FRB 190520, a repeating fast radio burst with persistent emissions, challenges assumptions about FRBs, suggesting…
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The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is a cornerstone of global radio astronomy research, providing state-of-the-art facilities for scientists to explore the universe through radio waves. Established in 1956 and funded by the National Science Foundation, the NRAO operates major observatories including the Very Large Array (VLA) in New Mexico and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, in partnership with international collaborators. These instruments enable the study of phenomena such as black holes, cosmic jets, interstellar gas clouds, and the formation of galaxies, stars, and planetary systems. NRAO also plays a key role in developing cutting-edge instrumentation and data analysis tools, supporting both fundamental research and public outreach.
Scientists studying V Hydrae (V Hya) have witnessed the star’s mysterious death throes in unprecedented…
Astronomers have long wondered how galaxies form and evolve. The Next Generation Very Large Array…
A rare stellar flyby in the Z Canis Majoris system was observed by scientists using…
A Cosmic Whodunit: ALMA Study Confirms What’s Robbing Galaxies of Their Star-Forming Gas VERTICO Survey…
NRAO Project Ranked As Important New Initiative The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey (Astro2020) of…
New study marks most distant detection of required element for life as we know it…
New study reveals that early galaxies have no fuel, and something is stopping them from…
Radio light comes in a rainbow of colors. We see these colors with radio bands,…
Polarized images from the EHT show that magnetic fields near M87’s black hole help shape…
The Green Bank Telescope captured the Moon’s Tycho Crater in record detail, paving the way…
Scientists connect the dots between where planets form and what they’re made of. An international…
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) congratulates the four astronomers honored by the Breakthrough Prize…
For the first time, scientists observed a black hole or neutron star merging with a…
ALMA data proves that ram pressure stripping doesn’t spell an immediate end for galaxies. A…
Study of Nearby Galaxies Gives New Insights Into Star Formation Astronomers have taken a big…
New survey reveals that the presence of gaps in planet-forming disks is more common to…
New observations of young stellar object Elias 2-27 confirm gravitational instabilities and planet-forming disk mass…