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  • Chilean President Addresses ALMA Inauguration Ceremony
    Chilean President Addresses ALMA Inauguration Ceremony CREDIT: NRAO/AUI/NSF

Astronomers Celebrate New Era of Discovery with ALMA Inauguration

March 13, 2013
Revolutionary telescope will enable unprecedented views of the cosmos ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, was officially inaugurated today in a ceremony that brought together representatives from the international astronomical community… Read More
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  • The antennas of ALMA scrutinize the mysteries of the universe 24 hours a day
    The antennas of ALMA scrutinize the mysteries of the universe 24 hours a day ALMA

National Science Foundation Celebrates Inauguration of Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile

March 13, 2013
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), in collaboration with its Canada and Taiwan partners, Japan, Europe and Chile, inaugurated the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) today, one of the world's most powerful telescopes, as part of an international ceremony in Chile… Read More
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  • Students at Long Beach Convention Center
    Students at Long Beach Convention Center Miriam Satin, Associated Universities, Inc.

AUI Sponsors Very Successful Educational Program at AAS 221st Meeting

January 8, 2013
On January 8th, 2013, AUI sponsored an Astronomy Student Event at the Long Beach AAS Meeting. AUI’s donation helped transport 270 local middle-school and high-school students to the Long Beach Convention Center… Read More
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Science

  • Artist's conception of SS Cygni double-star system
    Artist's conception of SS Cygni double-star system Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF

Accurate Distance Measurement Resolves Major Astronomical Mystery

May 23, 2013
Sometimes astronomy is like real estate — what's important is location, location, and location. Astronomers have resolved a major problem in their understanding of a class of stars that undergo regular outbursts by accurately measuring the distance to a famous example of the type… Read More
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  • Intergalactic clouds between Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies
    Intergalactic clouds between Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF

Astronomers Discover Surprising Clutch of Hydrogen Clouds Lurking among Our Galactic Neighbors

May 8, 2013
In a dark, starless patch of intergalactic space, astronomers have discovered a never-before-seen cluster of hydrogen clouds strewn between two nearby galaxies, Andromeda (M31) and Triangulum (M33)… Read More
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  • Artist's conception of PSR J0348+0432 system
    Artist's conception of PSR J0348+0432 system Antoniadis, et al

Einstein's Gravity Theory Passes Toughest Test Yet

April 25, 2013
A strange stellar pair nearly 7,000 light-years from Earth has provided physicists with a unique cosmic laboratory for studying the nature of gravity… Read More
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Alma

  • ACA Renamed Morita Array
    ACA Renamed Morita Array ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

Final ACA Antenna Delivered:The 'Morita Array

May 7, 2013
The 12th 7-meter antenna developed by Japan was delivered to the high site in Chajnantor on April 29, 2013. Now all the 16 antennas of the Atacama Compact Array (ACA) are installed at the Array Operations Site at the altitude of 5,000 meters and awaiting to unveil secrets of the Universe… Read More
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  • Possible Star Formation in the Galactic Center
    Possible Star Formation in the Galactic Center Yusef-Zadeh et al., ALMA (ESO, NAOJ, NRAO), NRAO/AUI/NSF

ALMA Detects Signs of Star Formation Surprisingly Close to Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole

April 4, 2013
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered signs of star formation perilously close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy… Read More
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  • Gravitationally-lensed distant galaxy
    Gravitationally-lensed distant galaxy Vieira et al., ALMA (ESO, NAOJ, NRAO), NASA, NRAO/AUI/NSF.

ALMA Finds 'Monster' Starburst Galaxies in the Early Universe

March 13, 2013
Observatory's early strides provide astounding view of cosmic history Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope have discovered starburst galaxies earlier in the Universe's history than they were previously thought to have existed… Read More
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