Science June 26, 2019

ALMA Pinpoints the Formation Site of Planet around Nearest Young Star

Researchers using ALMA found a small dust concentration in the disk around TW Hydrae, the nearest young star. It is highly possible that a planet is growing or about to be formed in this concentration.

Science June 18, 2019

ALMA Finds Earliest Example of Merging Galaxies

Researchers using ALMA observed signals of oxygen, carbon, and dust from a galaxy in the early Universe 13 billion years ago.

Science May 30, 2019

Subaru Telescope Captures 1800 Exploding Stars

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope identified about 1800 new supernovae in the distant Universe, including 58 Type Ia supernovae over 8 billion light-years away.

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Science May 16, 2019

ALMA Discovers Aluminum around Young Star

Researchers using ALMA data discovered an aluminum-bearing molecule for the first time around a young star.

Science April 30, 2019

Star with Strange Chemistry is from Out of Town

stronomers have discovered a star in the Milky Way Galaxy with a chemical composition unlike any other star in our Galaxy.

Science April 10, 2019

Astronomers Capture First Image of a Black Hole — Japanese researchers contribute to paradigm-shifting observations of the gargantuan black hole at the heart of distant galaxy Messier 87

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) was designed to capture images of a black hole. Today, in coordinated press conferences across the globe, EHT researchers reveal that they have succeeded, unveiling the first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole and its shadow.

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Science April 3, 2019

Simulations Find Mechanism of Brightest Flashes in Universe

Scientists have used simulations to show that the photons emitted by long gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful electromagnetic phenomena in the Universe, originate at the visible surface of high-speed jets emitted by exploding stars.

Science April 2, 2019

WIMPs Beat MACHOs for Control of the Universe

An international team of researchers used observations with the Subaru Telescope to rule out MACHOs as a major component of dark matter.

Science March 28, 2019

Congratulations it’s Twins! Binary Stars Born Together

Astronomers have found a molecular cloud that is collapsing to form two massive protostars that will eventually become a binary star system. This observations show that binary stars form together.

Science March 20, 2019

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Star Formation and the Rich Dust from Ancient Stars

Researchers have detected a radio signal from abundant interstellar dust in MACS0416_Y1, a galaxy 13.2 billion light-years away in the constellation Eridanus.