Transit Method When a planet passes directly between a star and its observer, it dims the star’s light by…
SuperKnova is a project to provide learning opportunities in radio technology for students in a way that is inclusive…
Three million years ago the fault regions of the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains began their thunderous rise. Their…
University of the West Indies student Brianna Sampson finds than more than a thousand Giant Radio Galaxies could be hidden in the data of a radio sky survey.
University of the West Indies student Kavita Gosine Bissessar hunts for asymmetrical DRAGNs in the VLA Sky Survey.
University of Arizona student Swapnaneel Dey looks at the metallicity of interstellar clouds in our galaxy.
When a distant quasar was found to have two sources, University of Washington student Anaïs Martin wanted to find out why.
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ALMA in its Compact Formation
ALMA's antennas can be rearranged to simulate a single, big telescope or a very widespread array. In this smaller configuration, 12-meter antennas join the 7-meter antennas that are always in a compact formation. ALMA, when it is in its compact formation, sees the faintest objects in the radio Universe.
NRAO Making Waves
Announcements and Achievements
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Associated Universities, Inc. and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory celebrate success of Chilean students in pursuit of STEM careers
The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) and Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) are proud to celebrate the remarkable achievements of two local students, Iris and Camila, as they embark on their journeys into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) careers.
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory Shines at New Mexico Governor’s STEM Challenge
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) marked its presence for the third consecutive year at the prestigious New Mexico Governor’s STEM Challenge
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German Astronomers Share Proposed Science for the ngVLA
Over the course of two scientific meetings, held in 2022 and 2023, German astronomers have collected 41 highly compelling science cases involving 57 unique authors from 19 German institutions, all aspiring to use the ngVLA.
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NAC Student Researchers Receive Prestigious Chambliss Medals at AAS 243
Two student researchers from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s National Astronomy Consortium (NAC) program were each awarded the prestigious…
To balance their speeds out to those distances from their massive central cores, the galaxies must be made of more stuff than just that which we can detect.
