Astronomers just solved a 50-year-old mystery about the Milky Way’s black hole

At the heart of our home galaxy lurks a gigantic black hole that’s more than a trillion times heavier than Earth, with all ...

Hidden black hole wind discovered after 50 years

Galactic giant awakens: Hidden black hole wind discovered after 50 years - ...
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Gas bubble discovered orbiting the supermassive black hole in the Milky Way

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile have discovered "signs of a ‘hot spot’ ...
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World’s most powerful millimeter/submillimeter-wavelength telescope reveals its first image

Humanity’s most complex ground-based astronomy observatory, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), has officially opened for astronomers. The first released image, from a telescope ...
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A European Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array antenna brings total to 16

The first European antenna for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has reached new heights, having been transported to the observatory’s Array Operations Site (AOS) July 27, 2011.
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Amazing Star Birth Photos: ALMA Telescope's Views of Herbig-Haro Object HH 46/47

This image of Herbig-Haro object HH 46/47 combines radio observations acquired with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) with much shorter wavelength visible light observations from ...