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In June of 2017, NRAO invited four artists to a conference at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to interpret the four science cases that will drive the design of the ngVLA. Galaxy Assembly Through Cosmic Time sketches by NRAO Artist/Illustrator Bill Saxton: "Fascination by the stories and information that can be derived by the observation and analysis of the inert presence, composition, or motion of cold gas throughout the universe is the inspiration for this work. Although they are invisible, I marvel in awe that these omnipresent gases hold the history of the evolution of the universe and therefore the stories of all of us in them."

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In June of 2017, NRAO invited four artists to a conference at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to interpret the four science cases that will drive the design of the ngVLA. Galaxy Assembly Through Cosmic Time sketches by NRAO Artist/Illustrator Bill Saxton.

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In June of 2017, NRAO invited four artists to a conference at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to interpret the four science cases that will drive the design of the ngVLA. Cradle of Life Sketches by President of the International Aerospace Imagineering, Aldo Spadoni: "This piece symbolically portrays the proposed Next Generation Very Large Array over the state of New Mexico, looking north. It also represents the compelling future radio astronomy investigation areas... key to understanding the initial conditions that lead to the development of life."

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In June of 2017, NRAO invited four artists to a conference at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to interpret the four science cases that will drive the design of the ngVLA. Cradle of Life Sketches by President of the International Aerospace Imagineering, Aldo Spadoni.

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