NRAO Press Releases

2013

• VLA Gives Deep, Detailed Image of Distant Universe
• Einstein's Gravity Theory Passes Toughest Test Yet
• Massive Star Factory Churned in Universe's Youth
• ALMA Detects Signs of Star Formation Surprisingly Close to Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole
• ALMA Finds 'Monster' Starburst Galaxies in the Early Universe
• Astronomers Celebrate New Era of Discovery with ALMA Inauguration
• Discoveries Suggest Icy Cosmic Start for Amino Acids and DNA Ingredients
• Getting the Right Spin on a Close-Passing Asteroid
• Microquasar Makes a Giant Manatee Nebula
• Mapping the Milky Way: Radio Telescopes Give Clues to Structure, History
• Massive Outburst in Neighbor Galaxy Surprises Astronomers
• ALMA Shows How Young Star and Planets Grow Simultaneously

2012

• Powerful Supercomputer Makes ALMA a Telescope
• Microquasar Found in Neighbor Galaxy, Tantalizing Scientists
• Astronomers Discover and "Weigh" Infant Solar System
• Even Brown Dwarf Stars Can Make Rocky Planets
• Image Release: A Multiwavelength Image of the Galaxy Hercules A
• Final North American ALMA Antenna Delivered
• NRAO Scientist Named Editor of Respected Astronomy Journal
• Surprising Black-Hole Discovery Changes Picture of Globular Star Clusters
• Astrochemistry Enters a Bold New Era with ALMA
• Neighbor Galaxies May Have Brushed Closely, Astronomers Find
• ALMA Reveals Workings of Nearby Planetary System
• Famous Radio Telescope Officially Gets New Name
• Radio and Infrared Telescopes Give Rare Peek at Early Stage of Star Formation
• Anthony Beasley Appointed Director of NRAO
• Pulsars: The Universe's Gift to Physics
• From Earth's Water to Cosmic Dawn: New Tools Unveiling Astronomical Mysteries
• ALMA Early Science Result Reveals Starving Galaxies
• Iconic Telescope Renamed to Honor Founder of Radio Astronomy
• VLBA, RXTE Team Up to Pinpoint Black Hole's Outburst

2011

• VLBA Observations Are Key to "Complete Description" of Black Hole
• NRAO, AUI Join Chilean Educational Effort
• Observatory Seeks New Name for Transformed Scientific Icon
• First Images from ALMA
• ALMA Opens Its Eyes
• General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies Enables ALMA Early Science
• NRAO Astronomer, Wife Become U.S. Citizens at VLA Ceremony
• Cryogenic Catering Truck Comes to ALMA Observatory
• Exotic Galaxy Reveals Tantalizing Tale
• Expanded VLA Flexing New Scientific Muscle
• Super-Sharp Radio 'Eye' Remeasuring the Universe
• Students Excited by Stellar Discovery
• NRAO Astronomer Honored by American Astronomical Society
• Surprise: Dwarf Galaxy Harbors Supermassive Black Hole

2010:

• Astronomers Use Moon in Effort to Corral Elusive Cosmic Particles
• Discovery at Young Star Hints Magnetism Common to All Cosmic Jets
• Astronomers Discover Most Massive Neutron Star Yet Known
• Radio Astronomers Develop New technique for Studying Dark Energy
• Astronomers Discover Clue to Origin of Milky Way Gas Clouds
• Astronomers Discover New Star-Forming Regions in Milky Way
• NRAO Astronomer Wins Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
• Astronomers Find Rare Beast by New Means
• Student Discovers New Pulsar
• Giant Magnetic Loop Sweeps Through Space Between Stellar Pair
• Astronomers Get New Tools for Gravitational-Wave Detection
• Giant Intergalactic Gas Stream Longer Than Thought
• ALMA Test Sharpens Vision of New Observatory

2009:

• Record-Breaking Radio Astronomy Project to Measure Sky with Extreme Precision
• Blast from the Past Gives Clues About Early Universe
• ALMA Telescope Reaches New Heights
• High-School Student Discovers Strange Astronomical Object
• Precise Radio-Telescope Measurements Advance Frontier Gravitational Physics
• VLBA Locates Superenergetic Bursts Near Giant Black Hole
• Radio Telescopes Extend Astronomy's Best "Yardstick," Provide Vital Tool for Unraveling Dark Energy Mystery
• "Missing Link" Revealing Fast-Spinning Pulsar Mysteries
• ALMA Telescope Passes Major Milestone with Successful Antenna Link
• Astronomers Unveiling Life's Cosmic Origins
• First North American Antenna Enables Next Phase in Joint ALMA Observatory
• Black Holes Lead Galaxy Growth, New Research Shows
• Milky Way a Swifter Spinner, More Massive, New Measurements Show

2008:

• NRAO Welcomes Taiwan as a New North American ALMA Partner
• ALMA Observatory Equipped with its First Antenna
• Astronomers Find Most Distant Water in the Universe
• Cosmic Lens Reveals Distant Galactic Violence
• New Research Center Will Free Chemistry from Earth's Bonds
• NRAO Welcomes New Head of the North American ALMA Science Center
• High-Tech 'Heart' of New-Generation Radio Telescope Passes First Test
• Unique Stellar System Gives Einstein a Thumbs-Up
• Radio Telescopes Reveal Unseen Galactic Cannibalism
• Mining for Molecules in the Milky Way
• Radio Telescopes to Keep Sharp Eye on Mars Lander
• Luck Reveals Stellar Explosion's First Moments
• Research Center Renaming Will Honor Senator Domenici
• Weird Stellar Pair Puzzles Scientists
• Youngest Stellar Explosion in Our Galaxy Discovered
• Distinguished Astronomer Awarded Jansky Lectureship
• Radio Telescope Reveals Secrets of Massive Black Hole
• Very Large Array Retooling for 21st-Century Science
• World-Wide Effort Bringing ALMA Telescope Into Reality
• Massive Gas Cloud Speeding Toward Collision With Milky Way
• New VLA Images Unlocking Galactic Mysteries
• IMAGE RELEASE: New Hydrogen Clouds in the M81 Group of Galaxies
• Radio Telescopes' Precise Measurements Yield Rich Scientific Payoffs
• Cosmic Radio Series Brings Celestial Science Down to Earth
• VLBA Movies Reveal New Details of Cosmic Jets

2007:

• New View of Distant Galaxy Reveals Furious Star Formation
• Black Hole Fires at Neighboring Galaxy (Chandra X-Ray Observatory Press Release)
• International Agreement Will Advance Radio Astronomy
• VLBA Changes Picture of Famous Star-Forming Region
• Powerful Radio Burst Indicates New Astronomical Phenomenon
• High-School Teams Joining Massive Pulsar Search
• Astronomers Find Enormous Hole in the Universe
• First ALMA Transporter Ready for Challenging Duty
• Interstellar Chemistry Gets More Complex With New Charged-Molecule Discovery
• New Book Recounts Exciting, Colorful History of Radio Astronomy in Green Bank, West Virginia
• German Astronomer Karl Menten Is 2007 Jansky Awardee
• NRAO Salutes Past, Looks to Future in 50th-Anniversary Science Meeting
• NRAO Teams With NASA Gamma-Ray Satellite
• VLBA Teams With Optical Interferometer to Study Star's Layers (European Southern Observatory Press Release)
• Star Cluster Holds Midweight Black Hole, VLA Indicates
• "Missing Mass" Found in Recycled Dwarf Galaxies
• Mercury's Core Molten, Radar Study Shows
• Brown Dwarfs Beaming Like Pulsars
• Prototype for Long Wavelength Array Sees First Light (Naval Research Laboratory press release)
• ALMA Achieves Major Milestone With Antenna-Link Success
• Chilean Teachers Begin Exchange Program Visit in Magdalena
• Radio Telescopes Provide Key Clue on Black Hole Growth
• VLBA Helps Build New Picture of Star-Forming Regions

2006:

• How Do Multiple-Star Systems Form? VLA Study Reveals "Smoking Gun"
• Astronomers Discover First Negatively-charged Molecule in Space (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Press Release)
• NRAO Response to NSF Senior Review of Astronomy Facilities
• VLA Discovers Giant Rings Around Galaxy Cluster
• GBT and Arecibo study the Moon's south pole (Cornell University news release)
• Cosmic Bubble Image Wins NRAO Contest
• Astronomers Gain Important Insight on How Massive Stars Form
• Cosmic Blasts Much More Common, Astronomers Discover
• Supermagnetic Neutron Star Surprises Scientists, Forces Revision of Theories
• Researchers Use NRAO Telescope to Study Chemical Precursors to Life
• Stellar Blast Teaching Astronomers New Lessons About Cosmic Explosions
• Observatory Publishes Memoir of Pioneer Radio Astronomer
• VLBA Reveals Closest Pair of Supermassive Black Holes
• Magnetic Fields Sculpt Narrow Jets From Dying Star
• Still-Forming Solar System Will Have Planets Orbiting in Opposite Directions
• Astronomers Discover Fastest-Spinning Pulsar
• Giant "Superbubble" of Gas Blowing Out of Milky Way
• Tiny Galaxy Surprises Astronomers

2005:

• Astronomers Gain Clues About Fundamental Physics
• Astronomers Get Closest Look Yet at Milky Way's Mysterious Core
• NRAO Scientists on Team Receiving International Astronautics Award
• Fastest Pulsar Speeding Out of Galaxy, Astronomers Discover
• Astronomers See First Stages of Planet-Building Around Nearby Star
• VLBA Observations Put New Twist on Quasar Jet Model
• Observatory Sponsoring Astronomical Image Contest
• NRAO Astronomer Wins Major Research Award
• Scientists Track Collision of Powerful Stellar Winds
• Old Star's "Rebirth" Gives Astronomers Surprises
• Super-Sharp Radio "Vision" Measures Galaxy's Motion in Space
• Astronomers Detect Powerful Bursting Radio Source: Discovery Points to New Class of Astronomical Objects
• Mysterious Magnetar Yielding Secrets to VLA
• Riccardo Giacconi to Receive National Medal of Science
• Radio Telescopes Save Data on Titan's Winds
• American Astronomical Society Honors NRAO Scientist
• Star Cluster Buzzing With Pulsars
• Blazar Jets Push Closer to Cosmic Speed Limit
• Dwarf Galaxy Gives Giant Surprise
• VLA Detects Unexplained Radio Emission From Three Brown Dwarfs

2004:

• NRAO Telescopes Will Add to Cassini-Huygens Discoveries
• VLA Study Offers Clue to Galaxy Formation
• Gigantic Cosmic Corkscrew Reveals New Details About Mysterious Microquasar
• Sky Survey Provides New Radio View of Universe
• Cold Sugar in Space Provides Clue to Molecular Origin of Life
• Stellar Pair Shot Out from its Birthplace
• Scientists Discover Two New Interstellar Molecules: Point to Probable Pathways for Chemical Evolution in Space
• Radio Telescopes Reveal Youngest Stellar Corpse
• Gas Clouds in Whirlpool Galaxy Yield Important Clues Supporting Theory on Spiral Arms
• Starbust-driven Winds May Have Created Giant "Lobe" in Galactic Center
• Origin of Enigmatic Galactic-center Filaments Revealed
• Radio Astronomers Lift 'Fog' on Milky Way's Dark Heart
• Galactic Building Blocks Seen Swarming Around Andromeda
• VLBA 'Movie' Gives Scientists New Insights On Workings of Mysterious Microquasars

2003:

• Astronomers Discover Most Distant Galaxy Showing Key Evidence For Furious Star Formation
• Despite Appearances, Cosmic Explosions Have Common Origin, Astronomers Discover
• ALMA Partners Break Ground on World's Largest Millimeter Wavelength Telescope
• VLBA Distance Measurement Solves Astrophysical Mysteries
• Giant Gas Cloud Made of Atoms Formed in First Stars Revealed in Universe's Most Distant Quasar
• Scientists Celebrate VLBA's First Decade
• Closest Gamma Ray Burst Providing Scientists With Crucial Test for Burst Physics
• VLBA Reveals Dust-Enshrouded "Supernova Factory"
• GBT Reveals Satellite of Milky Way in Retrograde Orbit
• Giant Cosmic Lens Reveals Secrets of Distant Galaxy
• Pulsar Bursts Coming From Beachball-Sized Structures
• U.S. and European ALMA Partners Sign Agreement
• Astronomers Trace Microquasar's Path Back in Time
• Surprising Image Revises Understanding of Dwarf Galaxies
• Young Star Probably Ejected From Triple System
• Giant Radio Jet Coming From Wrong Kind of Galaxy
• Speed of Gravity Measured for First Time
• Clouds Dominate the Galactic Halo, GBT Shows

2002:

• Grote Reber, Radio Astronomy Pioneer, Dies
• Newly Discovered Clouds Found Floating High Above Milky Way
• Scientists Detect "Smoking Gun" of Colliding Black Holes
• Socorro Students Translate NRAO Web Pages
• Water Fountains in the Sky: Streaming Water Jets from Aging Star Provide Clues to Planetary-Nebula Formation
• Supermassive Black Hole Mimics Smaller Cousins
• Binary Stars "Flare" With Predictable Cycles, Analysis of Radio Observations Reveals
• GBT Reveals Youngest Radio Pulsar
• Scientists Discover Antifreeze in Space
• Astronaut Returns Space-Flown Flag to NRAO
• Age Discrepancy Throws Pulsar Theories Into Turmoil
• GBT, VLA Team Up to Produce New Image of Orion Nebula
• Stars Take Longer to Form, Need 'Kick' to Get Started, Astronomers Say
• Green Bank Telescope Bags New Pulsars
• Helium-3 in Milky Way Reveals Abundance of Matter in Early Universe

2001:

• National Science Board Approves VLA Expansion
• Caught in the Act: VLA Sees Star Turning Into Planetary Nebula
• VLA Hosts "Flag Across America"
• Scientists Detect Radio Emission From Rapidly Rotating Cosmic Dust Grains
• NRAO Names New Head of New Mexico Operations
• Scientists Toast Discovery of Vinyl Alcohol in Interstellar Space
• Ancient Black Hole Speeds Through Sun's Galactic Neighborhood, Devouring Companion Star
• Astronomers Discover Six-Image Gravitational Lens
• Radio Astronomers Get Their First Glimpse of Powerful Solar Storm
• VLBA Reveals Details of Star-Forming Cloud's Magnetic Field
• Adolescent Interstellar Cloud Poised to Make Star-forming Debut
• Gamma-Ray Burst Reveals Secrets of Host Galaxy
• World-Wide Effort Produces Dramatic "Movie" of Cosmic Jet
• Young Star May Be Belching Spheres of Gas, Astronomers Say
• Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope Makes First Scientific Observations
• Students Use VLA to Make Startling Brown-Dwarf Discovery
• Decision Announced in Green Bank Telescope Arbitration Case
• U.S. - Canadian Partnership in Radio Astronomy Valuable for Science, NRAO Director Says
• New Images Show Unprecedented Detail of Neighbor Galaxy's Gas
• VLA's Sharpened Vision Shows Details of Still-Forming Star
• VLA Reveals Massive Gas Cloud Around Young Galaxy

2000:

• Cosmic Collision Reveals "Missing Link" Gas Cloud in Distant Galaxy
• "First Light" For the Newly Christened Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope
• August Events to Celebrate Past, Future of Radio Astronomy
• Pulsars "Lying About Their Ages," Astronomers Say
• Scientists Discover Sugar in Space
• Astronomers Win Protection for Key Part of Radio Spectrum
• The Expanded VLA: A Radio Telescope for the 21st Century
• VLA Reveals Hot "Bubbles" in Swirling Disk at Milky Way's Heart
• Prestigious National Committee Strongly Endorses VLA Expansion
• National Academy of Sciences Recommends Continued Support of ALMA Project
• Astronomers to Mark 20th Anniversary of the Very Large Array
• Background Information: 20 Years of Frontier Science With the VLA
• Construction Milestone Announced on Green Bank Telescope
• U.S., European ALMA Partners Award Prototype Antenna Contracts
• NRAO Announces Closure of Millimeter-Wave Telescope
• Orbiting Water Molecules Dance to Tune of Galaxy's "Central Engine," Astronomers Say
• Dramatic Outburst Reveals Nearest Black Hole

1999:

• VLBA Reveals Formation Region of Giant Cosmic Jet
• Scientists Meet to Plan ALMA Science Program
• Radio Astronomers Set New Standard for Accurate Cosmic Distance Measurement
• VLBA Detects Earth's Motion Around Milky Way's Center
• VLBA Scientists Study Birth of Sun-Like Stars
• Continent- Spanning Radio Telescope Blazes Trails at the Frontiers of Astrophysics
• Background Information on the Very Long Baseline Array
• Astronomers' Do- It-Yourself Project Opening a New Window on the Universe
• Superfast Cosmic Jet "Hits the Wall"
• Astronomers Discover Rotating Disk Around Young, Massive Star
• "Movie Star" Acting Strangely, Astronomers Find
• Astronomers Discover Spectacular Structure in Distant Galaxy

1998:

• Nearby Quasars Result From Galactic Encounters, VLA Studies Indicate
• New Mexico Fiber-Optic Link Marks Giant Leap Toward Future of Radio Astronomy
• Astronomers Surprised to Find Elongated Radio-Emitting Region at Center of Milky Way
• Possible Analog for Early Solar System Disk Found
• Cosmic Flasher Reveals All
• Background Information: Magnetars, Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters and the Most Powerful Magnetic Fields in the Universe
• VLA Reveals Surprising Pair of Potential Planetary Systems
• VLA Observations Confirm Origin of Gamma Ray Bursts in Short-Lived Stars
• Background Information: Deciphering Gamma Ray Burst Physics With Radio Telescopes
• VLA Shows "Boiling" in Atmosphere of Betelgeuse

1997:

• Radio Observations Provide New Clues to Gamma Ray Fireball
• Astronomers Make First Images With Space Radio Telescope
• Radio Astronomers Reveal "Bizarre" Behavior of Gamma Ray Burster
• Curved Radio Jet in Center of Nearby Galaxy Complicates Picture of Active Galactic Nuclei
• VLBA Gives Researchers Unprecedented Look at Workings of Distant Star
• Very Large Array Detects Radio Emission from Gamma-Ray Burst
• "Axis of Universe" Not Seen in Data, Astronomers Say
• Launch Will Create a Radio Telescope Larger than Earth
• New Observations Deepen Mystery Surrounding Water Masers in Elliptical Galaxy
• "Microquasar" Discoveries Win Prize for Astronomers
• Extraordinary Cosmic Laboratory Helps Unravel Mysteries of a Galaxy's Powerful Central "Engine"

1996:

• New Technologies Promise Dramatic Increase In Capabilities of the Very Large Array
• NRAO 12-Meter Radio Telescope Detects Molecular Emission from Comet Hyakutake
• Detecting Extrasolar Planets With Millimeter-Wave Observatories
• New Galaxies From Old? VLA Observations Strengthen the Case

1995:

• Astronomers Make "Movie" of Radio Images Showing Supernova Explosion
• VLA Will Receive Galileo Probe Signals To Measure Jupiter's Winds
• Emerging Picture of Black Hole in Double-Star System Promises Exciting Yield of New Physics Data
• VLBA Tracks Ejected Material From Mysterious X-Ray Nova
• Tremendous Mass Concentration in Strange Galaxy Revealed by VLBA

1994:

• Superluminal Motion Found In Milky Way
• NRAO Makes Available VLA Sky Survey Maps

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