From Cells To Galaxies And Beyond: Scientists in radio astronomy and medical imaging find common…
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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.
For the first time, astronomers using ALMA have witnessed 3D motions of gas in a…
At the center of a galaxy called NGC 1068, a supermassive black hole hides within…
Astronomers see gestating baby planets, reveal the source of their formative atmospheres. What does a…
Astronomers using the GBT have discovered the most massive neutron star to date, a rapidly…
An international team of astronomers has discovered one of the largest features ever observed in…
https://youtu.be/41dLG38Oqus Artists’ animation showing Jupiter in radio waves with ALMA and in visible light with…
Through decades of study, astronomers have developed a clearer picture of the chaotic and crowded…
Astronomers have cataloged nearly 4,000 exoplanets in orbit around distant stars. Though the discovery of…
The most luminous galaxy in the universe has been caught in the act of stripping…
In an unusual observation, astronomers used the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)…
A team of scientists using the highest-frequency capabilities of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)…
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) have made…
Astronomers have made the first definitive detection of a radioactive molecule in interstellar space: a…
Over the past several years, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has transformed our understanding…
The nearby dwarf galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a chemically primitive…
Astronomers expect that the first galaxies, those that formed just a few hundred million years…
At the center of our galaxy, in the immediate vicinity of its supermassive black hole,…