On a clear dark night, the plane of our Galaxy can be seen arching overhead, filled with bright stars…


NRAO’s 2020 Astronomy Highlights with Phil Plait
2020 probably won’t go down as anyone’s favorite year, but we still want to celebrate all of the cool (radio) science we did.

From Chile to New Mexico: Sister Cities and Observatories
Antenna climb at the VLA, left to right: Filipe Lizana, Camilla Pérez, Simón Contreras, Sonia Duffau.

ALMA: Visit to an Alien World
Standing at the high site of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array is like standing on another world. Sandy gravel…

NRAO NINE Participants Explore Radio Astronomy in Trinidad
The NRAO NINE (National and International Non-traditional Exchange) program and Office of Diversity and Inclusion aim to train students…

On Young Love (of Radio Telescopes)
My two-year-old loves radio telescopes. My friends are convinced that I trained my son Günther to point to and…