PART 1 • NRAO astronomer Al Wootten discusses “snow lines” and using telescopes to observe ices in the planet-forming disks around young stars. #protoplanetarydisk #astronomy #radioastronomy #space Credits: Alexandra Angelich, Bill Saxton, and Jeff Hellerman NRAO/AUI/NSF; M. Kornmesser, L. Cieza et al., ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) Music: Geodesium | National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)

NEW: Astronomers Make First Radio Detection of Rare Supernova Type, Revealing Secrets of Stellar Death Brand new discovery from the Very Large Array! Astronomers have captured the first-ever radio signals from a rare class of stellar explosion known as a Type Ibn supernova. The team studied supernova SN 2023fyq, using the VLA’s powerful radio vision to track the radio emissions from this explosion over a span of 18 months. What did they find? 💥 The star, shedding its helium layers, underwent a

PART 3 • NRAO astronomer Al Wootten discusses “snow lines” and using telescopes to observe ices in the planet-forming disks around young stars. #protoplanetarydisk #astronomy #radioastronomy #space Credits: Alexandra Angelich, Bill Saxton, and Jeff Hellerman NRAO/AUI/NSF; M. Kornmesser, L. Cieza et al., ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) Music: Geodesium | National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)

The NSF NRAO’s Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) will revolutionize astronomy 📡✨ Currently in prototype construction phase! #radioastronomy #astronomy #ngvla #nrao #nsffunded | National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)

PART 2 • NRAO astronomer Al Wootten discusses “snow lines” and using telescopes to observe ices in the planet-forming disks around young stars. #protoplanetarydisk #astronomy #radioastronomy #space Credits: Alexandra Angelich, Bill Saxton, and Jeff Hellerman NRAO/AUI/NSF; M. Kornmesser, L. Cieza et al., ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) Music: Geodesium | National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)