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In honor of #ALMAObservatory reaching 5,000 scientific publications (‼️), this week’s #RadioImageoftheWeek is ALMA’s first image!

Composite image of the merging cores of the Antennae Galaxies:

🩷🤍 Optical (white and pink)
💙 Radio (blue)
🧡💛 Millimeter/submillimeter (orange and gold)

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Composite image of the merging cores of the Antennae Galaxies, showing swirls of blue, orange, yellow, pink, and white against a dark background.
July 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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🎵Baby, you’re a firework!🎆

#RadioImageoftheWeek Composite image of the Orion Molecular Cloud 1 (OMC-1), a dense + active star factory about 1,500 light-years from Earth.

Roughly 500 years ago ... ⤵️ (1/3)

📸 Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), J. Bally; B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); Gemini Observatory/AURA
Composite image of the Orion Molecular Cloud 1, as captured by ALMA and Gemini Observatory. Streaks of bright colors erupt from the center, resembling fireworks.
July 3, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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In the 1970s, the NSF Very Large Array was still under construction. In this aerial photo, a completed 25-meter antenna is being tested on the Master Pad and a headless antenna awaits a dish inside the Antenna Assembly Building, aka "the Barn."

📸 Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO
Black and white aerial photo of the Very Large Array site. On the left, a completed 25-meter antenna is being tested on the Master Pad. On the right, headless antenna awaits a dish inside the Antenna Assembly Building, also referred to as "the Barn."
June 5, 2026 at 4:32 PM