How do we know what’s going on in protoplanetary disks? Visible light telescopes don’t reveal much, because the thick…
Science (and Silliness) with the VLA, using MS Paint
The end of the summer can be a stressful time for many scientists. Professors, researchers, and graduate students, returning…
What’s in that Dusty Gap?
Tiny acorns make giant oak trees. But did you know that entire planets are born from pieces even smaller than…
Day and night, we’re mapping the sky (and producing terabytes of data)
The Very Large Array Sky Survey is observing 33,885 square degrees of the sky over seven years, mapping 82…
Radio, Radio, where art thou Radio
On 17th August 2017, the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observatories detected gravitational waves from the merger of two…
Army Aviators Drop in for Tour of VLA
As part of a training event, the U.S. Army’s C Company, 3rd Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade,…