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VLA Reveals Dramatic New Evidence About Star and Planet Formation

January 5, 2016 at 7:15 pm | News Release

A detailed study of young stars and their surroundings has produced dramatic new evidence about how multiple-star systems form and how the dusty disks that are the raw material for planets grow around young stars.

Artist's conception of magnetic field lines twisting into a dusty protoplanetary disk around a young star.

Twisted Magnetic Fields Give New Insights on Star Formation

December 21, 2015 at 5:05 pm | News Release

Using new images that show unprecedented detail, scientists have found that material rotating around a very young protostar probably has dragged in and twisted magnetic fields from the larger area surrounding the star.

Asteroid Looks Even Better Second Time Around

December 17, 2015 at 9:40 pm | News Release

Radar imagery of asteroid 1998 WT24 obtained by NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar and the GBT.

Artist’s impression of a transitional disc around a young star

Giant Planets Carving Paths around Four Young Stars, ALMA Observations Suggest

December 16, 2015 at 11:00 am | News Release

ALMA observations find compelling evidence of planets in formation.

Applications Accepted for 2016 Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program

December 10, 2015 at 3:00 pm | News Release

Applications to become 2016 ACEAP ambassador are being accepted now.

Graphic illustrating particle acceleration in a solar flare

VLA Yields New Insights on Solar Flares

December 3, 2015 at 7:00 pm | News Release

Astronomers have made a significant step toward confirming a proposed explanation for how solar flares accelerate charged particles to speeds nearly that of light.

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