Astronomers using the newly revamped Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) in New Mexico, have resolved a component of the ever-present cosmic sky glow -- the radio background. Continue reading →
Black holes get a bad rap -- but it looks like the black hole in the center of our galaxy may be stimulating the birth of stars, rather than killing them. ->
The Universe is a vast and wondrous place -- so it shouldn't be surprising that you'll find all kinds of substances in all kinds of places, even the main ingredient in sunblock around a very old star.
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So what's the big deal with a "millimeter and submillimeter" telescope anyway? ->
The ALMA radio telescope, not fully operational, has already doubled the number of star-forming galaxies seen from the first 1.5 billion years of the universe's history. ->
Discovery News' Nicole Gugliucci is reporting from Chile for the inauguration of the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array -- here's her story so far. ->
A key experiment aboard the International Space Station has been searching for dark matter and the results will be in soon. ->
When asteroid 2012 DA14 makes its close approach on Friday, radio astronomers will be ready to fire radar at the speeding space rock in an effort to measure its spin. ->
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