Observatories

Science

Fermi, Swift see “shockingly bright” burst

Cosmology

The Very Large Array gives deep, detailed image of distant universe

Galaxies

ALMA pinpoints early galaxies at record speed

Exotic Objects, Stars

ALMA detects signs of star formation near supermassive black hole

Stars

ALMA rewrites history of universe’s stellar baby boom

Exotic Objects, Stars

The Very Large Telescope probes remains of medieval supernova

Cosmology, Human Spaceflight, Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

NASA joins ESA’s “dark universe” mission

Stars

Stars emerge from darkness in nearby stellar nursery

Galaxies

Galaxy’s gamma-ray flares erupted far from its black hole

Stars

New VISTA image of star cluster 47 Tucanae

Stars, Telescopes and Equipment

Next-generation adaptive optics brings remarkable details to light in stellar nursery

Deep-Sky Objects, Stars

Radio telescopes give clues to structure, history of the Milky Way