl G Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), astronomers have detected what they believe is the long-sought radio emission coming from a supermassive black hole at the center of one of our closest neighboring galaxies.

Artist impression of a supermassive black hole

ALMA Reveals Intense Magnetic Field Close to Supermassive Black Hole

Posted on April 16, 2015March 28, 2017

ALMA reveals powerful magnetic field near black hole.

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