For the first time, astronomers using the High Sensitivity Array — a multi-facility network supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory — have observed evidence of magnetic filaments in the accretion disk surrounding a nearby galaxy’s supermassive black hole.
New cooperative work between the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) and SpaceX shows a way to share the radio spectrum between radio astronomers and industry.
An international team of astronomers has demonstrated that persistent radiation in some fast radio bursts originates from a plasma bubble, shedding new light on the enigmatic sources powering these cosmic phenomena.
Astronomers recently used two very different, and very powerful, telescopes to discover twin disks—and twin parallel jets—erupting from young stars in a multiple star system. This discovery was unexpected, and unprecedented, given the age, size, and chemical makeup of the stars, disks, and jets.