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2026B Call for Proposals (Deadline February 4)

AAS247: Radio telescopes uncover “invisible” gas around record-shattering cosmic explosion

AAS247: VLA Reveals Record-Breaking Stream of Super-Heated Gas from Nearby Galaxy

AAS247: New Discovery Challenges Evolution of Galaxy Clusters

AAS247: Cosmic Lens Reveals Hyperactive Cradle of Future Galaxy Cluster

AAS247: Stars That Die Off the Beaten Path

AAS247: Young Galaxies Grow Up Fast (ALPINE-CRISTAL-JWST Survey)

AAS247: ALMA Devours Cosmic “Hamburger,” Reveals Potential for Giant Planet Formation

AAS247: NRAO Telescopes Reveal Cloud-9, a Starless Dark-Matter “Failed Galaxy”

AAS247: NRAO Telescopes Help Reveal Divergent Fates of the Most Massive Galaxies

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