NGVLA – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

How the ngVLA and Multi-Messenger Astronomy Will Reveal the Formation and Evolution of Black Holes

Posted on April 21, 2022April 18, 2022 | By Tom Maccarone

Black Holes are strange creatures. They are objects so dense that light cannot escape them. Since black holes don’t…

Posted on April 14, 2022April 13, 2022 | By Luca Ricci

The Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) will help astronomers solve some of the greatest mysteries of modern astrophysics,…

Posted on February 9, 2022February 7, 2022 | By Daniel Dale

A century ago two prominent astronomers held a debate at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. The topic concerned…

In the last twenty years, thousands of planets have been discovered outside the Solar System. Some are bigger than…

In the past century, black holes have transformed from being a mere curiosity into a key element of modern…

In the direction of the constellation of Sagittarius, in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, sits a supermassive…

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