Summer Students – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Star Clusters are Super, and Research Student Studies Why

Globular clusters are dense spherical groupings of stars. They are old and hold clues about the history and evolution…

Radio telescopes such as the Very Large Array (VLA) use an array of antenna dishes to collect faint radio…

Bailee Wolf, a student at The Ohio State University, has a tool to better process radio data, and it…

Posted on May 26, 2020June 1, 2020 | By Nan Janney

Every year, we partner with Green Bank Observatory to welcome more than 30 students from around the country into…

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the U.S. 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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