University of New Mexico – Astronomy Now

Astronomers detect orbital motion in pair of supermassive black holes

28 June 2017 Astronomy Now

Using the supersharp radio “vision” of the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array, astronomers have made the first detection of orbital motion in a pair of supermassive black holes in a galaxy some 750 million light-years from Earth.

Powerful new radio telescope array searches the entire sky 24/7

12 May 2015 Astronomy Now

A new radio telescope array operating at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory in California has the ability to image the entire sky simultaneously at radio wavelengths with unmatched speed, helping astronomers to search for objects and phenomena that pulse, flicker, flare, or explode.

4 billion-year-old meteorite reveals Mars’ darker side

1 February 2015 Astronomy Now

A new spectroscopic analysis of “Black Beauty,” a 4.4 billion-year-old meteorite found in the Moroccan desert, has given scientists a better picture of the crust beneath Mars’ red dust.