The NRAO-led National and International Non-Traditional Exchange (NINE) Program, part of the NRAO Office of Diversity and Inclusion, trains…
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A Dish as White as Snow
The paint on the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) is a special blend that reflects sunlight, gives off heat to keep the dish from warping, and its molecules do not give off radio waves.
Welcome to the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Here, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, along with its international partners, is building ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array.
