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NSF NRAO Highlights Major AI and Astronomy Advances with NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins at 247th American Astronomical Society Meeting
February 10, 2026 at 1:16 pm | Announcement

The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) is celebrating significant progress in the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI), which is advancing the intersection of artificial intelligence and astronomy

Artist's impression of the NSF Green Bank Telescope gathering data on the center of the Milky Way. The inset image shows the black hole at our Galaxy's center, and a nearby candidate (unconfirmed) pulsar.
Breakthrough Listen, NSF Green Bank Telescope Probe Galactic Heart for Hidden Pulsars
February 9, 2026 at 12:04 pm | News Release

Astronomers from Breakthrough Listen have used the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Green Bank Telescope (NSF…

MODULUS rendering of the Next Generation Learning Center at the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array site
NSF NRAO Selects New Mexico Firm to Design Next Generation Learning Center at the NSF Very Large Array
February 4, 2026 at 8:00 am | News Release

The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) has selected New Mexico–based Modulus Architects & Land Use Planning, Inc. (MODULUS) as the architectural firm for the Next Generation Learning Center (ngLC), a new state-of-the-art STEM education facility planned for the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) site west of Socorro, New Mexico. The project is slated to be a facility that will expand educational opportunity and workforce development across New Mexico and beyond.​​

A Hubble Space Telescope image of the giant elliptical galaxy M87 with its blowtorch-like jet. The visible part of this giant stream of particles spans around 3000 light-years.
New Event Horizon Telescope Results Trace M87 Jet Back to Its Black Hole
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 am | News Release

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and other radio telescopes in the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) network…

The astro-modified camera used to take this photo lets in the hydrogen alpha light that is normally filtered out. This modification makes the camera more sensitive to the red end of the electromagnetic spectrum, thus giving a pink tint to the sky.
Magnetic Superhighways Discovered in a Starburst Galaxy’s Winds
January 27, 2026 at 8:00 am | News Release

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international team of astronomers has mapped a magnetic highway driving a…

Composite radio astronomy image showing multiple views of ring-like gas and dust structures around galaxies on a black background. At the top left, nearly face-on amber rings appear clumpy and irregular, gradually transitioning across each row into more inclined and edge-on views that stretch the rings into thin, bright streaks. Toward the right side of several rows, blue-tinted versions of the same disks are shown, highlighting different components or wavelengths of emission. The sequence from top to bottom emphasizes how the same type of galactic disk looks progressively more elongated as the viewing angle tilts from face-on to edge-on.
ALMA Reveals Teenage Years of New Worlds
January 20, 2026 at 3:00 am | News Release

Astronomers have, for the first time, captured a detailed snapshot of planetary systems in an era long shrouded in…

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