Blogs – Page 4 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

One of the great things about being a radio astronomer is that if you have a good idea, and…

24 May 2021 - By Jim Lovell

Molecules are found in the hard vacuum of interstellar space, in the same places where new stars and planetary…

3 May 2021 - By Alberto Bolatto

In November 2020, Oscar Le, a high school teacher from Northern Virginia, contacted us on behalf of one of…

21 Mar 2021 - By Sam Watchman

One of the many things shared by the astronomical objects observed by NRAO radio telescopes and its Education and…

3 Feb 2021 - By Bill E. Saxton

Astronomy is all about our origin: where do we come from? What is the origin of the Earth and…

Last month, a story leaked to the press from the Breakthrough Listen Initiative (BLI), a world-wide decade-long effort to…

4 Jan 2021 - By Tony Beasley

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.
	Founded in 1956, the NRAO provides state-of-the-art radio telescope facilities for use by the international scientific community. NRAO telescopes are open to all astronomers regardless of institutional or national affiliation. Observing time on NRAO telescopes is available on a competitive basis to qualified scientists after evaluation of research proposals on the basis of scientific merit, the capability of the instruments to do the work, and the availability of the telescope during the requested time. NRAO also provides both formal and informal programs in education and public outreach for teachers, students, the general public, and the media.
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