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NSF awards grant to VA-NC Alliance program.

The ALMA Board selects Dr. Sean Dougherty as the new ALMA Director for a 5-year term beginning April 2018.

Astronomy outreach team travels to Chile to learn about U.S.-funded observatories.

ALMA has observed stars like the Sun at a very early stage in their formation and found traces of methyl isocyanate — a chemical building block of life.

LL Pegasi is an amazing celestial spiral.

Tour the iconic constellation of Orion with NRAO’s latest edition to its Milky Way Explorer.

Death of former Director Kwok-Yung (Fred) Lo

The Accelerating Universe with Nobel Laureate Adam Riess

A new HD camera reveals ALMA in stunning detail.

As of October 1, 2016, NRAO is operating under a new cooperative agreement.