Astronomers Detect Orbital Motion in Pair of Supermassive Black Holes
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Now Accepting Applications for 2023 Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program
ACEAP 2020 cohort at the ALMA facilities in San Pedro de Atacama in front of one of the ALMA's antennas. (December 2022) Photo Credit: David Falkner ACEAP 2020 AmbassadorApplications are now being accepted for the 2023 Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program...
ALMA Traces History of Water in Planet Formation Back to the Interstellar Medium
This news article was originally published on NRAO.edu on March 8, 2023.Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF) Observations of water in the disk forming around protostar V883 Ori have unlocked clues about the formation of comets and planetesimals in...
Extreme Galaxy Reveals Clues to Early Supermassive Black Hole Formation
This news article was originally published on NRAO.edu on February 24, 2023.Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF; Dana Berry / SkyWorks; ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) A bright, revealing source While studying galaxies in the early Universe with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array...
ALMA Soon to Receive a New Brain
This news article was originally published on NRAO.edu on February 7, 2023.Carlos Padilla, NRAO/AUI/NSF The world’s most powerful millimeter/ submillimeter telescope has received approval for central correlator and digital transmission system upgrades that will...
French Astronomer Honored as 2022 Jansky Lecturer
This news article was originally published on NRAO.edu on February 5, 2023.Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSFAssociated Universities, Inc. (AUI) and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) have awarded the 2022 Karl G. Jansky Lectureship to Professor Françoise Combes, Chair...
NSF and SpaceX Finalize Radio Spectrum Coordination Agreement
This news article was originally published on NRAO.edu on January 10, 2023.Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Jeff HellermanThe National Science Foundation (NSF) and SpaceX have finalized a radio spectrum coordination agreement to limit interference from the company’s Starlink...
ALMA and JWST Reveal Galactic Shock is Shaping Stephan’s Quintet in Mysterious Ways
This news article was originally published on NRAO.edu on January 9, 2023.Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/JWST/ P. Appleton (Caltech), B.Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)Shockwaves resulting from the violent collision between an intruder galaxy and Stephan’s Quintet are helping...
ALMA Scientists Find Pair of Black Holes Dining Together in Nearby Galaxy Merger
This news article was originally published on NRAO.edu on January 9, 2023.Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), M. Weiss (NRAO/AUI/NSF)While studying a nearby pair of merging galaxies using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)— an international observatory...
Hydrogen Masers Reveal New Secrets of a Massive Star to ALMA Scientists
This news article was originally published on NRAO.edu on January 9, 2023.Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), M. Weiss (NRAO/AUI/NSF)Scientists used the unique hydrogen radio recombination lines on MWC 349A to reveal hidden collimated jets While using the Atacama Large...
Northwest Indian College Hosts Inaugural Cosmovisions of the Pacific Meeting
Bellingham, Washington – Over 14,000 years ago, Indigenous groups in the Pacific traveled by boat, guided by starlight, and likely settled the West Coast of the Americas. Today, Indigenous and non-indigenous people gathered at Northwest Indian College (NWIC) to...