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Astronomers Catch a Galactic Threesome in the Act
An enormous and incredibly luminous distant galaxy has turned out to actually be three galaxies in the process of merging…
Gorgeous Telescope Timelapse Makes You Feel Like You’re Standing In Chile
As the chill of winter settles into the northern hemisphere, fantasies of down-south travel pervade a lot of people's dreams.…
Supersonic Starbirth Bubble Glows In Image From Two Telescopes
Talk about birth in the fast lane. Fresh observations of HH 46/47 -- an area well-known for hosting a baby star…
ALMA Peers Into Giant Black Hole Jets
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to observe what happens to a galaxy near a black hole?…
Astronomers See Snow … In Space!
There's an excellent chance of frost in this corner of the universe: astronomers have spotted a "snow line" in a…
ALMA Spots a Nascent Stellar Monster
Even though it comprises over 99% of the mass of the Solar System (with Jupiter taking up most of the…
Should This Alien World Even Exist? This Young Disk Could Challenge Planet-Formation Theories
Take a close look at the blurry image above. See that gap in the cloud? That could be a planet…
ALMA and the Comet Factory
"Ooompah, loompah, roopity rust... ALMA finds comets hiding in dust." According to many studies over recent years, astronomers are aware…
Early Galaxies Churned Out Stars Like Crazy
Talk about an assembly line! Some early-stage galaxies created stars thousands of times faster than our Milky Way does today, according…
A Radio Astronomer’s Paradise
Last month a dozen journalists from around North America were guests of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and got to…