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Hidden Cosmic Fuel Tank Found in Infant Galaxy Cluster

Hidden Cosmic Fuel Tank Found in Infant Galaxy Cluster

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), along with complementary data from the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX), have discovered a surprisingly large reservoir of molecular gas in a protocluster of galaxies known as SPT2349-56.

ALMA Shares New View of Proxima Centauri

ALMA Shares New View of Proxima Centauri

Proxima Centauri’s flare activity has been well known to astronomers using visible wavelengths of light, but a new study using observations with ALMA highlight this star’s extreme activity in radio and millimeter wavelengths, offering exciting insights about the particle nature of these flares as well as potential impacts to the livability of its terrestrial, habitable-zone planets.

Next-Generation Very Large Array Antenna Design to be Used By German Astronomers

Next-Generation Very Large Array Antenna Design to be Used By German Astronomers

The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory has announced a significant collaboration with the Bavarian State Government to construct a cutting-edge radio telescope atop Germany’s highest mountain. This radio telescope will use the design of the proposed NSF NRAO’s Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA).