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Observatory Sponsoring Astronomical Image Contest
May 30, 2005 at 2:10 pm | Announcement

Forget the headphones you saw in the Warner Brothers thriller Contact, as well as the guttural throbs emanating from loudspeakers at the Very Large Array in that 1997 movie.

Dr. Christopher Carilli
NRAO Astronomer Wins Max-Planck Research Award
April 28, 2005 at 2:03 pm | Announcement

Dr Christopher Carilli, a National Radio Astronomy Observatory astronomer in Socorro, New Mexico, has been chosen to receive the prestigious Max Planck Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Max Planck Society in Germany.

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Scientists Track Collision of Powerful Stellar Winds
April 11, 2005 at 1:57 pm | News Release

Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array radio telescope have tracked the motion of a violent region where the powerful winds of two giant stars slam into each other.

Sakurai’s Object
Old Star’s ‘Rebirth’ Gives Astronomers Surprises
April 7, 2005 at 1:50 pm | News Release

Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array radio telescope are taking advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to watch an old star suddenly stir back into new activity after coming to the end of its normal life.

Radio/Optical Image of M33
Super-Sharp Radio ‘Vision’ Measures Galaxy’s Motion in Space
March 3, 2005 at 2:30 pm | News Release

Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array have measured the motion across the sky of a galaxy nearly two and a half million light-years from Earth.

Central region of the Milky Way Galaxy
Astronomers Detect Powerful Bursting Radio Source
March 2, 2005 at 9:41 pm | News Release

Astronomers at Sweet Briar College and the Naval Research Laboratory have detected a powerful new bursting radio source whose unique properties suggest the discovery of a new class of astronomical objects.

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